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HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeMy hon. Friend’s constituent is entirely right to continue to hold the Government to account on the speed of delivery of the compensation. Particular targets were put in place,…14 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI join the hon. Gentleman in paying tribute to Clive Smith for his excellent and continuing work on memorialisation in particular, for which I am very grateful. The hon. Gentleman…14 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeOn the right hon. Gentleman’s third question, the answer is yes. His second question related to dates. There are some specific dates that exist in the scheme. For example,…14 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his remarks and for his support and that of his party, which has been helpful throughout this process. On existing claims where there has…14 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeToday, I have laid the Government response to the public consultation on proposed changes to the infected blood compensation scheme. I have also published the accompanying report…14 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI am grateful to the hon. Member for his generous comments. On that particular issue, I would be grateful if he wrote to me with the very specific details. I would be more than…14 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeOne of the reasons I signed off funding for both financial advice and legal advice was precisely to ensure that, in a situation where an offer of compensation was received, people…14 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeFirst, IBCA has published a prioritisation list. It published the rationale for that and is obviously moving through that list on the basis of that prioritisation. Given that this…14 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman and his party for the tone that they have taken throughout this process, and I welcome the opportunity to continue to work on a cross-party…14 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeFirst, the intention is certainly not to produce any form of two-tier scheme; it is to compensate everybody for the harm they have suffered. On the hon. Gentleman’s constituent, I…14 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Delivery: Simplifying Processes and Reducing BureaucracyMy noble and learned Friend the Attorney General, the right hon. Lord Hermer KC, has today jointly laid this statement in the House of Lords: Further to the written ministerial…26 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillI have every sympathy with the right hon. Gentleman’s point, but the number 120 is not an objective for the Government to become bigger; it is the average size of the Governments…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillThe right hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. If we go back to the debates from 1975, we will see some of the reasons why that is the case. We have always differentiated…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillIf ever Ministers were looking for a trade union leader, we have found one in the right hon. Member for Hertsmere (Sir Oliver Dowden). Having already held very high office and…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillI am genuinely surprised by that intervention, because when I was taking the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill through the House, the fact that Ministers in the Lords are…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillThe freeze remains in place. The 1975 Act sets cumulative limits on the salaries allocated to Secretaries of State, Ministers of State and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries. Within…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I am pleased to open the debate on this short Bill that has a straightforward, singular aim. It seeks to amend the…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillI will try to be brief on those two questions. It was the usual precise contribution, as ever, from the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. First, why those totals?…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins, as I open the proceedings in the Committee of the whole House. I set out the core arguments for this Bill in my…17 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I will keep my remarks brief. I just want to thank Members across the House for their contributions to the debate. I am…17 Mar 2026