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HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportWith the leave of the House, Mr Deputy Speaker, I thank all Members who have taken part in the debate. I welcome their consideration of the issues at hand. Given the nature of the…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPrivileges Committee Special ReportI beg to move, That this House, (a) notes with approval the Special Report from the Committee of Privileges; (b) considers that where the House has agreed to refer a matter…10 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman will know that we take that type of matter seriously. He will know that, because of the findings of the Competition and Markets Authority, we are introducing a…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseAs my hon. Friend will know, obesity is of huge concern to the Department of Health and Social Care, but other Departments are also involved in combating what is one of the…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI shall certainly ensure that Treasury Ministers hear what the hon. Lady has said. We have these schemes in place because we want to get funding into local communities, and we…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important point. Across the country, there are good and sensible schemes that are tackling air pollution. The issue that so many people…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI remind my hon. Friend that DLUHC questions are on Monday—it will be jam-packed. I agree with her: that is a crazy solution to a problem of constrained resource. Why have an…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for looking at this important issue. We have helped 837,000 people on to the property ladder through those schemes, and we do not want to see the further…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my right hon. Friend for raising that important matter. It is raised very regularly in business questions so I know how vital and valuable local news services are. The…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I know that several Members of the House have raised that matter. I have written already to the MOD, but I will follow up after this…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important point. She will know that suppliers have to demonstrate to the regulator that they meet sustainability criteria, and there is a…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her question. Other Members have also raised that matter. As a consequence, I have written to the relevant Departments—the Treasury and the Health and…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady will know, given where we are on a number of important Bills, that business is dynamic—if I can put it in those terms—and that the business statement that I have…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my right hon. Friend for that very helpful suggestion. He will know that, as Treasury questions are not until after the summer recess, he will have no opportunity to raise…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI pay tribute to all the work my hon. Friend has done on this. It has enabled Members across the House to contribute to the Bill, too. The Bill has been through the Joint…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI join the hon. Gentleman in congratulating Dame Katherine Grainger on the incredible job she did. There was a lovely moment in the cathedral when we caught each other’s eye and…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He should know, because I think the letter would have been copied to his office, that I have written to the Department on that matter and…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her question, but I do have to correct her, because the Government Equalities Office and other areas of Government are doing those things. We have had…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI congratulate my hon. Friend on mentioning a few of the unsung heroes in her constituency —I am sure all of us would want to echo the thanks she has given them. She will know…06 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right that the Government are putting our money where our mouth is. We need to give communities the capital they need to regenerate and to attract further…06 Jul 2023