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HANSARDEngagementsI wish my hon. Friend and her constituents a very happy St David’s day, and join her in welcoming the significant new investment in her constituency that will ensure good,…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that, and we will obviously consider her invitation. Defence spending already supports more than 430,000 jobs across the United Kingdom and I…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe certainly stand with Ukraine—I think I speak for the whole House when I say that. As I set out yesterday, NATO is the bedrock of our security. It has been our most important…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that really important issue. Yesterday, we introduced our Crime and Policing Bill, which is central to our plan for change and to halving knife…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are very proud of the fact that we are pushing forward for energy independence, which will keep our bills lower. The right hon. Gentleman knows very well what my position is;…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI agree with my hon. Friend. We are pleased that two of the early adopter schools will be in his constituency. We are ensuring that all children of primary school age can get…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising this issue. The UK and Canada are close allies and have been for a long time, with a partnership based on a shared history and a shared set of…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe do support Scotch whisky. It is a really important part of our economy, and that is why we allocated £5 million in the Budget to it and why we are working with Brazil, which is…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Member has raised this issue before, which obviously is important for his constituents. We inherited flood defences in their worst state on record, which is why we are…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this matter. She is right that cancer patients are waiting too long for diagnosis and treatment. Addressing healthcare inequity is part of our…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI think it is the same question again. It is £13.4 billion—that is the difference between this year and ’27-28. The Leader of the Opposition asks a serious question about the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe additional spend I announced yesterday is for our capability on defence and security in Europe, as I made absolutely clear yesterday. The Chagos deal is extremely important…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI have just dealt with that question, Mr Speaker. The money announced yesterday is going to our capability in order to put ourselves in a position to defend the security of both…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsThis week marked three years since Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine. The courage of the Ukrainians is inspiring, and across this House we stand with them for as long as it…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI will tell the hon. Member what was a mistake: leaving a £22 billion black hole that we had to sort out. We took the difficult decisions, investing in our NHS, and I would have…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Leader of the Opposition for her words about the forthcoming trip. It is right, and I think the whole House will think it is right, that Ukraine must be at the table…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am going to have to let the Leader of the Opposition down gently: she did not feature in my thinking at all. I was so busy over the weekend that I did not even see her proposal.…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe went through this two weeks ago, going over the same question again and again. Let me say it again: if you take the financial year this year, and then you take the financial…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI shall resist the right hon. Gentleman’s suggestion that we somehow have to choose between the US and our European partners. I do not believe that to be the case. I want to…26 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is certainly right about the mess made by that lot. We obviously have our water Bill, which contains very strong measures, and I think that he supports…26 Feb 2025