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HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend will not have long to wait to raise this with the Foreign Secretary, as the next Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office questions are on 2 May. I am pleased…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that appalling case. Churches and other places of worship are never legitimate targets in conflict situations. It is further evidence, I am…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear that. The hon. Lady will know that, as well as the checks and balances in place for awarding the funding, there are evaluation works that go on. I am sorry that…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for all the work she has done in championing this issue and in supporting Dogs Trust, which does a huge amount of good work in this area. She will know that…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for raising that case; I am very sorry to hear it. She may wish to raise it at Treasury questions on 9 May but, given that that is a sizeable chunk of money…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseHappy #LoveMK Day to everyone celebrating it. I do not think the residents of Milton Keynes should love their council, though, by the sounds of it. Potholes are a blight on the…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising an important point. As he will know, my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Prime…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseSince 2017 local planning authorities in England have been required to maintain and publish brownfield land registers, and I am very disturbed to hear that that basic requirement…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseLet me start with the hon. Lady’s final point, which is a serious and timely one in a week when the nation is focused on improving bowel cancer diagnosis rates, and we had that…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for again raising these very important matters and shining a spotlight on particular cases and individuals. We condemn the arbitrary detention of…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 24 April will include: Monday 24 April—Second Reading of the Non-Domestic Rating Bill, followed by consideration of Lords amendments to the…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for asking the second question today on that issue. I urge him to get together with my right hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton)…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI was waiting for a question of this flavour, and it is no surprise from where it came. It affords me the opportunity to say that I am very grateful that this nation has a…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman cannot blame us for creating potholes, but he will know that the Chancellor has brought forward a considerable uplift in funding to address potholes, which are…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseAfter advertising the Home Office surgeries, I now advertise that the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has stood up surgeries in Portcullis House where individual cases…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe relevant questions session will not take place until 5 June, but I will write a letter, on the hon. Gentleman’s behalf, to ensure that the Secretary of State has heard what he…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for all the work he has done to secure new investment, focusing on Wednesbury and other parts of his constituency. His important question illustrates why it…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI hope that I am always helpful to hon. Members, but I think the hon. Lady needs to direct her questions to the Labour London Mayor. Since 2010, this Government have halved crime…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for her question and for all the work she has done to make this important step a reality. I can inform her that Lord Bellamy wrote to the Scottish and…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my right hon. Friend for raising this very important point. Although these are commercial decisions for banks, it is a matter of concern to us to ensure that people have…20 Apr 2023