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HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman, but I am a massive football fan so he will forgive me for being a nerd about this: the England team have won 22 out of 29 matches since I have been…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI remind the hon. Gentleman that when his party was in the coalition Government, they did not do anything about social care—they simply cut all our public services and we had to…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsYes I do, and I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s campaigning on this issue. Yesterday I was with John and Penny Clough, who I first met nearly 16 years ago. They lost their…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI need to tread very carefully here. I got into a lot of trouble at a primary school when an eight-year-old encouraged me to do the “six-seven” thing, and the whole class joined…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to Craig. I believe there is a famous Scottish song about walking 500 miles and then another 500, but to surpass that is an amazing…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI have been careful not to tempt fate and jinx the result. I am a passionate Arsenal and England supporter and have watched many games with agonising moments; on the question of a…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsIt is very important that we have all the resources we need to provide the energy we need, and to bring the price of energy down, and that is what we are doing.15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI think that is the first and, sadly, probably the last time I will be compared to Jude Bellingham. I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that. On the question of red cards, I…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and his hard work. He reminds us that an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. Antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred are a poison.…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI join the right hon. Lady in her tribute to Ann Widdecombe. I know that the hurt is keenly felt across all her friends and family, but it is particularly keenly felt by political…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is clearly angling to go on “Strictly Come Dancing”, and no doubt he would be very good at it. I have some good news for him because he is, fittingly, the…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am proud of the fact that, because the usual frameworks would not work—the UN; the EU, which was blocked by Hungary; and NATO, which Ukraine is not in—we pulled together a…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI know that Reform believes in recycling politicians, but I wonder whether spending the summer arguing with a bin was what the hon. Gentleman had in mind when he defected to the…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsThis incident is completely unacceptable. Every customer deserves reliable, resilient services, particularly during extreme heat, when there is a risk to public health. The Water…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am pleased that net migration is down 82%, small boat crossings are down 40%, the asylum backlog is down, we are closing asylum hotels and we deported 70,000 people with no…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsWell, Reform intends to spend the summer arguing with a bin. My advice to everyone is: put your vote in the Bin! [ Laughter. ] I am delighted that today we are joined in the…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsYes. I thank the right hon. Gentleman for everything he has done in relation to social care and the importance of providing care. He does it with very real human experience, which…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe economy has been stabilised, we have stronger public services, half a million children are being lifted out of poverty, we have got the biggest investment in defence and…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am very proud that we delivered the Hillsborough law yesterday. It is important to recognise that there has always been an initial injustice and then a further injustice when…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is right to raise rural areas, and that is why we have put record investment into our local authorities and our NHS across the country, including in Shropshire.15 Jul 2026