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HANSARDInfected Blood: SupportThe Government ensured that all infected and bereaved partners who are registered on the UK support schemes received an interim payment of £100,000 in October, thus meeting Sir…08 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI assure the hon. Lady that proper process is undergone in terms of procurement. We always look to make certain that we get value for money for the taxpayer, while, at the same…08 Dec 2022HANSARDInfected Blood: SupportIt is indeed critical, and we commissioned the compensation framework study to ensure that we could be ready to respond quickly to the inquiry’s recommendations. It was a pleasure…08 Dec 2022HANSARDInfected Blood: SupportLet me first acknowledge all the tireless work done by campaigners—those infected and those affected—and by those who supported them in the House and outside, including the right…08 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat study was conducted for a very specific purpose: to ensure that we are ready to respond to Sir Brian Langstaff’s report, probably in the middle of next year. I concur with…08 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Spending: Value for MoneyThe Cabinet Office and His Majesty’s Treasury publish mandatory standards, such as the Green Book commercial standards, enforced through central controls and training. The…08 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Spending: Value for MoneyIn the Cabinet Office, through the Public Sector Fraud Authority, we have an extremely effective body targeted at going after fraud where it happens. It is an unfortunate reality…08 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is a decision for the Department of Health and Social Care. I gently remind the hon. Lady that that PPE was required for any reason. To have had access to PPE is helpful.…08 Dec 2022HANSARDCivil Service: Industrial RelationsThe Cabinet Office is not the employer of all civil servants, and Departments are responsible for engaging with recognised trade unions at departmental and local level. The Public…08 Dec 2022HANSARDCivil Service: Industrial RelationsAs the hon. Lady said, 214 ballots took place and 124 hit the relevant thresholds for strike action. That is something I greatly regret, because it will impact the citizens of…08 Dec 2022HANSARDCivil Service: Industrial RelationsWe will do our utmost to ensure that public services continue and that the public do not suffer as a result of these strikes, although inconvenience is inevitable when strike…08 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not think I would be in a position to discuss police inquiries in this place, so I have nothing to say in response to the hon. Gentleman’s question.08 Dec 2022HANSARD Papers Relating to the Home SecretaryI do not know the cases to which the hon. Gentleman refers. Every case must be looked at on a case-by-case basis. What we are dealing with here is a circumstance in which a breach…08 Nov 2022HANSARD Papers Relating to the Home SecretaryIt is, as ever, a pleasure to reply to the shadow Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper). I was pleased to hear from the…08 Nov 2022HANSARD Papers Relating to the Home SecretaryThe Home Secretary does not deny that it was an error of judgment; she made that absolutely clear in her letter to the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North, the Chairman…08 Nov 2022HANSARD Papers Relating to the Home SecretaryThe right hon. Lady turns to leak investigations, to which I was also about to turn my remarks. As she knows, it has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on…08 Nov 2022HANSARD Papers Relating to the Home SecretaryThe hon. Gentleman’s intervention started so well. Like him, I greatly appreciated the words of the Prime Minister on the steps of Downing Street. He set out clearly what his…08 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. We are always keen to see thriving regional enterprises. This matter has been discussed frequently in the House, and I refer her back to…27 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will always make certain that we have the right resources and the right civil service support to ensure that we continue to govern appropriately and that laws passed by this…27 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI hear a proper call from a Leicestershire MP for Leicestershire’s values to be recognised. It would not be for me to make determinations for DEFRA, but I wish my hon. Friend well…27 Oct 2022