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HANSARDEngagementsI wish my hon. Friend and his wife well with their new arrival. We are conducting a review into parental leave, because we cannot grow the economy if parents have to choose…29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising this important issue. Of course we will look at the report, but I do not join in her description—we will look at the report.29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsI join the right hon. Gentleman in his comments about the Holocaust survivors that we met earlier this week. It was incredibly moving, as it always is, and I was struck by the…29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Conservatives have a lot to answer for in the failing system that they left behind. We have taken immediate action to ensure that consumers insulating their homes are not let…29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsI think the hon. Gentleman should talk to his party leader. Net migration went through the roof under the previous Government—by nearly 1 million; it quadrupled—and who was…29 Jan 2025HANSARDPrime MinisterWe do need flexibility in our schools. If the Leader of the Opposition had hopped off social media for a while, she would have seen the amendment put down this morning to achieve…28 Jan 2025HANSARDPrime MinisterWe do need flexibility in our schools. If the Leader of the Opposition had hopped off social media for a while, she would have seen the amendment announced yesterday to achieve…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend, because the achievements of hard-working staff at Huddersfield royal infirmary prove that we can bring down waiting times through our plans for change. It…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are committed to that because this is a serious review into our defence. The review needs to ensure we understand the challenges we face and have the capability to deal with…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend has been a determined champion of Kettering general hospital, and rightly so. There is deep anger about the delay to the work because of the Conservative’s failure…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsHe was Liz Truss’s right-hand man, so we wouldn’t expect anything else. The IPA’s verdict on the previous Government’s plan was that there were “major issues”— [ Interruption. ]…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise the concerns of his constituents; I am not surprised they are frustrated and even angry at the lack of delivery under the previous Government.…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsBaroness Casey is well placed to conduct the audit into grooming gangs, given her hard-hitting report on exploitation in Rotherham. That does not affect her work on the…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt was Labour that introduced academies in the first place to drive up standards. Academies are here to stay, and will continue to drive up standards. That is what the Bill is…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thought the hon. Lady was just reading out the last Government’s record.22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe will do whatever it takes to protect farmers from the risk posed by foot and mouth. That is why we acted swiftly to ban imports of cattle, pigs and sheep and their products…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising an issue of huge concern in his constituency and in all constituencies. Far too many young people are not receiving the care that they need, so…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for her kind invitation. I particularly enjoyed Tamworth’s recent FA Cup heroics against Tottenham, although they did not quite win. We are committed to…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe have put more money into colleges and, as the hon. Lady knows, it is for them to deal with these disputes.22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe do need flexibility in our schools. If the Leader of the Opposition had hopped off social media for a while, she would have seen the amendment put down this morning to achieve…22 Jan 2025