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HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentI will do as my hon. Friend says. I commend her for her championing of this very important area. The rape review and the work thereof should of course continue.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentI think the hon. Gentleman asked a rhetorical question, but I will say that the Government will continue to function as the country would expect.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentMy right hon. Friend is, of course, completely correct.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThe Government and the civil service will continue to function in the meantime, as they always have done and as they have done historically.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentMy hon. Friend makes a perfectly interesting point, but it is somewhat outside the range of my responsibilities.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThe matter that the hon. Lady refers to is set in statute, so it is a matter for the law, and that law would have been passed by this House.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThe business of the House of Commons will continue. There are Ministers to continue in place. I cannot pre-empt the Prime Minister’s statement, but I have spoken to the Cabinet…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentI thank my hon. Friend for his kind remarks. He is right, of course, that a general election is not constitutionally necessary; the Prime Minister was before the Liaison Committee…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThe substantive matter that the right hon. Gentleman mentions is not a matter for me, but I will say that Ministers on this Bench and in this House will serve the Crown and this…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentI can only say that the Prime Minister will make a statement shortly.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThe Government will continue to function, and I have spoken to the head of the civil service to that effect.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThe Government are functioning. I have already mentioned to the House that the great offices of state are still in place. The hon. Gentleman refers to our security and…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentI think my hon. Friend knows that I attended a meeting of the EU-UK Partnership Council in Brussels recently. The functions of Government, including in the international sphere,…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentI am particularly conscious of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, to which I think the hon. Gentleman is referring. The Leader of the House will be doing the usual business…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThe right hon. Lady frequently traduces this country. I disagree with her—I could not disagree with her more strongly. She has a separatist agenda, of course, and she wishes for…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentI cannot discuss the security arrangements of this country from the Dispatch Box, but the Secretary of State for the Home Department is in place and is responsible for the…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentMatters such as pay and remuneration are set in statute and are not a matter for me.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentI cannot pre-empt the Prime Minister’s statement, but the business of Government will continue functioning as normal.07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentNo matter who forms the Government of this country, the Union of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is of paramount importance, as the people of Scotland…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThe Prime Minister will be speaking shortly.07 Jul 2022