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HANSARDEngagementsYes. Take the example of schools going into academies. The vast majority of schools are already academies. Therefore, we need to think again about what we do about failing schools…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt was Labour that introduced academies and pushed up standards. This is not ideological. I am a parent of two teenage children, both of whom go to a state school, so I am…26 Mar 2025HANSARDShale Gas WellsThe right hon. Member asks about shale gas. There are very real economic and environmental consequences to fracking, and communities have clearly said no.26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsYes of course, as the right hon. Gentleman well knows. Online safety is important, and important new measures are coming in the next few months under the Act. We need to see…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a great champion for his constituents. We are investing £600 million in training up to 60,000 more skilled house builders to support the next generation and…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this issue. The courage of these campaigners, after simply appalling cases, is astounding and I find it humbling. I am pleased that the…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt was this Government who put a record amount into our schools at the Budget, just as we put a record amount into our NHS and public services, which were utterly failed under the…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is a superb local champion. Regardless of which club any of us supports, we share a love of the game and they are at the heart of our communities. Albion Rovers is…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI have full confidence in the Chancellor—thank you.26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for emphasising this issue again. Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children is sickening—I think all of us across the House would agree on that. A…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe will set out the details just as soon as we can, on the basis of the principles that I set out earlier. The welfare scheme overall is not defendable on terms, but it must be…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right to raise this important project, which we are working on. It is vital that we unleash the potential of the Oxford-Cambridge corridor—and, of course,…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend, who does a superb job for Peterborough. We are proud of the fact that our Employment Rights Bill is tackling the cost of insecure work, and that we are…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe have delivered record investment into this country, we have had three interest rate cuts in a row and wages are going up faster than prices, which is a massive cost of living…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe do have a proportional tax system, and we have raised tax on the wealthiest under this Government. The hon. Lady’s advice would count for a bit more if her party’s manifesto…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman is right: too many people with eating disorders are not getting the treatment they need. The NHS is expanding eating disorder treatment services with a focus on…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right that everybody needs to be able to access a home that is suitable for them and meets their needs. The planning rules already mean that councils must…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsOn both points, last night, following the discussions yesterday, I spoke to President Zelensky to discuss the way forward. On the wider question of assets, it is complicated—it is…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising Grangemouth again, for the second time in this session; that is because it is centrally important. He will have heard what I had to say…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are working closely with our European colleagues, and the EU in particular, on a reset of the relationship. We will not be returning to freedom of movement—I have made that…19 Mar 2025