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HANSARDEngagementsI give the right hon. Gentleman my assurance, because this is a very important issue, that we are working at pace with our allies on that very issue, to take whatever measures we…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe have a deal and we are implementing it. Within a very short time, I am very confident that we will get those tariffs down in accordance with the deal. I will come back to the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe only advice— [ Interruption. ] She gets up on a Wednesday morning, scrolls through social media and never does any of the detail. We are the only country in the world that is…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am going to look in my folder because here I have the quote that the right hon. Lady said on Sky News— [ Interruption. ] I will read it, thank you. [ Laughter. ] It is what the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsI believe profoundly in driving down poverty and child poverty. That is why we will put a strategy in place. But the right hon. Lady talks about heads spinning. There is only one…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe took the right decisions at the Budget because we needed to stabilise the economy. The right hon. Lady needs to apologise for the fact that the Conservatives left the economy…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsWell, I am glad to see the right hon. Lady is catching up with what happened two weeks ago. At the Budget, we took the right decision to stabilise the economy because of the £22…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am absolutely determined that we will drive down child poverty. That is one of the proudest things of the last Labour Government. That is why we have a taskforce and that is why…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for highlighting this issue, because the Conservatives left our flood defences in the worst state on record. It is prisons, it is the NHS, it is the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsOne of the greatest achievements of the last Labour Government was the 2012 Olympics in London, and we all remember it— [Interruption.] Given that response, can I pay tribute to…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsToday we are investing £15.6 billion in the transport infrastructure of the north and of the midlands. We are decisively turning the page on a failed economic model of low…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsShe opposes the US deal, she opposes the India deal, she opposes what we are doing with the EU, and she opposes Diego Garcia. That is a vital intelligence and strategic…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Member for raising this. She is absolutely right to describe these as dark days. Israel’s recent action is appalling and, in my view, counterproductive…04 Jun 2025HANSARDMachinery of Government: Cyber-security and Defence ExportsI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of Government changes. I am today announcing that responsibility for Government and public…03 Jun 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers CommissionerI have today laid before both Houses a copy of the annual report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, the right hon. Sir Brian Leveson. This report covers the activities of…22 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe have put record amounts into the NHS in the Budget, and we are beginning to see the results of that. I accept the point that my hon. Friend makes, and we will look again to…21 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my hon. Friend on her tireless campaigning on this issue, alongside the campaigners who are with us today. I know the impact that epilepsy has on people across the…21 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsOn behalf of the whole House, I welcome Teddy. It is incredible that he has done so much already, and he is in the Gallery today. Many of us struggle for a whole lifetime to make…21 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Member for raising this case not just today, but on the many occasions that he has. It is incredibly important that we do everything we can in this case. I…21 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady’s experience is deeply concerning, and I know it must have affected her. I think she was hoping to see, and later saw, her grandchild, but it must have impacted on…21 May 2025