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HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI completely agree. That has also been my experience at my jobcentre. It is really important that across the House we emphasise that our jobcentres are a fantastic source of…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesGosh, it is early for an intervention, but why not?28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI want to reassure the hon. Lady and her constituents that we completely agree that there is a need to ensure that those sorts of scans happen as speedily as possible. That is why…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesWe have set out a very clear plan to recover that money, and we have provided regular periodic updates on the progress that we are making against fraud, but we do not accept Lord…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI agree with my hon. Friend. It is crucial that the NHS continues to reform and, frankly, become more fit for a technological age, as well as for one in which we can anticipate…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesMy hon. Friend makes an important point. The performance of the Welsh Government in this area is genuinely concerning, but this also demonstrates a point about fundamental…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI hasten to say that we very much remain in office, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am pleased to respond for the Government to this debate. I begin by saying, as I have on many…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe provide regular updates on the amount of money lost to fraud because all Members on both sides of the House want action to pursue perpetrators. We have shown our intention in…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and he knows about this from his time as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. There is no doubt in my mind that the work we are…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI am going to make some progress at this point. The Chancellor has also announced his intention to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p in the pound from 2024. This…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesMy right hon. Friend is right to say that with this budget for the NHS comes a responsibility for that organisation to be absolutely open and candid—in a way that, frankly, it has…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI thank my hon. Friend for his substantive question, and there was a certain reticence from the shadow Chief Secretary to answer it. The public will look in consternation at…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for his region and his support for a freeport on the Humber has been noted across Government. We are of course investing in our levelling-up…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOf course, we invested £1.6 billion in local authorities in each year of the spending review precisely to help them with all the responsibilities that they must discharge. I would…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government are determined to deliver for the people of Cambridgeshire. My colleagues at the Department of Health and Social Care will have heard my hon. Friend’s comments…28 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Chancellor set out very clearly the choices the Scottish Government made at their most recent spending review, on which they can be judged. Let us be very…28 Jun 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthIt is important to set out a number of facts about this situation, because it is the subject of repeated misrepresentation. The first thing to say is that 97% of all PPE that was…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthAs I will set out during my remarks, we have to be very careful, in setting our tax and welfare policies, that we do not worsen the very problems we are trying to manage. That is…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthOne has to set in context the action that each Government take against their particular situation and the particular economic options open to them, including the impact on taxes,…18 May 2022HANSARDAchieving Economic GrowthIt is a privilege to respond to this debate on behalf of the Government. I have to say that I thought that was an uncharacteristically poor speech by the shadow Chancellor, and…18 May 2022