For the covid-19 bereaved families two things matter above all: that the inquiry begins as soon as possible, with the families at its heart; and that the national covid memorial wall opposite Parliament must be preserved. The Government have indicated that they support a national memorial at St Paul's cathedral instead, but this is not an either/or choice and the families' agony must end. Both memorials deserve their place: will the Minister therefore support the bereaved families' request to preserve the memorial wall, because it is their wall, their memories, their love?

Sarah Child, aged 26, was run down and killed by a driver doing 64 mph on the Walsall Road. Poppy-Arabella Clarke, aged three, was run down and killed on the Walsall Road by a driver who could no longer see and had been warned never to drive again. With RoadPeace, we have campaigned for tougher penalties for those who kill with a car, and some welcome progress has been made. However, does the Minister not understand that changing and strengthening the law is one thing and that helping to enforce the law is something different? With 1,000 police officers cut in the west midlands and huge cuts to Birmingham city council's budget, they are unable—

England's near 400 maintained nursery schools were not eligible for exceptional costs funding, and they therefore had to bear the burden of covid themselves. The Government's announcement last week of the continuation of supplementary funding for three years is a welcome step in the right direction, but will the Secretary of State confirm that it will cover inflationary pressures and the national living wage increase? Will he meet the hon. Member for Bury North (James Daly), me and the other officers of the all-party parliamentary group on nursery schools, nursery and reception classes to ensure that those outstanding centres of excellence in some of the most deprived communities in the country get the funding that they deserve?

In welcoming the new ministerial team to the Front Bench, may I congratulate you, Mr Speaker, on Chorley becoming the epicentre of global parliamentary democracy? Three of the 10 most deprived constituencies in England are in Birmingham, and 42% of children in Birmingham are growing up in poverty. However, rather than supporting hard-working families in Birmingham, the Government are hitting them with a £1,000 a year cut to universal credit and a national insurance tax rise. On top of that, they face soaring energy costs, increasing food costs, increasing childcare costs and increasing housing costs. The Government say that they want to level up, but is not the simple truth that the only thing that gets levelled up under the Tories is the cost of living?

Does the Minister agree that it is imperative that the public inquiry has the full confidence of the relatives who are grieving to this day? Will he therefore commit to ensuring that the bereaved families groups are fully consulted on who is the chair of the inquiry and the inquiry's terms of reference? Finally, will he commit to the Prime Minister meeting personally the covid-19 bereaved families?

I am concerned about the Food and Drink Federation reporting a 75% drop in exports, salmon collapsing by 98%, beef down by 91%, with overall losses reaching £750 million. The British Meat Processors Association stated that extra paperwork will cost members £120 million annually. This situation was not what businesses were promised. What do the Government propose to assist the industry through this crisis which is threatening jobs and livelihoods?

Does the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster recognise the scale of challenges facing British businesses? Companies had only a week between Christmas Eve and 1 January to adjust to hundreds of pages of new rules. When concerns were raised, the Prime Minister dismissed them as 'teething problems'. Will the Chancellor apologise for this disruption?

The Make UK survey reveals 61% of manufacturers suffer from disrupted supply chains; a car company parks hundreds of cars due to these issues; road haulage in Northern Ireland is chaotic. The Road Haulage Association reports over half its members are overwhelmed by red tape. What will the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster do finally to ease such burdens on British companies, which are deeply damaging at this critical time?

The four years capital programme is welcome, even if it conceals a real-terms cut in revenue spending. Right now, we have funding without a strategy, which is why it is essential that the integrated review be published as quickly as possible. Will the Secretary of State undertake that the capital spend will be spent on British industry to equip the British armed forces, creating tens of thousands of jobs in our defence, aerospace and maritime industries?

When does the Government plan to publish the integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy; and if he will make a statement?

With David Attenborough urging pension funds to move away from fossil fuels, it is hugely welcome that the Government have joined Labour to incorporate in legislation, for the first time ever, climate change commitments on pension funds. Now we must translate our ambitions into action. Previously, the Minister has received positively our proposal for a pension fund summit. Will he now agree to work with us—across party and bringing together the world of pensions to save our planet—to organise a cross-party climate change summit, because this is the biggest form of investment potentially worldwide in climate change pension funds?

When will the investigation conclude for affected women to get justice? Will the Secretary of State commit today not to scrap the triple lock, which would add to a long list of U-turns?

Jack Dromey asks how the Government can claim a joined-up pension policy when pension freedoms can be exploited by rogue financial advisers, putting retirees' savings at risk and potentially impoverishing them for years to come.