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HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteI agree with my hon. Friend on that, and also on Lord Agnew, who is a noble man and was an excellent Minister. The sheer volume of schemes introduced and the speed with which they…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteAs it happens, we have given, as a Government, over £60 million to Companies House to continue its necessary reforms and we have undertaken myriad measures to prevent the problems…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteThe hon. Lady has fairly said that she and others on the Opposition side did push for the Government to take action. They are right to accept that—and they were right to do so.…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteWhat I do know is that Ben Houchen is an excellent Mayor and Labour wishes that it had mayors like him. Fraud is unacceptable wherever and however it is perpetrated. The…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteThis is a Government who have been relentless in their efforts to protect lives and livelihoods throughout the pandemic, taking unprecedented steps to see the country through what…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteAs Mr Speaker says, a more detailed response can be given to my hon. Friend’s question in due course, but he is quite right to focus on the point about banks. More than 75,000…01 Feb 2022HANSARDTackling Fraud and Preventing Government WasteThat is a very peculiar happenstance that my hon. Friend rightly mentions. Other local authorities around the country made good use of that generous provision, and I think…01 Feb 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI agree completely. The Prime Minister also welcomes the announcement by the Met police today, because alongside the Sue Gray inquiry, which he set up, we will offer the public…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationNo, I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation.25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI have to say that a quick Google analysis of the SNP would not be particularly edifying. Despite noises off, this Prime Minister is focused on what matters to the British people…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI am sorry that the hon. Gentleman chooses to criticise the Metropolitan police; I do not think that has the support of the House. I ask him to accept that the position is that…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy hon. Friend makes an interesting point, but, of course, police investigations and how they are conducted are operationally independent. I am sure that they will have heard what…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy hon. Friend makes his point powerfully and eloquently.25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI would invite the hon. and learned Lady to offer her constituent my abject sorrow and condolences for his loss. There is nothing that I can say to bring back that which is lost,…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI completely agree with my hon. Friend’s position. I would say that the report of Sue Gray—the findings of that report—will be published as soon as they are available.25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. As he can imagine, I would prefer not to get into the legal position. What I would say is that I expect, as everyone would, the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationAs I said in this House last time, the Prime Minister is going nowhere.25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationNo one is above the law in this country.25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationOne has to wonder. The Labour party’s focus on gatherings two years ago, as alleged, rather than on Ukraine and the Russian troops massing on the border of Europe, is quite…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy hon. Friend is quite right to focus on what matters around the world and to the Prime Minister of this country.25 Jan 2022