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HANSARD Business of the HouseI will certainly ensure that the Home Secretary and the Ministry of Justice have heard what the hon. Lady has raised. From my experience as a former Secretary of State for the…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe right hon. Lady raises an important matter. I shall certainly make sure that the Home Office has heard her concerns about that report. She will know, though, that it is not…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThis is an important matter. I will join my hon. Friend in praising the work of the Hepatitis C Trust. Those targets are ambitious, but we are determined to smash them years…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very sorry to hear about that case, and I will of course ensure that the Secretary of State has heard what the hon. Lady has said. Hopefully someone from ScottishPower’s…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend will know that I will say that further business will be announced in the usual way. He is right that we are committed to the measures in that Bill. We think that we…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry that the hon. Member has not been able to secure a debate on this matter. He is sat next to the Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee, who is forever announcing…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThis is an extremely important issue and I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising it. He will know that my right hon. Friend the Security Minister is leading a taskforce designed to…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend’s question follows that asked by the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr Sheerman), about trust in democracy and our institutions. That is incredibly important.…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; one of the reasons we left the EU was to enable those opportunities across all sectors, but particularly fishing and food producers. We…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIn reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock), I have already given the SNP a lesson in balancing the books. I do not think this Government should take…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear that the hon. Lady has not had a response. What I will do is contact the Department again on her behalf. In such cases where the Department is just not…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure we all join my hon. Friend in thanking Rick and Gail for their incredible work for her constituents over many decades. She is right to praise the contribution that…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising this serious matter, and I shall ensure that the Secretary of State has heard his request. I am sure that the House will want to focus…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate the right hon. Member on providing a wonderful advert for any Members who are not planning on holidaying in his constituency and reasons why they should. He raises…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThere were audible groans across the Chamber at that, because we all know of companies that do not enable all their customers to get access to the information they need. It is…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right about the incredible contribution that rotary clubs make, and not just to work in the UK—if we were to draw up a list of organisations that have helped to…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises a very important matter and he is absolutely right. We are increasing per pupil funding. We have introduced additional support for special educational needs,…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI said last week that the nation is not just STEM-powered—the hon. Lady is a great champion for that. It is also STEAM-powered. The arts and cultural and creative industries are…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 4 September will be: Monday 4 September—Consideration of Lords amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, followed by…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady has done us a service by raising this matter. I will get on to the relevant Department this afternoon and ask that it be clarified, which I am sure would be in the…20 Jul 2023