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HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?05 Jul 2021HANSARDForces FamiliesWhat steps his Department is taking to support the families of UK armed forces personnel.05 Jul 2021HANSARDForces FamiliesArmed forces families are very much the backbone of our military, including those living at Worthy Down in my constituency, and it is only right that we do everything we can to…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateLast week, I said that I wanted to see from the new Secretary of State “a change in policy as much as a change in tone.” —[ Official Report , 28 June 2021; Vol. 698, c. 60.] We…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI want to back up my right hon. Friend, having put my name to these amendments. The reason that this measure needs to be in this Bill is that we have seen such a huge rise in the…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court BillI am listening to what the right hon. Gentleman says. He does not want Conservative Members to smear Opposition amendments, so in that spirit, I point out that the Bill does not…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThere is much in this Bill that I welcome—I have spoken before about driving offences reform—but of course parts of it are controversial. That is what happens with legislation:…05 Jul 2021HANSARDSecurity of Ministers’ Offices and CommunicationsAs a former Minister in the Department of Health and Social Care with the previous Secretary of State, in candidness, no one ever told me that our meetings were being observed. I…28 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI give a warm welcome to my right hon. Friend. I wish him very well. I am looking for a change in policy as much as a change in tone. I return him to the subject of education.…28 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusThe right hon. Gentleman is right: we had a battle royal with influenza in the first year that I was in the job, but the difference was that we did not have any non-pharmaceutical…16 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusI know that the official Opposition’s position will be to support the regulations today, but I am keen to explore this with the right hon. Gentleman. Would he be happy to see the…16 Jun 2021HANSARD Coronavirusrose—16 Jun 2021HANSARD CoronavirusMe too—I have rearranged mine for tomorrow morning, in line with my right hon. Friend’s advice. Further to the intervention from my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean…16 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateLast week, the Secretary of State told me: “Our goal…is not a covid-free world…the goal is to live with covid”. —[ Official Report , 7 June 2021; Vol. 696, c. 678.] Well, you…14 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetYes, and frankly it does not really matter whether I do. Dozens of organisations working in this field have written an open letter in The Telegraph today setting out why and how…08 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetI have had hundreds of contacts from constituents concerned about the changes being made to our aid programme. Not all of them agree with me, but many do. My judgment is that the…08 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetDoes what my right hon. Friend has just said about the 5p not make the point that, although £4 billion is a small amount for a rich country such as ours, it makes an enormous…08 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Secretary of State’s announcement that we are opening up appointments for 25-year-olds will be warmly welcomed by many in the NHS in my area, so I thank him for that. On any…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Government Handling and PreparednessThe vaccine roll-out is going really well in my area and I cannot help but note that the turning of the tide against covid, because of that roll-out, seemed to exactly mirror the…27 May 2021HANSARD Environment BillI am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman, as always. I do not think it is fair to say that it is a weak Bill. May I probe the Opposition, as we are on Report, on the whole…26 May 2021