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HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsUltimately, that is one of the responsibilities of the Prime Minister. It is because of the unique status of a Minister—that they are not an employee—that that exists. That is the…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsMy hon. Friend makes some very good points. He knows, because I have appeared before his Committee regarding this and other matters, that there have been delays to certain things,…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsSadly, again more smear. It seems that anyone who was awarded a contract for PPE or anything else is a Tory mate, even when they turn out to be a Labour party donor.18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsThat is absolutely correct, and I could add to the list the things that we have also done to increase transparency and accountability at a local government level, which we know…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI have said several times this afternoon that the public do care about that and they are right to do so. We should be here to answer questions about those issues. What I am not…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. The British public want us to focus on the issues that matter to them. They want us to recover quickly, both economically and in dealing…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. It is perfectly legitimate for any Member of this House to raise issues around how we hold people to account and how we scrutinise things,…18 May 2021HANSARD Ministerial Code/Register of Ministers’ InterestsThe right hon. Lady raises issues about the ministerial code, the arbiter of which is the Prime Minister; the work of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, which is a matter…18 May 2021HANSARDEmergency Alerts ServiceThe Government will introduce a new emergency alerts service across the UK later this summer as part of the Government’s continued work to improve our resilience in the event of…17 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Transparency and AccountabilityI shall certainly do my best to answer as many hon. Members’ questions as I can. I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions to the debate and for their…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Transparency and AccountabilityI am not going to take any more interventions; I am sorry. I am very aware of the issue raised by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Transparency and AccountabilityI certainly believe in the vaccine. I am a volunteer on the vaccine programme. There has been a huge effort by science, by manufacturers, by our healthcare services and by the…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Transparency and AccountabilityCertainly. I hope that some of the questions I have already raised with colleagues may pre-empt that. I know there are requests from local authorities on issues such as…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Transparency and AccountabilityI am glad I took my right hon. Friend’s intervention. If the Government have a role in this, it is to create a situation where it becomes possible for the insurance sector to…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Transparency and AccountabilityI am fairly confident that I can flatten any suggestion of shenanigans in that regard. These are not only very distinct issues, but conditional on very distinct things. What we do…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Transparency and AccountabilityCertainly. I shall acknowledge some of the things that hon. Members have raised; I do think we need to learn from the past 12 months and look at how in future we can do this…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Transparency and AccountabilityI will take just one more intervention, because I know we are short of time.22 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Government Transparency and AccountabilityCan I just make a little progress? My hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock also spoke about care homes. Since 12 April, people in care homes have been able to have two visitors,…22 Apr 2021HANSARDTrade with the EU: Non-tariff BarriersI thank my hon. Friend for his thanks and praise to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. We look at and vigorously pursue all cases that Members raise with us to ensure that…25 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade with the EU: Non-tariff BarriersI thank the hon. Gentleman for that offer. I am always happy to meet businesses. My noble Friend Lord Frost and I are looking at ways that we can gather information more swiftly…25 Mar 2021