Financial and Social Emergency Support Package

My hon. Friend is right. There are lots of enthusiastic volunteers, which is great, but the initi...

I completely agree with my right hon. Friend’s approach and the fact that we should all give a so...

It was not so long ago that I was making lengthy speeches about those subjects, and I am quite pr...

On a much more granular point, a care home owner has been in touch with me to say that he is incr...

My hon. Friend makes a very strong point. Indeed, that has been raised by my right hon. Friend th...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that there has to be a crackdown on some employers? Constituents ...

If employers are putting us all at risk by forcing people to work in a non-essential industry or ...

Having worked in the construction industry for the past two decades, I appreciate how critical th...

My hon. Friend anticipates the point I was about to make. We have all seen the images this mornin...

Is there not also a responsibility on Government contractors? I am thinking of Atos, Adecco and t...

It is absolutely disgraceful and totally unnecessary. If someone feels they are at risk, the advi...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that there is a real problem that rents might increase straight a...

My hon. Friend understands the issue and represents his constituency extremely well. I know that ...

I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way. He is making a powerful speech. Just last week, the ...

Exactly. How on earth can she go around looking at places if she is not allowed out of the house?...

Does my right hon. Friend share my concern for that particular group of victims who are people wi...

I thank my right hon. Friend for her intervention and for what she is doing about that. There are...

It is a privilege to return to the Dispatch Box for the third time in two days, and I can only pa...

There are reports that the announcement about the self-employed will be made on Thursday, when th...

I thank the hon. Lady for her question. She will be aware, as we all are, of the issue relating t...

Will the Minister arrange a Zoom call with all of us when that package is announced, so that we c...

It is not in my power to say yes to that, I am afraid, but the request has been noted and, of cou...

Does the Minister recognise that, in order to be able to stay at home in the way he is describing...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for the question. Of course, if people are falling through the s...

I thank the Minister for allowing me to intervene. He will have heard about today’s shocking and ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for the question. I was not aware of the attack—I am afraid I have bee...

I am immensely grateful to the Minister for giving way. It is right that he talks about key worke...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for registering that point and putting it on the record. I wi...

I am pleased that the Minister is giving us some good news about this advertising campaign—at las...

I was just discussing the process of improving the Government response through feedback, often fr...

In the spirit of clarifying anomalies, I have been contacted by many businesses who tell me that,...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that point. I will look into the question of whether t...

I will read out what Barclays is saying to businesses about personal guarantees:

“Loans wil...

I cannot comment, obviously, on the specific circumstances that the hon. Gentleman describes, but...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

We have discussed this quite a lot, so as I have quite a long speech, and a fair number of collea...

Could the Minister tell us how quickly this will be done, because the levels of stress out there ...

I understand that. The right hon. Gentleman will appreciate that if we date the official recognit...

On the point about the extra funding for councils, when I was talking to my own council yesterday...

I thank the hon. Lady for registering that point. She will be aware that we have made £1.6 billio...

It is a considerable pleasure to speak in this debate on the motion that has been tabled by my ri...

And good biscuits.

Indeed—sometimes that has been to the frustration of our respective advisers, Jeremy, if I may us...

We parliamentarians are assembled in this Chamber facing a crisis that none of our predecessors f...

And good luck to the city of Southend.

If there had been an opportunity, I would have mentioned that tomorrow, but I have decided that, ...

May I start by adding to the tributes to the Leader of the Opposition and the shadow Chancellor f...

I would like to concentrate on a few of the enormous number of issues that this crisis is throwin...

First, I send my deepest condolences to all who have lost loved ones in this global pandemic, and...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler), who has just ma...

As this will be one of the last debates in Parliament before recess, it is important to put on re...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Lloyd Russell-Moyle). He made ...

Before I begin, and since it is the last time they will speak from the Opposition Front Bench as ...

I thank my hon. Friend for allowing me, too, to place on record that my right hon. Friend the Lea...

Absolutely. I wholeheartedly agree.

Ten years ago, in response to a crisis, the then Prime ...

I know that all right hon. and hon. Members will want to pass on their condolences to the family ...

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that it is deeply disappointing...

I totally agree with my hon. Friend. I have been raising this issue for the past week, as I know ...

I am pleased to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr Jones). I begin my ec...

My right hon. Friend is making an incredibly important point about universal credit. The system o...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. We took evidence this morning on that very point—the need to imp...

Does my right hon. Friend not agree that many of the individuals on universal credit and jobseeke...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I very much agree about the need for more support for charita...

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. One of the constituency inquiries coming into...

That is one of quite a number of anxieties that are around at present.

What should happen w...

The badge on the Chancellor’s Twitter account says: “Stay At Home save lives”. I completely agree...

Today, we have heard the sad and shocking news of the death of a 21-year-old lady in Buckinghamsh...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. It is really, really important that everyb...

The mode of travel for construction workers going to work is often trains and the tube. The Minis...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and of course those trains and buses are needed by our health...

Is my hon. Friend aware of the situation for religious charities in particular? In cases where th...

My hon. Friend makes an important point about those charities paying their bills. The point that ...

It is a real privilege to speak in this incredibly important debate. As I am, I think, the last s...

It’s essential to his fortune.

It is an essential service for his fortune, but not in this crisis. He finally agreed to close hi...

I congratulate the hon. Lady, who is making a very gracious speech and a number of strong points....

The right hon. Gentlemen makes exactly the point that I was going to make. It is pleasing to see ...

On the behaviour of the banks, I mentioned the 39.9% interest rates that the banks have announced...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Without wishing to go into the financial crisis and the,...