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HANSARDEngagementsBaroness Amos is a dear friend of mine. I know that the Health Secretary is considering her recommendations.05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am deeply saddened by the loss of life and the scenes of devastation in the great country of Jamaica. Like my hon. Friend, I have relatives in Jamaica, and I thank and commend…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Member for raising the issue. Sadly, too many of us will know someone affected by prostate cancer; too many members of my family are currently living with…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for championing our armed forces, who make extraordinary sacrifices to keep our country safe. We are renewing our country, and that includes…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsAs the hon. Member knows, the previous Government cut police officers and police community support officers while also critically underfunding the criminal justice system. We are…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Member for his question. I bought a new suit this morning because my godmother said that she would be watching. His question brings to mind the West…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe actions of the driver, Andrew Johnson, and the train staff member, Samir Zitouni, were nothing less than heroic, and I am sure that the whole House would agree that some form…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsFor millions of leaseholders, the dream of home ownership has fallen woefully short of what was promised. That is why we are implementing the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI applaud my hon. Friend. She is a passionate champion of the next generation. She will have seen my right hon. Friend the Member for Houghton and Sunderland South (Bridget…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI see the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) in his seat. This may be the first time I have seen him at Prime Minister’s questions. Reform said that Kent county council would…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady knows that we have 80 years of convention, and it is for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to present her Budget later on this month. I say gently to her: it was under…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI usually look forward to the bombast that the hon. Gentleman brings to the Chamber, but as usual, the SNP will say anything to distract from its appalling record. In the week…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI have got to tell the hon. Gentleman: I spent 14 years in opposition and I did a hell of a lot better than he has just done. I have answered the question. Under the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am looking forward to being up against the right hon. Member for Newark next time. In 25 years in this House, I have not witnessed a more shameful spectacle, frankly, than what…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt seems that, like the right hon. Member for Braintree (Sir James Cleverly), the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) cannot count, let alone stand up on behalf of the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt is great to see the hon. Gentleman in his place. I had expected to see the shadow Justice Secretary, the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick), but I am nevertheless…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Chamber is, thankfully, quiet, so I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman did not hear me when I said that of course I apologise and am sorry for the anxiety caused. Let me…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsAfter Kebatu’s release, I put in place the toughest checks we have ever had in the prison system. It is important that Lynne Owens is able to get to the bottom of her work. I…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsMay I remind her that as Foreign Secretary I stood at this Dispatch Box and spoke to the China audit that we said we would do on coming into government? We did that; indeed, I did…05 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsGet a grip, man! I know I am the Justice Secretary. That is why I am at the Dispatch Box, also as Deputy Prime Minister. We know that. [Interruption.] I am not going to pray in…05 Nov 2025