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HANSARDEngagementsThe covid report is a stark reminder of the extraordinary efforts of health workers to keep this country safe. We are delivering record investment and reform that our NHS needs,…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsCan I thank the hon. Member for raising Susan’s case? It is really important that she does so, and I am deeply sorry for the enduring harm that patients have suffered. Ministers…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for her work. She is right to highlight the growing threat posed by dangerous synthetic drugs. Alongside deploying new detection methods at the border to…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his verdict. At least he has read the law that the Leader of the Opposition obviously has not read. In relation to the traders, we have seen…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsIt is really important that nobody is left behind in a cashless society. The vast majority are moving online, but we need to remember that some do not want to, or cannot, and we…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsThat is from the man and the party who voted against giving law enforcement counter-terrorism-style powers to tackle this. The hon. Gentleman wants the grievance; he does not want…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point. The Communities Secretary will make a statement later on the Rycroft review, which sets out the stark threats posed by illicit finance. I…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am not going to comment on the internal proceedings of the Court. As the hon. Gentleman knows, we support the Court; we are party to the treaty, and there are legal obligations…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsReform has to take responsibility for its decisions, but its Members have moved out.25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsAn independent audit of the previous Government’s failed insulation schemes shows unacceptable levels of failings. We have acted to make sure poor-quality installations are fixed.…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe steps we have taken have been to repair the damage done by the previous Government. We took those steps, and the spring statement showed the results of those steps: inflation…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsUnder statute, that is a matter for the Secretary of State, as the right hon. Lady knows. The same arrangements were in place under the last Government. Licences were granted, and…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this deeply concerning matter. We are looking at what more we can do, because this has been of too much concern for too long, and we need to…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsI want to say again what a shocking antisemitic attack this was in Golders Green, and to be absolutely clear that an attack on British Jews is an attack on all of us. On Monday…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for the invitation, and join her in paying tribute to Private Leon Spicer, Private Phillip Hewett and Second Lieutenant Richard Shearer. Their bravery and…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsSheffield and the Crucible theatre are the beating heart of snooker, and I am delighted that they will host the world snooker championship for many years to come. This is what…25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsI see that Reform Members have walked out. They obviously realise that they are absolutely snookered. [Hon. Members: “More!”]25 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsLegislation has been passed. It is absolutely clear that the quasi-judicial duty under the legislation rests with the Secretary of State. I really think that if she is going to…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCovid-19 Inquiry: Module 3 ReportThe chair of the UK Covid-19 inquiry has today published the inquiry’s module 3 report, which examined the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the four…19 Mar 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Member is right to raise an important question of free speech and our media. It is a matter for Ofcom, and it is important that we let it deal with it.18 Mar 2026