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HANSARDEngagementsIt is always a pleasure. I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on the campaign; it is really important and many people will be delighted to join it. Dame Vera is sewn into our…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are passing a borders Bill with extensive powers to smash the gangs. These are anti-terrorist-like powers that give powers to the police to intercept where they think the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsUnder the last Government, we saw 1 million incidents of fly-tipping. Under Conservative councils, we see enforcement down and fly-tipping up: look at Tory-led Northumberland,…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Conservative Derbyshire county council is home to more potholes than anywhere else in the country and drivers are paying the price. Our plan…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am happy to ensure that my hon. Friend meets the Health Secretary. We have got waiting lists down for six months in a row now, delivering 3 million extra appointments. The…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI wish the hon. Gentleman the very best of luck. It will be a fantastic event—just one of the many important celebrations taking place to commemorate VE Day. I encourage the whole…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this important issue. Communities across the country face the consequences of the Conservatives’ utter failure to build enough homes.…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady is right to highlight this issue. I do not think anybody would countenance the misuse of NDAs, particularly in a case as serious as the one she cited, which is why…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI see the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) complaining, but what did he say? His words were, “we’re going to have to move to an insurance-based system of healthcare” and:…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Gentleman raises a point that is of real interest and importance to farmers. We will negotiate, as he would expect, in the national interest and uphold the highest…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am deeply sorry to hear about Billy’s case; I am sure the whole House is. Our focus has to be on making sure that GPs spend more time caring for patients. That includes the…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are doing everything available to us to protect car building in this country. The right hon. Gentleman will have noticed that two weeks ago, I made announcements about the zero…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI will leave that to you, Mr Speaker. I do not think it is for me to suggest that you donate your blood, although I am sure that you do and that we can support this jointly. We…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI didn’t.23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI have set out our approach to China a number of times. It is not materially different from the approach in the last years of the previous Government, I might add. In relation to…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a real champion for Airdrie and Shotts. Over 60,000 Scots have been stuck, waiting for tests or treatment for over a year, which is a 46% rise in one year.…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are reforming a broken system—the system that we inherited. I think most people accept that it needs reform, because it traps people in unemployment and inactivity, and we need…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for that question. I did work in Northern Ireland for five years and therefore appreciate at first hand how important these issues are. It was a very…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for Derby. She is right: whether it is the workforce I met at Alstom or the workers at Hitachi in County Durham, we will support our rail…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Member raises an important issue. I visited Port Talbot a number of times and heard at first hand from the workforce. She may or may not know that even in…23 Apr 2025