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HANSARDEngagementsThe 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 2023HANSARDEngagementsI remind the right hon. and learned Gentleman of our record since being in office: 2.2 million additional homes; housing starts double the number we inherited from the Labour…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsI join my hon. Friend in celebrating everyone doing an apprenticeship and in encouraging everyone to go and meet their apprentices later today. I pay tribute to Callum and Britney…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 welcome my hon. Friend’s commitment to the important community assets in his constituency, such as the historic grade II-listed Southport pier. I am pleased that he has…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsIn fact, the vast majority of the mortgage market is now covered by the new mortgage charter that the Chancellor has brought in. That is delivering practical help for mortgage…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsI do not think he has noticed that his shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government, the hon. Member for Wigan, does not actually agree…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe absolutely recognise the misery that unauthorised encampments can cause to local communities. That is why we have delivered on our manifesto commitment to give police the…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, for obvious reasons I will talk in more general terms. The House of Lords Appointments Commission vets Cross-Bench and party political life peerage nominations to the…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 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe are preserving and strengthening the UK’s nuclear fuel production capacity through our £75 million nuclear fuel fund, and I know that Springfields Fuels has benefited from £30…21 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs I have said previously, it is right that we learn the lessons from covid so that we can be better prepared for the future. That is why the Government have co-operated with the…21 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his engagement with me and the Government during this process. I share his frustration, and our focus remains on delivering for the people of…21 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsLet me start by joining the right hon. and learned Gentleman in his tribute to Glenda Jackson. It is right that we support those with mortgages, which is why halving inflation is…21 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsThere will be no greater champion for this technology and her community than my hon. Friend. My understanding is that the first stage of market engagement is already under way.…21 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs we discussed last week, Mr Speaker, there is a well-established process of vetting for all peerages and I, in keeping with the convention followed by Prime Ministers of both…21 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsWhen it comes to agritech, we are among the best in the world, with fantastic research bodies, businesses and pioneering farmers and growers. I join my hon. Friend in paying…21 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Government remain committed to two new hospital schemes for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust at Hammersmith Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, and for St Mary’s…21 Jun 2023