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HANSARDFraud ReductionWe have spent taxpayers’ money on building counter-fraud services, including the counter fraud function, counter fraud profession and a data analytics hub. Her Majesty’s Treasury…09 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Procurement PolicyHow remiss of me not to wish you many happy returns for tomorrow, Mr Speaker. I expect that Chorley will be en fête over the weekend and that what it was doing last weekend was…09 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend tempts me, but I remind him that the Government speak with one voice. What I will say is that yesterday there was a meeting between Ministers and the Secretary of…09 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Leaving the EUI do not know where these figures come from. The hon. Gentleman himself said it, but I am not sure there is any greater source for these figures, though perhaps he will make them…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionI was going to point out to the right hon. Lady that business questions will follow in due course and that that would be her opportunity to raise such things with the Leader of…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionThese charges made by the socialists are completely false. They have no bearing on reality and they completely ignore what was the requirement two years ago. We needed PPE. There…09 Jun 2022HANSARDBrexit Opportunities: Discussions with Welsh GovernmentI am very grateful for this question because it is an opportunity to remind the hon. Gentleman that the people of Wales, in their good sense, voted in a higher proportion to leave…09 Jun 2022HANSARDFraud ReductionMy hon. Friend is a great one for holding the Government and the bureaucracy to account, and he is right to do so. That is why we are looking to significant productivity increases…09 Jun 2022HANSARDBrexit: Economic OpportunitiesThe hon. Gentleman is fundamentally wrong and he actually explains why it was right to leave the EU. What he is talking about is not British red tape—it is EU red tape. We are…09 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Leaving the EUHer Majesty’s Government understand that many people are worried about the effect of rising prices. That is why we recently announced over £15 billion of additional support,…09 Jun 2022HANSARDData on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers in 2021The Government attach great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence, and recognise that the right of parliamentarians to take up issues with those in…26 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthThis will have to be a risk-based assessment. If the hon. Gentleman can say that this whisky is dangerous or poisonous, or it is breaking a trademark—18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthDo we really have a Scotsman in the House who does not like his whisky to be cheap? Does he want to pay higher prices for whisky? Is he calling for this for the good people of…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthHow can I refuse the hon. Gentleman?18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthIt is a pleasure to close this debate on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government. I thank right hon. and hon. Members on both sides of the House who have contributed; they made many…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthMy hon. Friend is wise, and this is part of the reason why Poundbury has been a success, because it provides basic services, including a primary school. That is part of the…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthUnfortunately, as so often, the hon. Gentleman has not been paying proper attention to the day’s debate. If he had, he might have heard an authority greater than I am answering…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthI would correct the hon. Gentleman, as the money has not been written off. In addition, Lord Agnew has been in touch with me, and I have spoken to him and been seeking his advice…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthThat is particularly good news. It is welcome that Northern Ireland, where there are difficulties over the protocol, is seeing genuine benefit from our free trade agreements. I…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthI have already given way once. As I was saying, it was splendid but it was not really what the debate was about. I admire the heralds as well. They are a great addition to the…18 May 2022