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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis month we appointed Baroness Gisela Stuart, who is well known to the House, as the new civil service commissioner to oversee the body guaranteeing that civil servants are…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is an extremely important point in terms of both our energy security and our wider commitments building on COP26 and net zero. That is why the Prime Minister, the Trade…31 Mar 2022HANSARDSmall Business Bids for Government ContractsI am sure that the ears of my right hon. Friend the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency will have pricked up at the suggestion of any regulation that is…31 Mar 2022HANSARDSmall Business Bids for Government ContractsI am extremely keen to work with my hon. Friend on this issue. He raises an important point and I am happy to meet him as a matter of urgency to take this forward. It is worth…31 Mar 2022HANSARDSmall Business Bids for Government ContractsMy hon. Friend raises an extremely valid and important point: simpler and more transparent processes, ones that are more accessible to the innovation of our small and medium-sized…31 Mar 2022HANSARDSmall Business Bids for Government ContractsThe hon. Gentleman raises a legitimate point. We have all seen in our communities that local businesses often have a pride in the service they give because it is within their…31 Mar 2022HANSARDSmall Business Bids for Government ContractsI absolutely concur that we are better together as the United Kingdom. The ability shown in the pandemic to act across the United Kingdom, including through the firepower of Her…31 Mar 2022HANSARDMemorial for Victims of Transatlantic Slave Trade and SlaveryOne reason why the UK Government were engaged with the UN memorial in New York was to ensure that the suffering and trauma inflicted as a result of the slave do not happen again,…31 Mar 2022HANSARDMemorial for Victims of Transatlantic Slave Trade and SlaveryThere is no disputing the horrors of what occurred during the slave trade, which is why we commemorate the annual International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its…31 Mar 2022HANSARDCyber Security StrategyThe Government’s cyber security strategy will strengthen the public sector’s cyber resilience, making it harder for malicious actors, including cyber criminals, to disrupt…31 Mar 2022HANSARDCyber Security StrategyMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point, and it is one that Cabinet colleagues are looking at, not only in the context of covid fraud and issues such as bounce back…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI simply pay tribute to my right hon. Friend. For a question of that sort, I think brevity is the best response in acknowledging the point that he raises.31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is an extremely important point. Both the Minister for the Cabinet Office and I have chaired a number of Cabinet Sub-Committees looking at our wider domestic resilience and…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that the COP26 President will have a strong commitment to addressing any issues. Rightly, Members across the House have recognised that the event in Glasgow was a great…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman and other hon. Members have rightly highlighted the importance of our cyber resilience in general and at this time. There is a host of excellent advice in the…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI concur with my hon. Friend that the Commonwealth is of huge importance. He is right to highlight that, but it fits within the wider strategy of the integrated review as part of…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have some exposure to this, having been Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Of all the budgets, the agencies’ budgets have increased more than most, if not the most. Significant…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI fear it is not just me who has to declare an interest in this—Mr Speaker himself may have to declare an interest. Any question that starts with reinforcing the county of…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is slightly odd simply to say it is the Government side of the House. There are hon. Members on both sides of the House who have had second jobs, including with the NHS and in…31 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not going to engage with sweeping comments that do not address the record of this Government, which is very clear in respect of Russia and Ukraine. This Government have led…31 Mar 2022