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HANSARDRestoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterI am absolutely at one with the hon. Lady, and I am grateful for that helpful intervention. That is why the outline business case is being worked on now. We hope to have some…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThis was checked with the Home Office this morning. I was told that the Home Secretary had not received the report, so I asked the obvious follow-up question: is it in the post…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI so agree with my hon. Friend that neighbourhood policing is extremely important, effective and reassuring and helps to reduce crime. The Government are doing everything they can…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI say two things in response to that. One is that the academisation programme nationally has been an enormous success, has helped to raise standards in education and is giving…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI obviously join my hon. Friend in thanking the pupils and staff at St Mary’s for doing their bit. Of course, May is the month of Mary, so it is a very good time to be visiting…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her kind wishes. I think the House will be sitting until 10 o’clock on Monday, so I probably will not get the rendition—from my children, on…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is absolutely spot on. The planning system has failed people. It has not always given them the houses that they want. Surveys have always indicated that people want…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI actually think that the civil service is a model of good employment practice. Since the Northcote-Trevelyan reforms in the middle of the 19th century, it has been merit based,…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for his constituency, Rother Valley. I think the last movement of the capital of this nation was from Winchester to London, and he now…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful for these birthday wishes, although they are beginning to get a little embarrassing; I normally keep my advancing age quiet, rather than showing off about it quite…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI hear a very loud “Hear, hear!” from my hon. Friend, who I am so pleased to see in his place, as I teased him last week for not being—I am delighted that he is here. I am in…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThis is a golden opportunity for a Backbench Business debate to discuss the levelling-up agenda broadly, although of course people debated it during the debates on the Queen’s…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMy own constituents correspond with me about this issue. It always seems to me that the Government must treat people fairly and when they ban things, for whatever good reason that…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for her question, because I can provide her with the answer as to what has been done by Her Majesty’s Government. The United Kingdom has…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI pass on my congratulations, too, to Warrington Rylands football club. I must say, I think the Cheshire Cheese football club is the best name for a football club that I have…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI get into terrible difficulties with these areas, because it is very much do as I say, not as I do—I am afraid I am not running three miles for all the tea in China. Talking of…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that important point and for volunteering service—he is a model to us all in his public service and the service he provides to his…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises an important point, and he is of course absolutely right; we want as many people as possible to be inoculated—to come forward for their jab—as this provides…20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseThe law must be enforced.20 May 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue with the House. It is of great concern, and I offer my sympathies to Alfie Aldridge and his family. As constituency MPs, we all know…20 May 2021