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HANSARD Business of the HouseI would be very concerned if anyone thought that it were the policy of the Government to ignore Members. We are held to account by Members and, in the normal course of events,…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady brings to the attention of the House something of great importance. It is really outrageous behaviour by drug people, who need to have the full force of the law bear…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI heartily congratulate Janet in Pontypridd market on winning the award. I might even volunteer to come and visit her. I recently had the great pleasure of having one of the…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend, as always, raises an issue that is important not only in his constituency, but in many of our constituencies. Everybody wants to see improved road safety around…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseWe do have regular debates on local authorities and matters relating to them. I am a great advocate of economy within the public service and of ensuring that the expenses paid to…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI think the hon. Lady was ungallant in relation to my right hon. Friend the Member for South Staffordshire (Gavin Williamson), who has been a very hard-working and diligent public…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing Monday 20 September include: Monday 20 September—Consideration of a Business of the House motion, followed by all stages of the Social…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThat is a very helpful heckle. The right hon. Gentleman is a great expert on this issue and asbestos is one of the key parts of it. What I have always been opposed to is spending…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her kind words. I, too, enjoy our exchanges very much. Since 1990, we have driven down emissions by 44%—the fastest reduction in a G7…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Government are doing a great deal to tackle crime. The right hon. Lady will be aware that we are recruiting 20,000 additional police officers, and 9,800 additional officers…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is a particularly silly line of questioning. In the midst of a pandemic, it was fundamental that the Government acted with speed. Personal protective equipment was needed,…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMembers have a right to hold the Government to account and to ask written questions and oral questions. I would suggest that hon. Members who find that this is happening resubmit…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s kind words. On the point he makes, I think he proves that that actually already happens, because nobody would ever dare stop him expressing his…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising this important issue and I wish Sara well. The campaign is an important one. I will pass on the hon. Lady’s comments to the Health…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI had an absolutely fantastic visit to Stoke-on-Trent, and my hon. Friend is absolutely right: we were shown a saggar maker’s bottom knocker’s work, which is essential to the…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I thank my hon. Friend for his public service as a Minister of the Crown, which he carried out with great distinction and for which his constituents and the country can be…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend has raised an important point. It has also been raised by the Governor of the Bank of England, who has pointed out that quite a number of people seem to have left…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very pleased to join my hon. Friend in congratulating the Derby branch of the Samaritans on its 60th—its diamond—anniversary. She is right to thank the Samaritans for the…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseBrexit has been a triumph, I am glad to say. We saw that not least with the vaccine roll-out; if we had done what the Opposition had wanted, we would not have been vaccinating…09 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThere will, to some extent, be an opportunity for that as the Health and Care Bill passes through Parliament, but the optimal placement of ambulance stations is an operational…09 Sept 2021