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HANSARDEngagementsWe are supporting almost 2 million children with free school meals. We also, last year, invested hundreds of millions of pounds in the new holiday activities and food programme,…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right about the unacceptable deterioration in the quality of Avanti’s service. The Transport Secretary is rightly monitoring it and holding…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman talks about democracy and votes. The difference between us is that I respect the result of referendums. Let us remember one thing: we had the fastest…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI join the right hon. Gentleman in offering our condolences to the family and friends of Doddie Weir, to whom I pay tribute for his campaign to raise awareness of motor neurone…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am incredibly grateful to my hon. Friend for her dedicated work in this area. She is absolutely right to highlight the fact that, this week, the UK hosted the Preventing Sexual…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe did have that conversation not so many years ago—it was described as a once-in-a-generation referendum—and we discussed this last week. I think what the people of Scotland want…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am sure that colleagues around the House will want to join me in congratulating England on last night, in commending Wales for inspiring millions and in wishing everyone a happy…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat have we done in those 12 years? We have the highest number of new homes started in 15 years and the largest number of first-time buyers in 20 years. The Leader of the…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsLike my hon. Friend, the Government are committed to tackling violence against women and girls, and to making our streets safer. We created the safer streets fund, which funds…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for her question and join her in expressing condolences to the family and friends of the two boys; I also read about it and it is an awful tragedy. She…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe have already committed to offer all state schools a grant to train a senior mental health lead by the end of this Parliament. Already six out of 10 are doing so. There is…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI share my hon. Friend’s frustration and I want to reassure him that we will do whatever it takes to reduce the number of illegal crossings to this country and take any new powers…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am very happy to look at that for my hon. Friend. He is right to highlight the doubling of the investment that the Government have put into flood defences, but it is right that…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Leader of the Opposition talks about school standards. It is under a Conservative Government, and thanks to the reforms of the former Education Secretary, that now almost 90%…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe are improving school standards for every pupil in this country. It is our reforms that are leading to our marching up the league tables of the programme for international…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe UK is a collaborative and constructive Union that is delivering for the people of Scotland, even in Ayrshire itself, where we are working collaboratively with the Scottish…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that I spent time discussing that with President Zelensky at the weekend and talking to Ukrainian families about the impact that these awful…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. He knows that I share exactly the same challenge in our rural areas of making sure that our constituents have access to the bus services…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his comprehensive and thoughtful suggestions. As he acknowledged, I have committed to appointing an independent adviser on ministerial interests, and I…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsEvery life that is lost in the channel is a tragedy, but that is why it is so vital that we break the cycle of criminal gangs that are exploiting people and trafficking them, and…23 Nov 2022