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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. We have arrangements with France to make school trips easier. I think we agree across the House that school trips are an…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will be carrying out another round of engagement with victims next week. As I said in answer to the former Paymaster General, the right hon. Member for Salisbury (John Glen),…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIBCA is operationally independent, but I expect the first payments for the affected to be made before the end of this year. I am restless for progress and will do all I can as a…23 Jan 2025HANSARDRelations with the EUThe Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission have agreed to strengthen the relationship between the EU and the UK, putting it on a more solid, stable footing. I…23 Jan 2025HANSARDRelations with the EUMy hon. Friend makes a good point, and I can confirm that our priority remains ensuring that UK artists can continue to perform and promote themselves around the world. That is…23 Jan 2025HANSARDRelations with the EUMy hon. Friend raises a good point. Of course, we set out in our manifesto that we would not return to the single market, to the customs union or to freedom of movement. Within…23 Jan 2025HANSARDRelations with the EUMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: this is a time to look to the future, not to go back to the divisions of the past. The forthcoming EU-UK summit presents significant…23 Jan 2025HANSARDRelations with the EUI would say, first, that the Government are committed to our membership of the European convention on human rights, and secondly, that the hon. Gentleman talks about bodies and…23 Jan 2025HANSARDLords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I will say, first of all, what a remarkably efficient Committee stage that was. In that tradition, which has now been set,…18 Dec 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation Authority: Contingency Fund AdvanceI hereby give notice of the Cabinet Office’s intention to seek a Contingencies Fund advance to make compensation payments to victims of the infected blood scandal. The Cabinet…17 Dec 2024HANSARDGovernment Response to the Infected Blood Inquiry Recommendations: End-of-year UpdateThe infected blood inquiry’s final report was published on 20 May 2024 and made 12 recommendations. The recommendations made by Sir Brian Langstaff are wide-ranging, well…17 Dec 2024HANSARDTrade Barriers with the EUThe Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission met on 2 October in Brussels and agreed to strengthen the relationship between the UK and the EU. Maroš Šefčovič,…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTrade Barriers with the EUThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise the issue of very high standards of animal welfare in food production. This Government will prioritise that in trade policy, unlike…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTrade Barriers with the EUThe Labour party manifesto set out our red lines in this negotiation. We will not go back to the battles of the past. We will not return to the single market. We will not return…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTrade Barriers with the EUThe hon. Lady is right to highlight the importance of the Foreign Secretary’s attendance at the Foreign Affairs Council. It is hugely important that we work together with our…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn relation to my hon. Friend’s second point, it is right that the Church of England looks very carefully now at its procedures in the light of what has happened and been brought…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am more than happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with the figures for Northern Ireland, as I have done in the past; he knows that I am always happy to do that. On the timescale…05 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords AppointmentsFrom today, political parties will be required to provide citations when making nominations for appointment to the House of Lords, summarising why an individual has been put…05 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It just should not be the case, in a modern legislature, that there are places reserved for people by accident of birth. The Bill has now…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are committed to transparency around lobbying. That is why we will have regular transparency updates. The approach that we take will frankly be in stark contrast…05 Dec 2024