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HANSARD NATO SummitOn NATO co-operation with the EU, I agree wholeheartedly with the Secretary-General, who set three very clear conditions for supporting EU defence initiatives: first, that they…13 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO SummitI thank my right hon. Friend for all his commitment, and indeed for his personal visits to Ukraine to see at first hand what is happening and how best we can tailor our support.…13 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend raises an excellent point. That is why the Government are reforming the section 106 payment system to ensure that new development is matched by new infrastructure.…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs always, the right hon. and learned Gentleman has not taken the time to understand the detail of what we are doing, so I am happy to explain it again. It is right that we…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsMortgage rates are rising because of inflation. That is the root cause, which is why it is absolutely the right policy to halve inflation and reduce it back to target. That does…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman just exposes the complete economic illiteracy of the SNP’s position. His first question talks about the challenges posed to ordinary families by higher interest…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am pleased to hear about the extra police officers the Government have funded in my right hon. Friend’s community, but I am concerned to hear about the planned closure of…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsAgain, what do we hear from the Labour party? Only ideas that would make the situation far worse. It is as simple as that. The hon. Gentleman has sat there and supported plans to…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsAlthough, as my hon. Friend knows, we are no longer inviting further schemes to join the new hospital programme, I can tell him that new schemes will be considered through the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsI agree with the hon. Gentleman that children missing school is a tragedy and is incredibly damaging for educational outcomes, which is why during the pandemic and afterwards we…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsTime and again Ukraine has shown its ability to rapidly harness innovation and creativity, and I know that its economic recovery will be no different. My hon. Friend is right to…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe have taken significant action to help families across the country, most notably by taxing the windfall profits of energy companies and using that money to pay around half the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend put it very well: he has illustrated exactly the issue. The Labour party is unable to stand up to its union paymasters and back our plans to introduce minimum…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe have consistently condemned the Wagner Group, and we carefully monitor its actions in Ukraine and the wider world that the hon. Gentleman has mentioned. We have designated both…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsIt’s good that he agrees that he does believe that now, but unfortunately for him, the shadow Deputy Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner),…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman now claims that he supports house building, especially on the green belt, but unfortunately—28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe record is that in the last three years we have delivered almost record numbers of new home building in every one of those years. He talks about targets, so let us be clear: I…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsOf course it is not acceptable, and that is why this Government have gone further than any other in tackling the issue, committing to monitor 100% of storm overflows and to an…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsI know my hon. Friend is a great champion for his Woking residents. As he knows, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up has intervened in that authority and appointed…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsActually, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor met with all the economic regulators this morning and they will be making an announcement later about their plans to ensure fairness…28 Jun 2023