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HANSARDEngagementsIt is disappointing that the hon. Gentleman is seeking to play politics with the situation in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland, as he well knows, has a unique place in the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe are investing record sums in the hospital capital upgrade programme across the country. I am very happy to make sure that we are making progress on the scheme that she…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe are helping people now. We are helping people with the energy price guarantee, which is ensuring they have a £1,000 saving on their energy bills right now, and we are providing…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right that the tragic incident near Italy at the weekend demonstrates only too well how illegal crossings put lives at risk. That is why last year the Home…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsMay I wish everyone, but in particular my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire (Craig Williams), a very happy St David’s Day? This morning I had meetings with ministerial…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman seems to forget that, as Chancellor, I introduced a new tax on energy companies. Energy companies will pay a 75% tax rate on extraordinary…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend for his support for the Windsor framework. He is right about the benefits that it can bring. I also join him in paying tribute to our incredible…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsRough sleeping levels have been 35% lower this year than the peak, partly as a result of our £2 billion of extra investment over the last three years to tackle rough sleeping. We…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsEducation is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet for transforming people’s lives, so I am delighted to join my hon. Friend in praising everyone involved, from the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI share the hon. Lady’s concern and that of Members across the House about nitrous oxide’s detrimental impact on communities and its contribution to antisocial behaviour. Indeed,…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe have boosted school funding by around £2 billion in each of the next two years, which will help schools to manage their energy costs, but we do expect schools to take…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsIt is amazing, when we have had a question about the awful tragedy of illegal migration that happened recently, that the hon. Gentleman cannot accept that there is absolutely…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsActually, we have had record high numbers on house building and, indeed, the highest number of first-time buyers in around 20 years under this Government. The right hon. and…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsIf we want to see what happens with house building under a Labour Government, we just need to look at what is going on in London—and when it comes to the facts, they do not suit…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWith regard to Northern Ireland, the important thing is to avoid a land border on the island of Ireland between north and south. That is what it is crucial to achieve in getting…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThere is a very special status for the nation of Scotland, and that is inside our United Kingdom.01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWhen it comes to our energy policy, the important thing is to focus on our long-term energy security. That means more renewables, more offshore wind, hydrogen, carbon capture and…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsSafety on our roads is our absolute priority, and we will do everything we can to make sure drivers do feel safe. Last year, we in fact paused the roll-out of smart motorways not…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI join my hon. Friend in congratulating Zero Carbon Guildford on receiving the Climate Coalition’s Innovative UK Community Project award. She is absolutely right that community…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI know the right hon. and learned Gentleman recently made a rare trip out of north London to visit Davos. Perhaps while he was there, he missed the survey of 4,000 global CEOs…01 Mar 2023