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HANSARDEngagementsWhat the hon. Lady raises is obviously a cause of concern for her constituents. We are determined to fix the broken NHS that we inherited from the Conservative party, and we have…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that, because in Scotland house building has ground to a halt, homelessness is at record numbers and children in temporary…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. He is a champion of the extraordinary potential of Cornwall, particularly in our transition to clean power by 2030. Next week, we will publish our English…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is right that this is a very serious moment. We all welcome the fall of Assad and I hope that this can be a much-needed turning point for Syria, but that…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I remind the Leader of the Opposition that the number of migrants coming to this country under her Government’s watch—nearly 1 million—was over four times the number who…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsMay I start by welcoming the fall of Assad? The people of Syria suffered for far too long under his brutal regime. What comes next is far from certain. We have been talking to…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am glad that the Leader of the Opposition now wants to talk about immigration. Last week, she said that she did not want to—and for good reason, because the previous Government…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising this case. It is something that is all too common because of the fact that the last Government broke the NHS. She will have seen the…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this awful situation. We can only imagine the impact it must have had on the town and on the families and friends of the victims of…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsThat is an important case. It has, of course, been raised by the Government a number of times, including by the Foreign Secretary as part of the trip that I was on. I myself…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this case, which he mentioned to me last night. I pay tribute to Mark, who is in the Gallery, and the work of his foundation. This diagnosis can…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsOpposition Members groan at the question. The Leader of the Opposition said they were coming to terms with their failures. Well, they are obviously struggling just a bit. I…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsI think everybody welcomes the £5 billion over the next two years that we put in the Budget— [ Interruption. ] Opposition Members shake their heads, but we have put in £350…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Leader of the Opposition talks about my record. For five years, I was the chief prosecutor, prosecuting people who went to prison, many of whom were then deported. While she…11 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, we put £5 billion into farming over the next two years, which is a record number, under the Budget, and last week alone there was £350 million…11 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentThis Government were elected to deliver change—to strengthen our country, in an increasingly volatile world, with a decade of national renewal. This begins with the strong…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise this. The Darzi report, which we commissioned, made it clear that the NHS was broken by the previous Government, and that is why we provided…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsWe are delivering on our commitment to bring railways back under public ownership, putting passengers first. Today, we have announced that South Western Railway services will be…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsWe are committed to supporting drivers across the country, including by freezing fuel duty and investing £1.6 billion to maintain our roads. That is £500 million more than in the…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this—I think this is the fifth or sixth time that SEND has been raised at Prime Minister’s questions. We inherited a system neglected…04 Dec 2024