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HANSARDEngagementsI completely understand the concern, particularly among hard-working civil servants in Cumbernauld who expected to be reassigned. There is now a difference in the way in which…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI appreciate that the right hon. Lady has not been in the room at times—I think she is now being described as being in the “outer inner circle” around the Labour leadership—but I…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI have been asked to reply on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, who is today in Belfast attending the funeral of Lyra McKee. This was a brutal, cowardly murder of…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the way in which she has championed this and other environmental issues during her time in the House. I can certainly say that a Minister—I do…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe aid budget and the Foreign Office diplomatic expenditure budget give, and will continue to give, priority to human rights, including the rights of Christians and people of…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI join my hon. Friend in wishing success and strength to everybody taking part in the marathon on Sunday, particularly to Members from all parts of the House and, I suspect, one…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI want to pay tribute to men and women from Commonwealth countries who serve in our armed services. That service is something that this and previous Governments have valued…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThere has been, because of the scale of the deficit that was inherited in 2010, a need for severe restraints on public expenditure, including public sector pay. Where we are today…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe rules on emissions from shipping are not unique to the United Kingdom: the standards of measurement are global. As I said in earlier exchanges, the Government are the first to…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsAs I recall, my hon. Friend was successful in seeking that the Government should make representations to the European Commission to ask it to carve the citizens’ rights elements…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI completely understand and share the sense of exasperation that my hon. Friend expresses. It has been made very clear from this Dispatch Box on several occasions that the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsEvery Member of this House will condemn without reservation the behaviour to which the hon. Gentleman referred; it should be regarded as completely beyond the bounds of…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsWhat we are seeing in this country is not only the £10 billion that I spoke about in the earlier exchange, but enterprising innovative companies—large and small—seizing the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsIf we get the implementation period that is envisaged by the withdrawal agreement then those funding arrangements will continue until the end of that period. At that point, there…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. As we look to the future relationship with the European Union, we are looking at the customs arrangement that would be in place as part of…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe are investing record amounts in Wales’s railway infrastructure. Network Rail investment in the Wales route for control period 6, which takes us up to 2024, will be more than…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsLegally speaking, Huawei is a private firm, not a Government-owned company, but my right hon. Friend takes us to the question about the proposed roll-out of 5G networks. The…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI am happy to endorse my hon. Friend’s tribute to the fire and rescue service in his constituency and to support his words encouraging members of the public to co-operate fully…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsI agree with every word that the right hon. Gentleman just said. I thought that the finest riposte to those sickening claims by the terrorists was that the leaders of both the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the young woman to whom the hon. Gentleman refers spoke for her generation. All of us who go into schools and colleges in our constituencies know how the issue of climate…24 Apr 2019