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HANSARDCivil Servants: Return to the OfficeI very much agree. My hon. Friend will have noticed that the spending review 2020 included a provision to do exactly that. However, the point is more nuanced, because this is also…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUK Global StrategyThe Government’s approach to national security was set out in the integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy. The National Security Council provides…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUK Global StrategyI know that my hon. Friend takes a close interest in these issues, so he will know better than most that the whole purpose of the integrated review was to look at the period up to…24 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is an area of common ground across the House. I know the National Security Adviser has shared briefings with Opposition leaders, as referred to earlier in the week, and we…24 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI very much agree that levelling up is a UK-wide endeavour and there are often pockets of variance within regions, as I know with a constituency in the fens: North East…24 Feb 2022HANSARDCommission for Racial Equality Pension and Life Assurance SchemeIt is normal practice, when a Government Department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 for which there is no specific statutory authority, for the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDGovernment Cyber Security StrategyFurther to my statement to the House on Wednesday 15 December on the National Cyber Strategy (HCWS484), I am pleased to announce the publication of the Government Cyber Security…25 Jan 2022HANSARDVeterans Strategy Action Plan 2022-2024The Government have today published the “Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-24”, setting out how we will continue to empower, support and champion our veteran community. Just as…19 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs a former member of the Whips Office, I know that it is always a triumph how different issues can be used in support of a private Member’s Bill. I am sure that my colleague the…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point that is a key issue for the illegal migration taskforce, which I chair. I will meet the Home Secretary later today, and I met…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point. He will be well aware, following the recent machinery of government change, that that subject no longer falls within the…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think he is a hugely talented colleague. I work extremely closely with him and I look forward to doing so. One of the points that has come out through departmental questions is…13 Jan 2022HANSARDCyber-securityMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point. That is why the strategy sets out a whole of society approach, including a focus on building skills and the highest standards…13 Jan 2022HANSARDOmicron Variant: Support for Key ServicesI will have to pick up on the specific organisation the hon. Member references, but as I said in my answer a moment ago, we have had a package of £750 million of support. We have…13 Jan 2022HANSARDOmicron Variant: Support for Key ServicesThe reality as we meet today is that we continue to offer universal free testing. Actually, the UK is an outlier both in terms of the sheer quantum of testing that we have…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was actually going to come on to what I hope is a constructive point, because the underlying concern the hon. Lady raises is fair. I am very happy to pick up on the issue with…13 Jan 2022HANSARDOmicron Variant: Support for Key ServicesThe hon. Lady is right on the importance of local resilience forums, but she is not right to say that the Government have not responded. There has been over £400 billion of…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to begin by paying tribute to the Member for Birmingham, Erdington, who was a hugely respected figure throughout the House. When I first arrived in Parliament, I…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend knows from his own time in local government how important that Act is in requiring that people who commission public services think about how they can secure wider…13 Jan 2022HANSARDDeparture from the EU: Regulatory ReformsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He highlights an extremely important Brexit opportunity around our £300 billion procurement spend. As we heard earlier, we now have the ability…13 Jan 2022