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HANSARD Business of the HouseThe House has always taken the safety and wellbeing of children very seriously, and obviously the Government do as well. Extra funds are being made available: £410 million is…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI have very little to add to what I said to my right hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead a few moments ago, but I would encourage the hon. Gentleman to raise the matter in…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Windrush scandal is a serious blot on the nation’s escutcheon. We should all be deeply concerned about the way in which it has affected individual constituents; that should…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThat is not within my purview—it is not my responsibility—but I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago to the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris).…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is obviously very important that flood defences are put in place. The Government have a programme of improving flood defences, including expenditure of considerable amounts of…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseIndeed. Preventing neighbourhood crimes, such as burglary and car theft, is a priority for this Government. Just last week, the Government opened up a £25 million safer street…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThose proposals remain Government policy and a sentencing Bill will, I believe, be coming forward. There are Justice questions on 25 February and I encourage the hon. Lady to…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseOn the WASPI women, there has been considerable effort to ease the very difficult problem that involved raising the pension age. Nobody has had their retirement age increased by…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseA moment ago, our friends on the SNP Benches were complaining that the English were voting on things exclusively and that that was a bad idea. They are now saying that there…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right: the power rests with this place and it is up to us to exercise it. The only constraints on this House and what it does have been placed…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI was on the all-party group on Equitable Life and, like many Members, I had constituents affected by this, but I think the Government have done what is reasonable to put this…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, may I congratulate my right hon. Friend on succeeding in becoming Chairman of the Defence Committee? I have a feeling that there may be a report coming on that important…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThe excellence of Yorkshire cycling is clearly known across the world. I believe that there is a second-tier event that takes place on the continent, which has nothing like the…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is slightly putting the cart before the horse in that we will need to see the length of the Session before we decide on the additional days—although I do wonder why…06 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseWith regard to the English votes for English laws issue, I remind the hon. Gentleman that his party did not oppose the programme motion, which led to there being no Report stage,…06 Feb 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI entirely agree with that. We will work on this as fast as possible. We took up suggestions from the Backbench Business Committee for next Thursday, which would ideally be the…30 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAnything relating to pensions is extremely important. A pensions Bill will be introduced in the House of Lords fairly soon, so these matters will be discussed on the Floor of the…30 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI can think of another country where clerics have considerable sway, and that is of course the Vatican, which is ruled by the Holy Father, with considerable authority. The House…30 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Prime Minister, who is a high authority on this matter, said in Prime Minister’s questions on Wednesday that a statement would be coming out shortly.30 Jan 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy right hon. Friend has been a formidable champion on this and played a crucial role in reducing the maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals, which was of great importance…30 Jan 2020