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HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising the important Send My Friend to School campaign, which recognises the global importance of education. Just as he has entreated me to do, I…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe business for next week is as follows: Monday 1 July—Estimates day (6th allotted day). There will be a debate on estimates relating to the Department for International…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises an important point. I know that she is, rightly, deeply passionate about that matter, and we have discussed it personally on a number of occasions. The…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his reference to John Clare and Norman St John-Stevas. As he may know, they have a connection, in that they both come from Northamptonshire, I…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the hon. Lady for her remarks, which I will address in detail in a moment. First, Mr Speaker, I join the Prime Minister who earlier this week rightly congratulated you on…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right to raise the issue of VJ Day. We tend to think about the victory in Europe, but of course the war continued beyond that point and, as he has stated, many…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAs usual, it is the same old tunes. As we know, the hon. Gentleman is a gifted musician—I will keep coming back to this—and the House may or may not know that he played in Runrig,…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, let me congratulate my right hon. Friend on the strength and veracity of her campaigning on this matter, albeit that the direction of travel is not exactly as she would…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman is right to draw attention to his prowess in bringing forward the various motions and debates to the House. I just have this feeling that all this will end up,…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my right hon. Friend very much indeed for his eloquently placed question regarding trees and Network Rail. As we know, he is a lover of poetry, particularly the poetry of…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseHow nice to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank the hon. Lady for her question and for raising the matter of the brimstone butterfly, about which I currently know…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend does a great deal in her constituency, particularly on these issues. These are matters for the Mayor of London, as they relate to planning, but I would be…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI think the whole House is united in saying that there is no place in a civilised society for homophobia or anything related to it. Let me take this opportunity to refer to the…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point. He has campaigned on this issue for a considerable period of time, and I congratulate him on being instrumental in bringing…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman has raised an extremely important point about the importance of education. We often focus on that in the context of our own country, but it is also extremely…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises a very important point about housing. We too often speak simply about volume. Of course, the Government have a very clear record in that regard, with 220,000…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady raises a very important issue. Cancer is one of the key targets that the national health service has in terms of getting survival rates up, and they are at…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Environment Secretary should be congratulated on all that he is doing in this area. I know that he takes it extremely seriously, and the appointment that has been made is an…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady makes an important point, and she is right to refer to yesterday’s gathering of people from across the country to underline the importance of global warming and the…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady has put an enormous amount of work into the whole issue of infected blood and highlighting how important it is, and she should be congratulated on that. On…27 Jun 2019