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HANSARDCOP27I thank my hon. Friend for his kind comments. He is right about the potential of the freeport, which I am pleased to champion, not least as a Southampton boy, as well as the…09 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27It is right that we bring people with us as we transition to net zero. The worst thing we can do is alienate communities if we want to actually deliver on our climate commitments.…09 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. We will not solve this problem without the investment and co-operation of the private sector. Governments simply cannot do it alone. When…09 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27I am pleased that, in the spending review I conducted as Chancellor, we put aside almost £5 billion to support energy efficiency, including several programmes that support local…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI obviously regret appointing someone who has had to resign in these circumstances, but I think what the British people would like to know is that when situations like this arise,…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat the Secretary of State and I are jointly focused on is working constructively with the Scottish Government to deliver for the people of Scotland. I am pleased to be meeting…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe message that I clearly want to send is that integrity in public life matters. That is why it is right that the right hon. Member has resigned, and why it is right that there…09 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27I am pleased that air pollution has fallen significantly since 2010, which includes about a 40% reduction in nitrogen dioxide. Our Environment Act 2021 has new targets in place…09 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27I would be delighted to do so. My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of building resilience in supply chains such as lithium. The Minister for Science and…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his work in raising awareness of this particular issue. He is absolutely right. I am pleased to give him the reassurance that the Online Safety Bill…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt is precisely because I want a Government characterised by integrity, professionalism and accountability that my right hon. Friend the Member for South Staffordshire (Sir Gavin…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for Watford, and it is a pleasure to join him in thanking the Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal volunteers in Watford and across the…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsUnequivocally, the behaviour complained of was unacceptable, and it is absolutely right that the right hon. Gentleman has resigned. For the record, I did not know about any of the…09 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27My right hon. Friend is absolutely right and I thank her for her warm comments. I point her to our record investment in apprenticeships in particular, but also to the new lifelong…09 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27The right hon. and learned Gentleman raised the matter of my attendance at COP. I gently point out to him that Labour Prime Ministers failed to attend, I think, 12 of the 13 COPs…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am proud of our track record. Not only were we pleased to support one steel company in south Wales that needed our assistance during coronavirus but we have provided more than…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI was the Chancellor who introduced an extra tax on the oil and gas companies. The right hon. and learned Gentleman talks about working people, but he voted against legislation to…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am obviously not going to comment on speculation around such lists. Any list would of course follow the normal procedures and processes that are in place.09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWith Armistice Day on Friday, I know that colleagues across the House will want to join me in remembering those who have lost their lives in the service of our country. This…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat I can say is that this Government, during covid, ensured that we protected people’s jobs, that we supported the NHS to get through the difficult times and that we rolled out…09 Nov 2022