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HANSARD Business of the HouseAgain, I shall certainly add the hon. Lady’s name to my letter over to the Department concerned. A lot of this is about giving hon. Members detailed information about the many and…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear about the hon. Gentleman’s case. This is a classic situation in which Members of Parliament can make a difference, and I Rhope the hon. Gentleman will intervene…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point, and I hope he will have noticed the announcement today on family hubs and the local authorities that are particularly being focused…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI clocked earlier that the SNP’s theme of the week was Brexit. The hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn) made the same point yesterday when he invoked the metaphor of an…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising an incredibly important point. I echo his encouragement to his council for the regional aviation hub. That connectivity is important to the…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman again for his diligence in shining a spotlight on what is going on in Nigeria. Enormous numbers of people are displaced, for a variety of reasons. He…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear about the hon. Lady’s case. I do not know whether she has raised it directly with the Department of Health and Social Care, but I encourage her to do so if she…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for raising this important issue. I will make sure that the Secretary of State has heard her concerns. Departmental questions are not until early March, so I…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI start by echoing the many sympathies and sentiments that hon. Members have expressed at the sad death of firefighter Barry Martin. I am sure all Members in the Chamber today…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my right hon. Friend for raising those points. Questions to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will be on the day the House returns, but I will also…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sorry to hear about that case and the difficulty that my hon. Friend and his constituent, Mr Paul Barford, have had in raising concerns about his father Joseph’s care. My…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for the week commencing 6 February will include: Monday 6 February—Debate on motions to approve the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023, the draft…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI reiterate what I said in my opening remarks: I am incredibly grateful for the support that the hon. Lady and her colleagues have given to the lion’s share of legislation that we…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, I echo the hon. Gentleman’s sentiments about Mark Drakeford and the sad loss he has suffered. I very much understand the decision to move that debate. I will certainly make…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising that matter. As the next Education questions are not until 27 February, I will write on his behalf and make sure the Department has heard his…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am very sorry to hear about the situation that the hon. Gentleman describes. He is quite right that it is about not just the functioning of bureaucracy but families facing…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important point and putting on record the tremendous success of that football club and how much we owe to Cliff and other individuals who…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this important issue. I know many people will ask why we are concerned about such matters in this place and say that surely it is not a…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe title that the hon. Gentleman gave the Mayor of London is causing some disquiet across the Chamber. The Mayor of London is not a dictator. The Mayor of London can be voted out…02 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady has raised a matter that is clearly very important to her constituents. In all decisions such as this, we have to balance economic growth, and the ability to make…02 Feb 2023