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HANSARDDraft Wine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023Sussex is very proud of its wine industry, which is growing year by year. There is a huge amount to be proud of—04 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsHorsham is suffering severe water stress and is subject to water neutrality. Does the Minister agree that mitigations should be thorough, evidenced and monitored?04 Dec 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Governance and Accountability in the Civil ServiceToday we have published in full the Independent Review of Governance and Accountability in the Civil Service. This review was commissioned in July 2022 and was led by the right…13 Nov 2023HANSARDPublic Sector Fraud Authority: Annual Report 2022-23The Minister of State, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, has today made the following statement: Fraud against the public sector is a crime that impacts us all. Unfortunately the…13 Nov 2023HANSARDShared Services Connected Ltd: Sale of Cabinet Office StakeI am pleased to announce that the Cabinet Office has exercised its option to sell its 25% stake in Shared Services Connected Ltd (SSCL) to its joint venture partner, Sopra Steria…24 Oct 2023HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryThe Infected Blood Inquiry Chair has announced that the inquiry’s final report has been delayed from autumn 2023 and will now be published in March 2024. I recognise the calls for…23 Oct 2023HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Interim RecommendationsIt was a privilege to appear before the infected blood inquiry on 25 July. You, Madam Deputy Speaker, referred to birthdays earlier and I believe that that was the birthday of the…07 Sept 2023HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Interim RecommendationsWe commit to responding as soon as we can to the final report. The hon. Gentleman is right that we have accepted the moral case for compensation. After the final report comes…07 Sept 2023HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Interim RecommendationsAs the right hon. Lady knows, we are working through this. There is more work to be done. It is a mammoth undertaking, as she knows, and we are looking forward to the final report…07 Sept 2023HANSARDPublic Services: Industrial ActionWe will take absolutely no lessons from the SNP on how to govern countries—I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman looks at the news about what is going on in Scotland or hears…07 Sept 2023HANSARDPublic Services: Industrial ActionMy hon. Friend is right: it is outrageous that his constituents can have their lives totally upended by strikes and by militant unions. We will, of course, respect the right to…07 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat issue is being taken forward, as the right hon. Lady knows, by the Department of Health and Social Care. I know it has made substantial progress on exactly such a scheme, and…07 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have heard many times from the hon. Lady about this subject and about her constituents. She speaks about it passionately in this House and has done so for a number of years. I…07 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that this issue is local to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, but he is also right—I fully acknowledge this—that there may be questions to…07 Sept 2023HANSARDPublic Sector FraudI am very happy to meet my hon. Friend, or one of my ministerial colleagues will. I can reassure her that we do wish to support whistleblowers. It is important that they are…07 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry that strike action is ongoing. Ultimately, this is a matter between the employees and their employer.07 Sept 2023HANSARDMental Health: Civil ServantsCivil service sickness absence data are published annually. The latest data indicate that an average of 2.3 working days were lost per staff year due to mental ill health for the…07 Sept 2023HANSARDPublic Sector FraudI am delighted that, in its first year of operation, the Public Sector Fraud Authority is expected to surpass its initial targets, as part of the overall £3 billion recovery of…07 Sept 2023HANSARDPublic Services: Industrial ActionCabinet Office Ministers have, through Cobra, been assisting Departments in their responses to industrial action. When there is a spate of industrial action across the public…07 Sept 2023HANSARDMental Health: Civil ServantsI know my hon. Friend will be aware that there has been, in both the private and public sectors, a large spike in all sickness absence this year, because of course the comparative…07 Sept 2023