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HANSARDEngagementsWe have also provided considerable support in the here and now for households with their energy bills: £900 of direct cost of living support this financial year on top of a record…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe are looking exactly at how local communities can benefit when new infrastructure is in their vicinity, as part of our new plan for increased energy security. May I commend my…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsThis morning, I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsFirst, can I say that my thoughts are with the victim and her family after the awful incident that took place on the streets of Aberfan? We wish them a full and speedy recovery,…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsNHS staff are at the heart of what makes our health service work. There would not be an NHS without them—without their skill, their expertise and their dedication. I was delighted…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe have already brought in regulations that ensure there can be unlimited fines for water companies, and there have been dozens of criminal prosecutions. I would also say,…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs I have said, I am profoundly sorry for what the Hillsborough families have been through, and my right hon. Friend the Justice Secretary will be making a full statement…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe have already agreed a fair settlement with the BBC that will see the licence fee remain frozen until 2024. However, the hon. Member has raised an excellent point. I have been…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsI agree with my hon. Friend that cuckooing is an abhorrent practice that often preys on the most vulnerable in society. As part of the Government’s antisocial behaviour action…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a tireless champion for his local community. I know that there has been considerable investment in his area over the past few years in plenty of ways, but he has…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs the Home Secretary was crystal clear about, there is no incremental money. [ Interruption. ] There is no incremental money that has been provided. This is about us ensuring…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsI have slightly lost the thread of the question. The simple point is that if you believe in stopping the boats, as we on this side of the House do, you need to have effective…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am aware that some local authorities, including the one my hon. Friend mentions, have taken excessive risks with borrowing and investment practices. That is why we have taken a…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsI recognise the hon. Member’s campaigning on this issue and I have great respect for his position. Indeed, we have spoken on a number of occasions both here and on my visits to…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend should be commended for his tireless campaigning on this issue. He is particularly right to focus on suicide, and I am grateful for his engagement with the suicide…06 Dec 2023HANSARDWest Midlands: Economic GrowthI welcome you to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. I know that the whole House wishes Mr Speaker a speedy recovery. Before I answer my hon. Friend’s question, I also know that the…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsMadam Deputy Speaker— [ Interruption. ]06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point and speaks from a position of experience on this issue. The Government have now reached settlements with every other part of the public…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs I outlined, we have provided considerable support for particularly vulnerable families this year and through this winter. We are also investing record sums in improving the…06 Dec 2023HANSARDEngagementsI say to the hon. Gentleman that Margaret Thatcher’s view was to cut inflation, then cut taxes and then win an election, and that is very much my plan.06 Dec 2023