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HANSARDEngagementsIt is actually a long-established process across multiple Administrations that former Ministers are supported with legal representation after they have left office to deal with…24 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs my right hon. Friend knows, I am deeply worried about the Betsi Cadwaladr hospital trust in Labour-run north Wales. It has been in special measures for six of the last eight…24 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsI have been very clear that when it comes to matters of sex and education, and of personal, social, health and economic education, it is absolutely right that schools are…24 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, when we concluded the Windsor framework, we made sure that there was an extension in the grace period for veterinary medicines to give us the time to…24 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising Owen’s case, and I know that the whole House will join me in expressing our condolences to Emma and all of Owen’s family for what happened. I…24 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Leader of the Opposition talks about immigration, but we know his position, because it turns out that Labour would like to see even more people coming to the UK—increasing the…24 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsIt is right that we are talking about education and skills. What the Leader of the Opposition fails to mention is that, in the past week, we have discovered that, thanks to the…24 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman will know that the CMA is independent of Government, but the Chancellor did meet it recently to discuss the situation in the grocery industry. It will be for…24 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his contributions to our primary care plan. He and I know that pharmacies already work to help many people with their health needs, and to help deliver…24 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his kind invitation to visit and I shall certainly ask my office to keep it in mind. As he says, levelling-up partnerships are a commitment to work hand…24 May 2023HANSARDMachinery of GovernmentI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of government changes. First, responsibility for the delivery of the Windsor framework will be…23 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitWe are ensuring that those who commit war crimes in Ukraine will be held accountable and brought to justice. That is why we took a leading role in supporting evidence gathering…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are uniquely placed: our international engagement and diplomacy in the last few months has shown that we have strong relationships, not just…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitI could not disagree with the right hon. Gentleman more. A ceasefire is not a just and lasting peace for Ukraine. Russia has conducted an illegal and unprovoked invasion of…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitAs I said, the session with partner countries, including India and others, was positive in its conversation on Ukraine and on the principles of what a just and lasting peace would…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitAs I pointed out earlier, the session with partner countries that were invited, including India, Brazil, Australia and others, was very good in confirming support for a just and…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitThe hon. Lady obviously missed the fact that this was the first G7 commitment to stop building new coal plants. It was the first G7 collective renewable energy target, and it…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitMy right hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and he can rest assured that I raised exactly that point with my colleagues in Hiroshima. He will be pleased, as I was, that there…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitWith regard to Ukrainian culture in particular, it was a great pleasure for us to host Eurovision on Ukraine’s behalf, which was a fantastic success and was warmly welcomed by the…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitAs my right hon. Friend can probably imagine, that was not a topic of conversation around the table in Hiroshima, but I and the Government are committed to bringing down the…22 May 2023