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HANSARDEngagementsSince we agreed the Windsor framework we have had very constructive discussions on Horizon, but the difference between my party and the hon. Gentleman’s party is that we will not…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. Banks are a cornerstone of our high streets. Of course, it is ultimately a commercial decision for banks, but I think it is…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsActually, under this Government, thanks to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, we have introduced legislation for the first time to support renters and…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI do not think the Prime Minister is going to take any lectures on weakness from the Labour party. There is a lot of talk about reshuffle in the air from the Labour party. The…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsRather than focusing on playing politics, we are actually delivering for the British people. I listened to the hon. Lady’s litany. I was interested to note that her leader has…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI will tell the right hon. Lady what we are doing for families like Jessica’s: we are increasing the national living wage. It was the Conservative party that introduced the…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Labour party may have failed to notice that it is actually under this Government that more council houses have been built than when they were in office; it is under this party…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady may not have listened to the answer I gave and just moved straight on to the next pre-scripted question, but we have built more houses under this Government…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, it may not surprise you to hear that I do not agree with that characterisation. Let me tell you about this Government’s record on the NHS: record funding; record…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to speak up for the Slapton line. It is one of the most beautiful roads in the country. I understand that the Slapton Line Partnership, which…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMay I begin by saying genuinely how sorry I was to hear that the hon. Lady will be standing down at the next election? She and I joined the House at the same time, and I know she…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsThere is always time for a Damascene conversion. When it comes to the NHS, I will take no lectures from either the SNP or Labour. It has been there for me. I was born in an NHS…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsIt all started off so nicely. I do not know whether the hon. Lady has been listening to what the Government have announced this week, but we announced an additional £2.4 billion…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMay I begin by associating myself with the right hon. Lady’s remarks about Lord Bob Kerslake? I knew him from my time in Downing Street. He was a stalwart public servant and he…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend knows that we have to take action to address the unacceptable cost of housing migrants in hotels. I thank him for the constructive approach he has taken to…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am happy to give the right hon. Gentleman that assurance. As he knows, the Department of Health in Northern Ireland has been allocated £7.3 billion—an increase of £20 million…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise the dangers of melanoma. As a fair-headed person with a fair-headed family, I am acutely conscious of the need to wear sun cream. I…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am very happy to reaffirm this Government’s commitment to steel manufacturing. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, as I know what a champion she is for steel production in…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI completely agree with the hon. Gentleman’s remarks. The development of that new spaceport is a key part of our ambition to grow the UK’s space launch capabilities. In the first…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am a big supporter of the Eden Project, and I hope very much that we can have one in Dundee. Of course the United Kingdom Government always stand ready to support people in…05 Jul 2023