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HANSARDGovernment Transparency and Co-ordinationThe Cabinet Office plays a unique role in government, bringing together different Departments across Whitehall to deal with the most complex challenges facing our country. As a…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Transparency and Co-ordinationI am sure that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport will be happy to provide that, and that he will be able to report to the hon. Gentleman the record levels…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Transparency and Co-ordinationWe have very high levels of transparency. I have to say to the hon. Gentleman that Labour Members like to talk the talk, but they do not walk the walk. If they really want to…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Transparency and Co-ordinationWe already have high levels of transparency, and the Procurement Bill is going through Parliament. The most important thing is to crack down on tax avoidance through tax havens,…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Transparency and Co-ordinationWe are working through the responses. Clearly, a new Administration came in in November, but we will shortly be in a position to publish all the responses to the report. I am…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Transparency and Co-ordinationThe Government will publish the latest version of that register shortly. The House has discussed and considered this issue, and the hon. Lady may have heard the comments made by…16 Mar 2023HANSARDMachinery of Government Changes: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe responsible Department for the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill is the Department for Business and Trade.16 Mar 2023HANSARDMachinery of Government Changes: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI completely disagree with the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation. Through this Bill, we are making the most of our opportunities outside the EU by making sure that we take control…16 Mar 2023HANSARDNational ResilienceStrengthening our national resilience is one of my personal priorities, and my Department continues to lead on this crucial work across Government. We identified seven immediate…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur economic security is more important than ever, which is why it was at the heart of this week’s integrated review refresh. As part of that refresh, we announced an ambitious…16 Mar 2023HANSARDNational ResilienceMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We work closely with all resilience forums, which are essential to our whole-of-society resilience approach to any emergency response.…16 Mar 2023HANSARDNational ResilienceI can give the hon. Lady that assurance. There has been total and full transparency from Government, as we are required to do under the terms of the Act and the relevant…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman may know, there is a long-standing convention that Ministers of either party—this applies to Ministers of both political parties who have been in…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Lady will know that we have been through this process many times before. I thought the Labour party believed in due process. The due process is that Adam Tolley, a…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Lady will know, the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser is independent. It will be a matter for him to decide whether he wishes to take further action, in…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. We have a number of structures in Government to ensure that Departments work effectively together. In relation to parliamentary…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I should say that I oversaw that appointment process. I have every confidence in its propriety, and I am sure the inquiry will find that that was the case. In order to…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt may not surprise the House to hear that I totally agree with my hon. Friend. I am afraid we have seen more evidence of that in this House this year. When this Government…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsClearly the landscape in which we are operating is getting more risky over time, with geopolitical elements, as the House is aware. I am spending more and more of my time ensuring…16 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI hope that the hon. Gentleman would appreciate that, given the sheer volume of European legislation that we accumulated during our membership, we have to move rapidly to…16 Mar 2023