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HANSARDSpaceflight SectorI am grateful to my hon. Friend for asking this question. I have granted consent to the Civil Aviation Authority to issue a licence to Britain’s first ever spaceport, paving the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDSpaceflight SectorI am grateful to my hon. Friend for reminding us of the work that the UK Government do across the whole United Kingdom. The work at SaxaVord is very exciting and I hope to have…24 Nov 2022HANSARDSpaceflight SectorI would be very pleased to visit Shetland again, which my right hon. Friend—I will call him that, as we worked together in government a number of years ago—represents so ably. On…24 Nov 2022HANSARDSpending Priorities: Autumn StatementThe Chancellor announced a plan in last week’s autumn statement to tackle the cost of living crisis and rebuild our economy. As I said earlier, the Government will invest more…24 Nov 2022HANSARDSpending Priorities: Autumn StatementThe hon. Gentleman is right that we will have to deal with the pressures of inflation, and the Government’s No. 1 economic priority is to reduce inflation as quickly as possible.…24 Nov 2022HANSARDSpending Priorities: Autumn StatementLocal authorities put in bids for significantly more than the £1 billion that was allocated. We selected a total of 34 counties, city regions and unitary authorities to benefit…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, the Chancellor delivered his autumn statement, which confirmed that the Department for Transport’s budget for the next two financial years remains unchanged. That means…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me try to give a short, punchy reply. National Highways is well aware that there are a range of opinions and views about its proposals for the A5036, and it is committed to…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. The supply chain for HS2 and the spending benefits constituencies and constituents across the whole of the United Kingdom, including his…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises some important issues. The important thing from the Government’s point of view is that we tackle air quality. He will know better than me that how we do that…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I am very pleased to welcome my hon. Friend to his place as Chair of the Transport Committee. I look forward to working with him and with all members of the Select…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her question and for her work when she was Home Secretary to strengthen the law to enable us to deal with those who cause disruption on…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I set out at the start of topical questions, I very much want the strikes not to take place. I have set out my ambition for the rail sector and I will be meeting trade union…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not think the hon. Gentleman listened to my earlier answers. It is not my interest to block a settlement at all. I want to resolve this issue. I want to facilitate the trade…24 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very familiar with that issue from my time as Minister for Disabled People. The behaviour that the hon. Lady describes is, of course, already unlawful. She has set out a…24 Nov 2022HANSARDDartford Crossing ClosuresMy hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for the lower Thames crossing. He will know that National Highways has submitted a new application for a development consent order for that…24 Nov 2022HANSARDHigh Speed 2 UpdateReview of High Speed 2, including programme update, local community impact and engagement, environment, benefits and programme governance. Overview I am reporting continued…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI thank the Chancellor for his robust defence of Conservative economic policy over the last 12 years. More of that, please! My inner chartered accountant cannot but welcome the…17 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. The Chancellor has said that he will set out a fully costed plan to get debt falling as a proportion of GDP, and he has confirmed at the Dispatch Box that that will be done in…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateIn Gloucestershire, the inability to discharge people from hospital because of inadequate social care is the primary reason why we have ambulances queuing, so I welcome the adult…22 Sept 2022