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HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsIf I may I will take the right hon. Lady back to January last year. She just mentioned travel measures, but travel measures were brought in in January last year. I am not going to…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. First, on people trafficking, he has been assiduous on this and he has heard me speak a number of times about the measures that we are…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I do not want to speculate about new measures; he will bear with me, as he has heard me say this a number of times. There are processes…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsAs a member of the Select Committee, the hon. Gentleman will be aware that in April last year, we discussed at the Select Committee health measures at the border and the work of…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsLet me give hon. Friend reassurance about the way in which the Government across the board have worked with the aviation sector. He is right about the impact that coronavirus has…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Throughout the pandemic, we should all reflect on the way in which it has changed all our lives, but also on how it has touched our lives in…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI think it is fair to say that the hon. and learned Lady and I will disagree on a number of things, including her opening remarks on the Government’s strategy. I have already…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI refer the hon. Gentleman to my earlier comments. I have been very clear about the measures that have been brought in since January last year. Any Member of this House saying…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsThe hon. Lady has made a very important point. The number of deaths from coronavirus has reached 100,000. Every death is an absolute tragedy. I think that puts this discussion…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI commend my hon. Friend for speaking about the aerospace sector and the innovation that takes place within it. Of course, across Government we recognise that coronavirus has been…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He will know that in Britain post Brexit we are clear in terms of the powers and decisions that we are able to undertake. That is, of course,…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsThe hon. Gentleman has made the case for a stronger United Kingdom and for the Union working together, which is absolutely right, and we have been doing that, with Border Force in…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He is right: we are in a global health pandemic. The daily numbers that we see of people being hospitalised and the impacts of covid are a…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsIt is important at this stage to reflect upon the amount of support that the Government have put in to businesses throughout this pandemic. Of course the hon. Lady is right on…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsMy hon. Friend is, rightly, a strong advocate for his constituency and this important sector in his constituency. There have been certain limited and restricted exemptions, but I…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsIf I may, I will restate the point that I made earlier: I am not going to comment on speculation. All Members will have to be a little bit more patient and wait for formal details…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI thank my right hon. Friend for her question, and she is absolutely right of course. The role of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Transport…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsFirst, I pay tribute to our colleagues who are working on checks. The isolation assurance service has, throughout, increased its checks, and those numbers are wrong. It is right…26 Jan 2021HANSARDTackling Child Sexual Abuse StrategyLast week, on 22 January, the Government published the tackling child sexual abuse strategy. As the first strategy of its kind, it sets out an ambitious blueprint for preventing…25 Jan 2021HANSARDDrug Misuse: Project ADDERMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) and I have today announced the investment of £148 million to dismantle criminal gangs, reduce…20 Jan 2021