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HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend knows my personal commitment to delivering justice for victims of crime, who have been completely failed over the last 14 years. We are improving access to…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 2025HANSARDEngagementsMay I start by wishing Jennie, the hon. Gentleman’s guide dog, a very happy birthday for yesterday? She is six years old—although she does not look particularly interested in my…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 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe entire House will join me in paying tribute to His Holiness Pope Francis, an extraordinary man. His lifelong work on fairness will leave a lasting legacy. People of all…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI have always said that the debate should be conducted properly, on the principle. I have said it many, many times. I would remind the Leader of the Opposition that when they were…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI can only assume that that sounded better when the right hon. Lady said it in the mirror earlier. The truth is, it does not really matter what she says, because nobody—none of…23 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 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 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 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 2025HANSARDEngagementsDoes the hon. Gentleman understand that the electorate in Scotland answered that question in July of last year? I remember that there used to be quite a few SNP Members sitting on…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this appalling incident, and our thoughts remain with the families of Jim, John Chapman and James Kirby. Attacks on aid workers are never…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We can commit to the triple lock because we have restored stability after the Conservatives crashed the economy. That means that, next week, 12…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady says that the triple lock “was” a Conservative policy. The Conservatives were once thought to be the party of sound finances, but they blew all of that. She…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising this important issue. There are issues in relation to Northern Ireland in particular that we have to deal with very carefully. We will always…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsEvery week the right hon. Gentleman tries to tempt me to make what I think is a false choice between our relationship with the US and our relationships with other countries,…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsIn relation to the beginning of the right hon. Gentleman’s comments, I really do not think it is sensible to say that the first response should be to jump into a trade war with…02 Apr 2025