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HANSARDEngagementsWe did talk to health unions, but we also respected the independent pay review body process, which is the right way to resolve these issues and means that a typical junior doctor…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the importance of today’s announcement. It is one of the largest-ever investments in the UK auto industry in this country’s…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe best route out of poverty is through work, and the best way to ensure that children do not grow up in poverty is to ensure that they do not grow up in a workless household.…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI welcome the Labour leader’s new-found support for our policy, even though he previously committed to a different approach. What I would say to the hon. Member for Aberdeen South…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsThis is something that has been raised with me by those in the industry. We are committed to protecting the environment and delivering on our net zero targets, but the Department…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs I and the Chancellor set out, the plan is fully funded—the right hon. and learned Gentleman will see that at the autumn statement. I am pleased that he is now interested in…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsNot only is the NHS long-term workforce plan fully funded, but it was welcomed by not one, not two, but 43 different NHS stakeholders. The right hon. and learned Gentleman talks…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe reason that NHS waiting lists are higher today than they were then, after actually being stable for the first few months as we put in place new initiatives, is very simple:…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsWhen someone takes their own life, the effect on their family and friends is devastating. I know that the loss of my right hon. Friend’s own brother was an enormous source of pain…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right. I welcome the Leader of the Opposition now supporting the Government’s policy, but I do not think anyone actually believes that he believes in what he…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is right that the Opposition do not have a plan to tackle illegal migration. We saw that just this last week, when I think they voted over 70 different times…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsActually, rough sleeping levels were about a third lower in 2022 compared with the peak in 2017. Since our landmark Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 came into force, more than…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and I will leave him and the Labour party to debate the finer points of policy between them. On the substance, because it is…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI join my right hon. Friend in paying tribute to our brave serving personnel and veterans, and I thank them for their service, as we touched on earlier. We have repeatedly called…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsAll donations are declared in the normal way. As the hon. Gentleman knows, if there are administrative changes to that they are quickly corrected.19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsIt is very simple. If the right hon. and learned Gentleman actually looked at what was happening, he would see that earlier this year our plans were beginning to work: ambulance…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsThat is the same policy that has paid, I think, for five different things at this point. Everybody knows that I am a fan of doing maths to 18, but the right hon. and learned…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsNot only are we going to deliver on our manifesto commitment to build 40 new hospitals across the country by 2030, we are not stopping there; we are also delivering 100 hospital…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady just makes a completely bizarre point. Because we moved quicker and faster than everyone else, she thinks that somehow that is something we should now not be proud…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. One of the practical steps we are taking is to put all apprenticeships on to the UCAS system this autumn, which will make sure that they…19 Jul 2023