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HANSARDEngagementsWe have invested a record £11.8 billion in sustainable farming this Parliament, and we set out a 25-year farming road map focused on increasing year-on-year productivity and…26 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right; the report is a sombre moment. It is important to remember the scale of suffering and the scale of the loss of life, which is made clear in the…26 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsAs the hon. Member knows, we are reforming social care. I have asked Baroness Casey to lead on that, and she has had the first of her cross-party meetings to build consensus,…26 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his contributions to this important debate, including the contribution he made yesterday. It is the first duty of the Prime Minister to keep…26 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt is staggering that an important upgrade for drivers to improve their journeys has been delayed for eight long years, and I understand that the scheme is currently being held up…26 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank Roman for his letter, which I took time to read last night. I want to read a short sentence from it now: “This accident wouldn’t have happened if there was a safe place to…26 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman is right to highlight this very serious case: a long sentence for pro-Russian bribery in the Reform party—at the highest level. You would think a leader…26 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI will certainly come back, but if I am able to update the House as we go along, I will endeavour to do so, so that others can ask questions about it.25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineMay I start by thanking the right hon. Lady for her support on Ukraine? It is really important that we stay united in this House. I readily acknowledge the role of the previous…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineWe regularly discuss how we deal with the shadow fleet. The Danish authorities do a lot in their waters, as do the authorities in Norway and other countries in the region, and we…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI assure the hon. Lady that the principles that I have set out to the House—that matters on the future of Ukraine must be for Ukraine—have been the guiding principles in all our…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI agree with my hon. Friend on both fronts. Of course those children should be released straight away. They should never have been taken in the first place and it is…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineMy hon. Friend is right. This will not just be about rebuilding infrastructure; it will be about the rebuilding of society. That is why I was really pleased last year to sign the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineIn particular, the Global Fund is so important—my hon. Friend heard the statistics that I went through. In relation to the wider situation, the focus is very much on a cessation…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI am grateful to the right hon. Member for raising this. That is why it is really important that we make the case for, and ensure that it is, a just and lasting peace—because we…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI can reassure my right hon. Friend that I did see that letter that was put out yesterday. She is absolutely right to say that this conflict affects not only Ukraine and its…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI thank my hon. Friend for raising this and for her work bearing down on this, in particular the meeting she had at the weekend. This is a really serious issue. We are raising it…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineIt is important that we make it clear that Russia is in a much weaker position than it pretends. We should always remember that the early briefings and intelligence in relation to…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI agree with the right hon. Member. The very idea of negotiating land that has not been taken in nearly four years of a conflict and has cost tens of thousands of lives is so…25 Nov 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineI certainly agree with that wholeheartedly. We will see; I suspect it is the version that emerged from Geneva yesterday that is being talked about, but of course the next step is…25 Nov 2025