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HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising that. It is astonishing that Reform defends Musk on this issue. I said that the images are disgusting; Reform’s position on this issue is…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that. The actions of Grok and X are disgusting and shameful. Frankly, the decision to turn it into a premium service is horrific, and we are…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsMay I first say through the right hon. Member to Sandra that that is simply not acceptable for her or anybody else? I would appreciate it if he passed that on to her directly. We…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend draws attention to the important work of the Mayor of London. Nobody should be talking our country down or talking London down. She is right to say that since we…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsMay I start by condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the sickening repression and murder of protesters in Iran? The contrast between the courage of the Iranian people and…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, which is absolutely brilliant, as anybody who has seen it will attest. I am so pleased that it is heading…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support for what we are doing about violence against women and girls. I agree that this is not about women or men, or boys or girls; it is about…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising the case of Clover. NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Research recently agreed funding for two world-first clinical…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsWe are working with the sector to ensure that it gets the support it needs. I have to say that the Leader of the Opposition’s new-found concern for pubs will come as a surprise to…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Tories crashed the economy and now they want to give lectures. The right hon. Lady is wondering why nobody is listening to them—nobody is ever going to listen to them on the…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that. I spoke to the Taoiseach about it in December, and I know that he is committed to delivering on this issue. The new legacy unit has…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am proud of what we are doing on child poverty, lifting half a million children out of poverty. The Conservatives’ policy is to plunge them straight back into poverty, and they…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising that. He knows we inherited a terrible situation: waiting lists, missed performance targets and hospitals such as Stepping Hill left to…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI disagree, as the hon. Member knows, with the decision of the West Midlands police. The Home Secretary will today make a statement in relation to that. Home Secretaries used to…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important issue. We will bring forward proposals very shortly.14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. The Hillsborough law will right wrongs of the past, changing the balance of power to ensure the state can never hide from the people it should serve. I…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsHere is the difference: I changed my party, and that is why we stand here with a majority Labour Government. The Leader of the Opposition sits there with her party that lost two…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe principle we put in place on inheritance tax is the right one. We listened, and we made an announcement. What we are doing is turning the country around. [ Interruption. ]…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsWe are working with the sector. The right hon. Lady has not explained why she said nothing about the 7,000 pubs that closed on her watch. We are doing other things on the cost of…14 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend as a dedicated campaigner on this and so many other issues. I am delighted that today we are announcing a transformation in journeys across the…14 Jan 2026