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HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for championing his constituency, including the work at Rosyth dockyard. The strategic defence review will ensure that defence is central both to security…11 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising this issue, which is important for his constituents. We are committed to putting passengers at the heart of our railways. Great British…11 Sept 2024HANSARDMachinery of Government: Union and Devolution PolicyI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of government change. Responsibility for Union and devolution policy across Scotland, Wales…05 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportThat is one issue that we will have to look at in light of the report, but I accept that there are people today in accommodation where they fear for their safety, because of the…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportI read very carefully what the report said about deregulation. As we go forward from here, we must avoid the habit of simply blaming somebody else for everything and pull together…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportThe chair of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick has today published the inquiry’s phase 2 report. The report examines how it came to be that the Grenfell Tower was…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising this issue, which is obviously a considerable concern to him and his constituents. National Grid, as he knows, does balance the grid…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsYes, of course. I remind the right hon. Gentleman that 800,000 pensioners are not claiming pension credit, which of course then deals with the winter fuel payment. That is why we…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that question. It was important for me to go to Belfast to meet the injured officers and simply to say thank you for what they are doing, and…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI acknowledge the importance of working with our allies on all issues, as we have been doing, as I was able to make very clear at the NATO summit that I attended in the early…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportYes, and that is a really important point. Regardless of where someone lives or which Government they live under, the right to safe and secure housing is important. The Deputy…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportMy hon. Friend speaks powerfully and makes a really important point in relation to social housing, and the report is littered with examples of disrespect and of people not being…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportIt is important that there is full accountability and that, where appropriate, people are brought to justice—that is the least that the families, the survivors, the bereaved and…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportThat is a really important point, because there have been I don’t know how many examples of injustice where people have not been listened to and have been disregarded. Different…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsMay I start by saying that I think the whole House will be shocked by the horrific killing of six hostages in the last few days? I know that I speak for the whole House when I say…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsYes, and I thank my hon. Friend for raising this critical issue. So many are affected by the tragedy of suicide. I am pleased to hear about the work that he refers to, but 1…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportThat is a really important point. From my own constituency, I know of examples where there was a contract, then a subcontract, a subcontract and another subcontract. In one case…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportYes I do, and I particularly agree that justice is not a question of grace or kindness; it is an entitlement. It is an entitlement of every single citizen in this country, and…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsUnlike the Conservative party, we will not waste money on gimmicks. That is why, within days, we ended the Rwanda scheme and announced the launch of the border security force, and…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Member for raising that important point. I know how much he has championed carers, both politically and personally. We have taken a difficult decision—I do…04 Sept 2024