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HANSARD UkraineLeading on from that, Biden has pledged a further $500 million for weapons, and we have given £2.3 billion from here. What message do we have for our European colleagues and those…20 Feb 2023HANSARDFan-led Review and Football White PaperThe Minister is a diligent man, and I am pleased that he has taken the time to look into the system and is coming forward with a White Paper next week. He cannot comment…20 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsThe hon. Lady is missing the key point that the universal credit taper was changed from 63p to 55p. That is new, and it makes a huge difference; those who are earning have more…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsIs it not the case that the Government introduced the order to target the most vulnerable—those on fixed incomes, who really need the support at this time?06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. Is that not a point that all of us in this House can take away? Pension credit is going unclaimed and all 650 of us could go…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesI declare my interest, Mr Speaker. We have spent a lot of time talking about pay, but making working conditions for frontline staff much better is key, so what are the Government…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsHas the hon. Gentleman or his party calculated how much that would actually cost the taxpayer?06 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI declare an interest as a GP and the immediate family of a GP and doctors. GPs are working incredibly hard in tough times. It is true that supply has gone up, but so too has…24 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term Strategyrose —11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyMy hon. Friend has hit the nail on the head, and that is where I want to focus my remarks, because simple day-to-day changes to make the working clinician’s life better in turn…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyAs a parliamentary candidate, I was once asked by a journalist, “We have 30 seconds left on the panel. How would you solve the NHS?” I said, “If I had that answer, I would not be…11 Jan 2023HANSARD NHS: Long-term StrategyI am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way, and there are two points that I would like to pick up, seeing as he has come back to me on the second one. The first one, about…11 Jan 2023HANSARD UkraineThousands of UK troops are placed all across the world, including, as the Secretary of State mentioned, in some NATO states. That can be tough at Christmas, so will he give our…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Christmas AdjournmentI think this may be a first. If the House will allow me, I am going to quote: “Ladies and gentlemen, Over the past 12 months, the United Kingdom has faced many challenges and has…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Christmas AdjournmentThe hon. Gentleman points out exactly the thing I have alluded to. That speech may have been one that Members would have heard in the House, but it was put together by ChatGPT, an…20 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureThe hon. Gentleman is making an important point about immigration as a whole, but yesterday the Prime Minister was speaking specifically about illegal immigration. There is a…14 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureDoes the Minister have any thoughts on this: if the result had been different in 2014, would we be going round this debate again, several years on, to bring us back, if that is…14 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureWill the hon. Gentleman give way?14 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureThe hon. Gentleman rightly points out that Scotland may well have managed the covid pandemic and used that as a No. 1 priority. A voter in Scotland could have quite happily voted…14 Dec 2022