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HANSARDEngagementsOur small business plan was widely welcomed by small businesses across the country, not least because of their input into it. The hon. Lady complains about the measures we had to…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend’s constituency is just one example of why the United Kingdom is a world leader in educating and attracting the brightest minds. Our immigration White Paper includes…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI agree. I thought that the King and the Pope praying together sent an incredible message to the world and was very powerful. I agree that if we all work together, we can bring…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe freeze was introduced by them. That is why it is coming in next year.29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI know how important face-to-face banking is on our high streets. As my hon. Friend says, we have committed to rolling out 350 banking hubs across the United Kingdom, and over 180…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this matter, which I know is personal to him. We are investing £600 million to improve diagnostic capacity and are rolling out new…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am proud that we have delivered the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation—which the Tories and Reform have voted against at every turn, as they always do with any…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this point. I am deeply concerned by the strikes. This underlines the fragility of the ceasefire deal. All sides need to uphold President…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Member must have overlooked the fact that there was a UK-EU summit earlier this year, in which there were 10 strands to the change that we have already agreed in…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsYes. She is bearing down on the challenges at the Home Office—most of them inherited from the last Government. We will make the changes necessary, and I have every confidence in…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI join in the right hon. Member’s comments on Prunella Scales. On the question of Russian interference, it is a serious problem in countries across Europe, including in our…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady has overlooked the fact that we had the highest growth in the G7 in the first six months of this year—and that growth has just been upgraded—and we had three…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady talks about the Conservatives’ record, so let us go through it. They crashed the economy. Inflation went up to 11%. Mortgages went through the roof. Welfare…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Conservatives were kicked out of office because they broke the economy. They will not be trusted for years to come. The right hon. Lady cannot tell us what her position is on…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsWhy did the Tories not do it, then, in their 14 years in office? As I said, the productivity review figures are now coming in, and those show the true extent of the damage that…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsAs the Leader of the Opposition well knows, no Prime Minister or Chancellor will ever set out their plans in advance. But I can say this: the figures from the productivity review…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am glad that the Leader of the Opposition is now finally talking about the economy. I can update the House: retail sales are higher than expected; inflation is lower than…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI share my hon. Friend’s determination that everyone should feel safe and secure in their community. Neighbourhood policing was decimated by the Conservative party, and we are…29 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital Identity Scheme: Departmental ResponsibilityI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of Government update. In order to deliver this cross-Government priority, the Cabinet Office…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for her question. The whole point of digital ID, of course, is that you cannot see it, so that should at least deal with her first concern. It is important…22 Oct 2025