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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend—actually, my hon. kinsman—for her question. I understand the devastation that flooding can cause for individuals, families and businesses. The…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs always, I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. Clearly, when local journals run with such stories, they create concern among people who are most unlikely to be…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman knows my weaknesses only too well, because this dreadful idea was tried with the county of Avon, which was abolished, I am glad to say, to general rejoicing in…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am very grateful to my hon. Friend. Fly-tipping is an absolute blight on society. It is illegal and there are penalties for it. Obviously, the primary responsibility lies with…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Government are committed to ensuring that disabled people have the support that they need. It is worth pointing out that since 2013 we have reduced the disability employment…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseActually, he was chucked out by the Whigs, who voted against him on an Irish coercion Bill. The hon. Gentleman is forgetting his history for once; he normally likes to burnish his…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for her question, and for the terrific effort she is making in supporting levelling up and in backing her constituency. I understand from the Department for…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThis is so important—I am grateful to my hon. Friend. The recent spending review makes available £2.6 billion of new funding across the next three years for new school places for…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is an opportunity—I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for making her point—to thank people working in the health service and social care for the work that they do, in…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWe have already discussed the VAT issue and the difficult decisions any Chancellor always has to make on where taxation falls to ensure that what the country wishes to afford can…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIt is, of course, Mr Speaker who gives Adjournment debates, and therefore we pay homage to you, Mr Speaker, for your beneficence, wisdom and perspicacity in realising this was…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 10 January will include: Monday 10 January—Remaining stages of the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill, followed by a debate on motions to approve…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLevelling-up funding is allocated to help level up. Great things are happening: £4.8 billion in the levelling-up fund is being spent to help regenerate town centres and high…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Government are committed to a ban on trophy hunting, which was a manifesto commitment. I will therefore ensure that my right hon. Friend’s comments are passed on to the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI refer the hon. Lady to the answer that I gave some moments ago.06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI agree with the hon. Lady that the RUH does terrific work. I went to see it recently, and it is a well-managed hospital that does its best under difficult circumstances. However,…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI always say to right hon. and hon. Members across the House that if they raise specific constituent issues at business questions, I will always take them up directly afterwards…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI wonder if I may divide the question into two parts—one on providing support for people in debt, and the other on what the Government and taxpayers are doing to support people in…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThere should be huge vaccine confidence. What has happened with the vaccine programme and the booster programme has meant that this country has been able to get back to normal…06 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am afraid the heckle from the back answered the question.06 Jan 2022