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HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend, who brings huge expertise to this area, for his question. We have to reset the new hospital programme and put it on a sustainable footing. The last…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 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportI agree with that. The way building control inspections were carried out in this case makes for a shocking read in the report. It is particularly grave, but not the only example…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportI join the right hon. Gentleman in the sense that this has taken too long and has been too hard, and it is not unique in that respect when it comes to injustices of this kind. Let…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportI can confirm that we will do everything to ensure that there is full accountability, including criminal accountability, where appropriate. I remind the House—as you have done, Mr…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportYes, it is important that they are held to account. I thank my hon. Friend for raising those issues in relation to Dagenham and I join her in commending the emergency services who…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsObviously, I understand the aspiration that parents who work hard and save hard have for the children they send to private school, but every parent has that aspiration, whichever…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsI know the whole House will be shocked by the news that a soldier has been attacked in Kent. Our thoughts are with him, his family and our armed forces who serve to keep us safe.…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsI wholeheartedly agree. It is for NATO allies to decide who is a member of NATO—formed 75 years ago, a proud alliance, and probably the most successful alliance that has ever been…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsI welcome the hon. Member to his place and thank him for raising this important issue in relation to water. Customers should not pay the price for mismanagement by water…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsI welcome my hon. Friend back to her place. Our guiding principle must be the wellbeing of children. This is a serious Government, and we will approach that question with care,…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Leader of the Opposition for not only raising the question of Ukraine, but doing so in a way that can maintain the unity across the House that has been so important to…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsI had the opportunity in Washington, at the NATO council, to talk to our German counterparts. There was a strong theme there on Ukraine, discussed with all our allies, and part of…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsAgain, I am grateful for this opportunity to say how united we were on the question of sanctions across this House. The use now made of what has been seized and frozen is an…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsLet me make this absolutely clear: this is a really important programme. Significant progress has already been made, and we want to build on that progress. I have had some initial…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsI agree that it is essential, and our security is the first duty of government. I was grateful to the Leader of the Opposition for reaching out to me personally when action had to…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsOf course I wish them good luck. I admire them; I am not sure I envy them—it is 280 miles—but it is a brilliant cause. The whole House misses our dear friend Jo, and I know that…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Member for raising this matter. He of course has been a tireless advocate for carers, and I do not think any of us could have been other than moved when we…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Member is right. It is a crisis, and I am sorry to have to report to the House that it is not the only crisis that we have inherited. There is crisis and failure…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsCan I first express my gratitude to the service personnel who participated in the British nuclear testing programme? It is right that, I think, nearly 5,000 have now got their…24 Jul 2024