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HANSARDArmy EquipmentI am grateful to my right hon. Friend and to his Defence Committee for their work. The integrated review is important: it is important that we get on to it and move on with it at…16 Mar 2020HANSARDArmy EquipmentI am grateful to my hon. Friend. It was a great pleasure to visit his constituency and see at first hand the extraordinary skills in that constituency, and it was a great pleasure…16 Mar 2020HANSARD Cawdor BarracksI can absolutely commit to meeting my right hon. Friend here at Westminster. I would like to take the opportunity to visit the site and talk to the county council, but I cannot…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Cawdor BarracksI am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) for securing this debate. Quite apart from his position as Chair of the Welsh Affairs…26 Feb 2020HANSARD UK Armed Forces: Wales’s ContributionI echo the remark made by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Gerald Jones), that the debate has been very consensual. Looking around, I can see…25 Feb 2020HANSARD UK Armed Forces: Wales’s ContributionI thank both hon. Gentlemen for their honeyed words and kind remarks. I am afraid that I will not respond with an answer to satisfy them fully. We have made clear our preference…25 Feb 2020HANSARD UK Armed Forces: Wales’s ContributionI will allow the hon. Gentleman.25 Feb 2020HANSARDState of the Estate: 2018-19I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2018-19”. This report describes the efficiency and…04 Feb 2020HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentThroughout Government we are determined to ensure that we have the simplest possible process for procurement, and the Government Contracts Finder has made certain that we have…22 Jan 2020HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentI agree with the hon. Gentleman. This is a great opportunity to ensure that we upskill our workforce. We are very proud of the fabric of this building, and very proud of what it…22 Jan 2020HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentThis Government are working to level up economic and social infrastructure, with an additional £100 billion investment commitment. We will ensure that all citizens across the UK…22 Jan 2020HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentI thank my hon. Friend for what I believe is his first question in this place, and for his kind words. This is not just a concern of his Broadland constituents; by the sound of…22 Jan 2020HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentI thank my hon. Friend for his kind words and congratulate him on his election to this place. I can reassure him that the Government are committed to investing across our regions…22 Jan 2020HANSARD Southend: City StatusLet me start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess) on securing the debate. It is a pleasure to see that his neighbour and colleague my…20 Dec 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNot moved.22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNot moved.22 Oct 2019HANSARD Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityI beg to move, That, in pursuance of paragraph 2A of Schedule 3 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009, Mr Peter Blausten be appointed as a lay member of the Speaker’s Committee…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards AuthorityI thank the shadow Leader for her kind words directed at the panel, Bronwyn Curtis and also me, for that matter. I am most grateful. It is very kind of her. I am also grateful for…07 Oct 2019HANSARDSummer AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) and to reply from the Treasury Bench. This afternoon’s debate took place at a time when the…25 Jul 2019HANSARDTenant Fees BillNot moved.23 Jan 2019