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HANSARDRough Sleeping StrategyOn 3 September Government published their new strategy to end rough sleeping in England. This Government have made the unprecedented pledge to end rough sleeping within this…05 Sept 2022HANSARDIntergovernmental Relations Quarterly Report: Quarter 2 2022Today, the UK Government published the report of our engagement with the devolved Governments in quarter 2 of 2022 on gov.uk. The report covers a period where we have seen…21 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up Fund: Second Round of ApplicationsI am today opening applications for the next round of the levelling-up fund. This second round of the £4.8 billion fund will allocate further funding to communities across the…15 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsIt is clear that the whole House welcomes the strong role that the UK played in driving support for Ukraine. Will the Prime Minister update us on the discussions he had with Prime…04 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to GP Services and NHS DentistryThe urgent care centres are an important innovation, but it is also important for them to be accessible throughout the country. There are seven in Kent, but the one nearest to my…21 Jun 2022HANSARDVisa Processing Times7. What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of processing times for visas applied for by people from countries other than Ukraine.20 Jun 2022HANSARDVisa Processing TimesI recognise the extraordinary efforts that the Department has made to process tens of thousands of visas for Ukrainians, and I pay tribute to the staff who have based themselves…20 Jun 2022HANSARD United Kingdom Statistics AuthorityI should tell the House that I have known Sir Robert Chote as a friend for many years. Not just from that knowledge, but from an appreciation of his career in public service, I…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI congratulate the Chancellor on a tax-cutting, deficit-cutting, tax-simplifying statement that is very much in the tradition of Nigel Lawson. He mentioned research and…23 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsYesterday, President Zelensky drew on the words of Churchill in this Chamber. As we salute the courage of the people of Ukraine, it reminds us that we can meet in freedom today…09 Mar 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Sir Andrew Pollard of the Oxford Vaccine Group said this morning that it does not make a big difference whether the decision to lift these restrictions is taken now or in a few…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpWhat the towns and cities of our country need is ambition, investment and encouragement, not the negativity and neglect that I am afraid they have experienced under the Labour…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementJack made a big impression as soon as he was elected to this place in 2010 and was appointed to the Front Bench straight away. I was a rookie Minister and he was my shadow. It was…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBiometrics Commissioner and Forensic Science RegulatorI beg to move, That this House has considered the Nineteenth Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2017-19, The work of the Biometrics Commissioner and the…20 Jan 2022HANSARDBiometrics Commissioner and Forensic Science RegulatorThank you, Dr Huq, for chairing this important debate. I hope that the contemplation by Members of your prospective arrest has not given you too much cause for alarm. God forbid…20 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI join the Secretary of State in his tribute to Professor Jonathan Van-Tam for his remarkable public service, and I welcome the announcements that he has made today. Restrictions…13 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI welcome the changes the Prime Minister has announced: all of us should want to be protected by vaccines rather than restrictions in future. He will be aware that on new year’s…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthMy right hon. Friend talks about hospitalisations and the danger they may cause to the NHS, but will he reflect on the fact that it is not just hospitalisations but the length of…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthIt is a pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom). I think everyone acknowledges that the Government have a difficult…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateA week ago, the Secretary of State assured me from the Dispatch Box that he would not trigger further restrictions based on a rise in infections which was predicted and, in fact,…08 Dec 2021