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HANSARDCovid-19: Government ContractsAll contracts will be published. As I mentioned earlier, we are doing our very best to do that. I would say two things. First, the hon. Gentleman talks about cronyism. There is no…27 May 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and Accrington and Oswaldtwistle could not have a better advocate. She is absolutely correct to point out that we need not just new investment…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The Singh report—of which I have not read every word—is clear about the steps that we need to take to root out anti-Muslim prejudice,…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We heard earlier from my hon. Friend the Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double) about the particular challenges in Cornwall.…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not think so, but the hon. Gentleman raises an important point: we should thank those at the frontline of the NHS for the amazing work they have done. Part of supporting them…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsPublic appointments to Ofcom are of course a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. I should say that the hon. Gentleman…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the Prime Minister is absolutely right. I think my right hon. Friend has been doing a great job as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Looking at the last 12…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is a great champion of widening opportunity and has done a fantastic job in ensuring that equality is taken more seriously across Government. The campaign…27 May 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaMy right hon. Friend, as ever, is spot on. As well as being a brilliantly effective advocate for business, he is also someone with a distinguished former career in education,…27 May 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. He is a brilliantly effective advocate for Nottinghamshire and the people he serves. Indeed, investment in HS2 is critical to levelling up.…27 May 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaLevelling up is at the heart of the Government’s agenda to build back better after the pandemic and to deliver for citizens in every part of the United Kingdom. Later this year,…27 May 2021HANSARDVoter ID: EnfranchisementWe are not seeking to emulate America; we are seeking to emulate the Labour Government who introduced a form of photographic identification for voters in Northern Ireland when…27 May 2021HANSARDCivil Service Apprenticeship TargetsMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. We are currently reviewing, as part of preparation for new procurement legislation, exactly how we can ensure that there is a…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday I had the opportunity to talk to the First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in order to advance plans for a meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady puts the case in absolutely the right way: we need to focus on recovery. It was good to hear the First Minister stress in our conversation yesterday that she…27 May 2021HANSARDMinisterial Code: Potential BreachesThe independent adviser on Ministers’ interests publishes an annual report setting out the work he has undertaken.27 May 2021HANSARDMinisterial Code: Potential BreachesThat seems to me a very good point—yes.27 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Public InquiryI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising the case of his constituents who have suffered so much and who, understandably, want to ensure that the inquiry provides them with…27 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Public InquiryOn 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed to the House that a public inquiry into covid-19 would be established on a statutory basis with full formal powers. It will begin its work…27 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe broad public inquiry that we have set up—with, of course, consultation with the First Minister of Scotland—will, I hope, look at every aspect of our pandemic response.…27 May 2021