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HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady has such pre-scripted questions she cannot adapt them to the answers I am giving. I think she now calls herself a Conservative realist. Well, I am realistic…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend is a passionate advocate on this issue and has been for a long time, and I pay tribute to her for that. However, as she rightly acknowledges, the current…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for doing what he was asked to do, and raising that case here. The loss of a child is unbearable, and I think that most us, including me, simply do not…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsLast night I spoke to President Zelensky to discuss progress that President Trump had made with Russia towards a ceasefire, and I took the opportunity to reaffirm our unwavering…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsNet zero is of course not easy, but it is a huge opportunity to boost our growth, our jobs and our economy. The hon. Member knows my views on that. He complains, but Reform would…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right that remediation has been far too slow, and everybody deserves a safe and secure home. We have signed a contract with 54 major developers who will pay for…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsWe are rolling out 350 banking hubs across all communities. I will happily arrange for the hon. Lady to have a meeting with the Minister to discuss how that might affect her…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe situation that my hon. Friend describes is an appalling indictment of the SNP record. The Conservative party left record homelessness in England. The SNP record is equally…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI join my hon. Friend in commending West Midlands police for keeping his community safe. We are doubling our investment to £200 million towards the recruitment of 13,000…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising this important issue, which is a matter of deep concern. We are already developing a rural crime strategy, but we will…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI start by pointing out that, because of the changes we made at the Budget, we were able to put record amounts of money into our national health service. It was vitally important…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 have already invested £100 million for adult and children’s hospices, with an additional £26 million in funding through the children’s hospice grant, but we cannot get away…19 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsI have already set out the position in relation to hospices. The Leader of the Opposition says that she wants to swap sides—heaven forbid! After 14 years of breaking everything,…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 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 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 2025HANSARDEngagementsYes. At home we are watching “Adolescence” with our children—I have a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl. It is a very good drama to watch. The violence carried out by young…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