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HANSARDEngagementsI know the whole House will join me in congratulating Vaughan Gething on his election as Welsh Labour leader and expected election as First Minister of Wales, and also in offering…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsToday’s figures show that our plan is working. Inflation has fallen to 3.4% from its peak of over 11%, down by almost 70%—the steepest fall since the 1980s, and now at the lowest…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsAs I said in January, my working assumption is that the election will be in the second half of the year. I must say, I thought that out of everybody, the Leader of the Opposition…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsMay I start by thanking my hon. Friend for her excellent work campaigning on this issue? She is right: employers should offer their staff understanding, support, and flexibility…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsOur position has been consistently clear. We will recognise the state of Palestine when it makes the most beneficial sense for the overall peace process. Of course we are…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsWe continue to call for Israel to respect international humanitarian law and for civilians to be protected. Too many civilians have been killed and we want Israel to take greater…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right that sustainable development must be at the heart of our planning system. That is why we are committed to meeting the housing needs of our communities by…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsAs the Chancellor recently pointed out, living standards are £1,700 higher in real terms than in 2010. If the hon. Gentleman wants to protect working people in this country,…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend has been an excellent campaigner for Wrexham, putting it on the map after years of decline under the Labour party. It is the heart of one of Wales’s investment…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to the hon. Member for his championing of his area and for his passion to preserve its character. Although there are no current plans to redraw the boundaries, I…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI addressed this last week, and the Minister for Women and Equalities addressed it just half an hour ago.20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his dedicated work to pass the Down Syndrome Act. I thank him also for highlighting World Down Syndrome Day, and we will host a reception…20 Mar 2024HANSARDHerefordshire Council: Children’s ServicesThe Department for Education is mounting a significant intervention in Herefordshire’s children’s services, including expert improvement advice, a commissioner with statutory…20 Mar 2024HANSARDHerefordshire Council: Children’s ServicesLike my hon. Friend, I am concerned to hear that children in Herefordshire are not receiving the level of service that they should expect. I know that Ministers have revisited the…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI will happily look into the issues that the hon. Lady raises, but in the first instance I am sure that that would be a question for the SNP Government in Scotland to answer, to…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI want to congratulate my right hon. Friend again on his leadership of Unionism. I agree that it has been an encouraging few weeks, and I salute the work of the First Minister and…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am sorry to hear about that specific issue in the renal unit. The hon. Gentleman will forgive me for not being familiar with the details, but I will make sure that the…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to the way that my right hon. Friend has engaged with the Government on this important issue for his local community. As he acknowledged, our plan is working to cut…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this important local issue. Any application for a toll revision will be considered by the Transport Secretary at the right opportunity when it…20 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am very sorry to hear about the experience of the hon. Lady’s constituent, and I am sure she will be raising it with the local NHS trust as well. The NHS is, of course,…20 Mar 2024