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HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that this health research is vitally important. I know that my right hon. Friend the Health Secretary is looking at whether and where the scheme…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat we have done as a Government is act decisively to deal with the very severe energy crisis we are facing. [ Interruption. ] We are facing a severe energy crisis. We are also…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I know that the Energy Secretary is working on a plan to help companies and individuals use energy more efficiently. We are also working on…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsFirst, may I say what a brilliant job our fantastic nurses do across the country? The figures the hon. Gentleman is quoting are simply wrong. The independent pay review body…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Home Secretary is committed to dealing with this very difficult issue of the small boats in the channel. We do need to sort it out. We are committed to legislating and to…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat is taking place in Afghanistan is extremely concerning, I am afraid, with the reversal of women’s rights and women’s opportunities. One of the things we have done is to make…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsI completely understand that families are struggling. That is why this Government acted within a week of coming into office to put in place the energy price guarantee so that…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe in the Conservative party understand who pays our wages—it is the people who get up every day to go to work and the businesses that are set up. Those are the people driving our…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsFirst, let me offer my best wishes to the hon. Lady on her appointment as chair of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. I can assure her and colleagues around the House that…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsI want to correct the hon. Lady, because what we are doing is simply not putting up corporation tax. It is not a tax cut; we are just not raising corporation tax. I feel it would…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend did a fantastic job promoting the natural environment when she was at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. We are going to deliver economic…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsI absolutely agree with what the Transport Secretary said. We need to make sure that industries such as the air industry become more environmentally friendly. I support the…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe are pulling every lever to improve our energy supply in Britain, whether that is the North sea and opening up more opportunity there, which those on the Opposition Front Bench…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt is very important that under-18s are able to develop their own decision-making capabilities and are not forced into any kind of activity. On the subject of the investigation…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsI can tell my hon. Friend that Great British Nuclear will be set up this year, and it will bring forward new nuclear projects. I am delighted about her support for Wylfa and for…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsI think the last thing we need is a general election.12 Oct 2022HANSARDMachinery of GovernmentI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of Government changes. Responsibility for Union and devolution policy will move to the Cabinet…11 Oct 2022HANSARDCabinet CommitteesToday I am publishing an updated Cabinet Committee list. I have placed a copy of the new list in the Library of both Houses. [HCWS305]23 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenIn the hours since last night’s shocking news, we have witnessed the most heartfelt outpouring of grief at the loss of Her late Majesty the Queen. Crowds have gathered. Flags have…09 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsI beg to move, That this House has considered UK Energy Costs. Earlier this week— [Interruption.]08 Sept 2022