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HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman says the Government have taken no action on the global inflation challenge we face, but I think £22 billion-worth of support is a huge intervention. I…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend will have heard the House’s response to his question. He is addressing something that needs to be resolved, and it is clearly something we need to do across…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI use that excuse because it happens to be true, but I accept that the world has moved on. We are moving out of covid, so Ministers need to respond quicker. I will do my best to…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you for that advice, Mr Speaker. I should start by correcting the record. At last week’s business questions I may have inadvertently misled the House when I said to the hon.…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseIt will be a pleasure. The provisional business for the week commencing 23 May will include the following: Monday 23 May—Second Reading of the Public Order Bill. Tuesday 24…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. If I can assist him in any way in continuing to raise the profile of religious persecution around the world, I will of course do that.…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady will recognise that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has already reduced fuel duty, which is assisting people with some of the global challenges of inflation. VAT…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her question. She is of course right to raise the challenges that those people who are consuming alcohol underage present for communities and their own…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman will have the opportunity on 20 June, at Home Office questions, to question the Home Secretary directly. I hear his comments and those of colleagues across the…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe direct answer to the hon. Lady is yes, I will raise that matter directly with the Health Secretary on her behalf. I will find out where the Department’s response is to her…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. If he sends me those details, I will pass them directly to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. I am sorry to hear about his…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI am truly sorry to hear about Joseph and his demise. I will make sure that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is aware of her comments; I am sure that it will be…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate my hon. Friend on raising that important matter. In doing so, she spreads the message about awareness of prostate cancer. She mentioned it in her maiden speech, so…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI hope the hon. Gentleman will recognise that the global pandemic caused some challenges in the last Session—that is not an excuse but a statement of fact. We are now in a new…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI join the right hon. Gentleman in paying tribute to Her Majesty the Queen. The jubilee will be a huge opportunity for the nation to recognise what a privilege it is to be alive…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI do not know whether the hon. Lady had the opportunity on Monday to question the Secretary of State directly while he was at the Dispatch Box, but I join her in recognising the…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI am truly sorry to hear about the case in my hon. Friend’s constituency. The Department for Transport will be conducting a call for evidence on parts of the Road Traffic Act…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her question and for once again raising the profile of Rob Burrow and all he does to raise this important issue. She is also a huge advocate for rugby…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his work in this area. He will know that it will be Health questions on 14 June, when he can raise that matter directly with the Health and…19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI should point out first that the two Transport Ministers on the Front Bench this morning will have heard his comments. I cannot let this moment pass without also mentioning the…19 May 2022