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HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He failed to mention that just this week, Labour in Wales has introduced plans for further road charging as well, increasing cost pressures for…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs with any public inquiry, the process and timing of the inquiry stages are for the independent chair to decide. As Baroness Hallett has set out, she intends to gather written…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Windsor framework represents—22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Windsor framework represents a good deal for the people, families and businesses of Northern Ireland. It restores the balance of the Belfast/Good Friday agreement and ensures…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsOf course I join my hon. Friend in thanking Stoke-on-Trent City Council. I am very sorry to hear of Harper-Lee’s tragic case, and my thoughts are with her friends and family,…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI join the right hon. and learned Gentleman in paying tribute to PC Palmer and, indeed, to all the other police officers who have lost their lives serving and those who do so much…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe are also cutting NHS waiting lists by resolving pay disputes and by getting doctors back to work, and we are stopping the boats with a new Bill to tackle illegal migration.…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe UK steel industry can have no greater champion than my hon. Friend. I know this must be a concerning time for British Steel employees, and we stand ready to work with her to…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe are not only supporting Scotland’s North sea oil and gas industry but providing £20 billion of funding for further carbon capture and storage. We want to work with and provide…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThere is no need to back that plan, because we are already taking action to tackle the issues raised in the Casey report. Two months ago, I met Dame Louise Casey and the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his tireless campaigning on behalf of his local communities. I am delighted that we are investing across the west midlands, particularly in…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsFigures recently published show that since 2010, there are 2 million fewer people living in poverty thanks to the actions of this and previous Conservative Governments. Of course,…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his continued campaigning on behalf of his constituents. It was a pleasure to spend many happy childhood holidays on the Island, and I enjoyed visiting…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsActually, this Government are a strong supporter of Scotland’s North sea oil and gas industry. It is the economically illiterate policy of, I think, almost all Opposition parties…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend and join him in thanking all the staff at Arnold jobcentre for their hard work. I shall keep his kind invitation to visit in mind. He mentioned the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsActually, since 2019, neighbourhood crime is down by 25%. The Leader of the Opposition rightly asked about what is happening with rape cases, so let me tell him that we are on…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWhat Louise Casey also says is that primary public accountability of the Met sits with the Mayor of London. She described that relationship between the Mayor and the Met as…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsLet me just address the issue that the right hon. and learned Gentleman raised, because I said at the time that I respected the decision that the police reached, and I offered an…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsIt is important to start by recognising the importance of vaccines in protecting us all, not least the fantastic roll-out of the covid vaccines across the UK. I am very sorry to…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe are getting on. We are halving inflation by paying 50% of people’s energy bills and freezing fuel duty. We are cutting— [ Interruption. ]22 Mar 2023