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HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right that we need the conditions for flourishing high streets. That underscores the importance of six interest rate cuts, the £5.8 billion that we have put into…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe panel report on the Hillsborough case was when I started working on the Hillsborough case. That was in 2012, when the right hon. Gentleman’s party was in power. They could…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI will take no lectures from the Tories on standards in public life. The Leader of the Opposition defended partygate for months and months, and even now she says that it was…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMillions of people in this country have been let down for years and years, and one of the reasons for that was austerity, which the right hon. Gentleman’s party supported. He…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI have made my position clear. The right hon. Gentleman knows how the system works. He says he reads the newspapers. He will have read that in nine days, his party’s former chief…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI have accepted responsibility and apologised for the mistakes that I made. But let me say this: Morgan McSweeney helped me change our party and helped me win a landslide election…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsIn January the Leader of the Opposition said that she had full confidence—“100% confident”, she said—that there would be no more defections from her party. Forty-eight hours…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is an inspirational and powerful campaigner on this issue. By doing what he is doing, he will give great courage to other people to take the same steps. I am proud…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI will do everything that I can to ensure that that happens, which is absolutely what should happen. This was an absolute scandal—the gays in the military ban—and it is absolutely…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend’s constituency is already home to brilliant research, innovation and economic growth, and through a Greater Cambridge development corporation we will put in place…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy legacy is changing my party and winning a general election. Let me tell the Leader of the Opposition this: I kicked my former leader out of my party, while her former leader,…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. The people’s palace is an iconic British venue—a home for darts, snooker and world-class music. It is vital that we support brilliant venues that give so…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsYes; we are taking steps, and the right hon. Gentleman is right that we should take further steps. I think there will be agreement about that across the House.11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising those cases—they are harrowing cases for everyone in this country. The safety of children is of course paramount, and we are acting to keep…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsIn Labour, we know the damage that growing up in poverty does to the life chances of children. The Tories put hundreds of thousands of children into poverty, and they will live…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising what is obviously a terrible case. If he provides further details, I will ensure that it is looked into as quickly as possible.11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsLleyton’s success is a testament to what young people can achieve with the right support. We are creating technical excellence colleges and delivering training places for 60,000…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am deeply concerned about the facts that the right hon. Lady has outlined. If she could give us all the details, I will make sure that there is a follow-up meeting in relation…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI absolutely support that, and I will make sure that my hon. Friend gets a meeting with the relevant Minister to discuss it. Early diagnosis is so important for all cancers, and…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am pleased to hear the news about the dental school in the hon. Member’s constituency. We have put in further funding for dentistry. We were left with dental deserts across many…04 Feb 2026