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HANSARDEngagementsWe are fixing the foundations. We got record investment into this country. The right hon. Lady talks about tax rises. Two weeks ago, she stood there and said that she wanted all…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsWe set out our position at the Budget that was just set out. We are fixing the foundations. We are dealing with the £22 billion black hole that the Conservatives left. I am not…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right to say that the criminal justice system was broken by the last Government, like everything else they touched in the past 14 years. We take the issue…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this. The decision on the mineworkers’ pension scheme reversed a historic injustice, and I am so pleased that we were able to do it in…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising that case, and I am sure the thoughts of the whole House are with the family involved. Obviously there is a very important vote on…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI think the right hon. Lady has just read out the charge sheet against the last Government. Everything is broken, but the Opposition come here every week with absolutely nothing…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI would not normally invite a heckle, but that one was accurate. The question of the position of jobs in Luton is a very serious one—families and workers will be very worried, and…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsYes, we will do so. I agree that the last Government totally failed to tackle the unfairness of the leasehold system. We will provide homeowners with more powers, protection and…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising that issue, which is of importance to her constituents and beyond. The new hospital programme we inherited was a failure of the previous…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue, because antisocial behaviour affects so many people. Sometimes it is described to me as “low level”, but its impact is not,…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsObviously the whole House is concerned about energy bills, which are actually lower this year than they were last year. The long-term way to deal with this issue is to have clean…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe sympathies of everyone in this House will be with those affected by the devastating flooding that we have seen recently. Our thanks go to all those working tirelessly to…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsWe have set out our position under the current law, as the hon. Gentleman well knows. I have set out my position very clearly in relation to the sale of capability to Israel to…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsYes, I will. I thank my hon. Friend for raising this, at a difficult and uncertain time for workers and constituents in Luton, and their families. That is why we are working with…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising that tragic case, and I pay tribute to Tracey for her campaigning. I have met a number of families on the issue of bleed kits, so I know at…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI do agree with that, and it is the rule rather than the exception when it comes to the SNP Government. The challenge for them now is that they have the powers to act and they…27 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsConservative Members can chunter all they like, but my hon. Friend is describing their legacy. We are turning that around. We are supporting small businesses, we are supporting…27 Nov 2024HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Thank you for those words, which John’s family will have heard. There are many Members of this House who serve their constituents faithfully. Some…25 Nov 2024HANSARD G20 and COP29 SummitsThe clean power alliance is a global alliance, and countries are lining up to sign our initiative to speed up the development of renewables to ensure we have the funding—and that…21 Nov 2024HANSARD G20 and COP29 SummitsI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. On UK leadership, we are back leading on the stage. The sentiment among other leaders is that they are glad to see the UK back,…21 Nov 2024