The House will know that last week I made a statement confirming that vice-president Maroš Šefčovič of the European Commission and I had reached agreement in principle on the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol. As set out in my written statement issued yesterday, I am pleased to say that vice-president Šefčovič and I shall be meeting again later today in a formal session of the withdrawal agreement Joint Committee. I look forward to updating the House on the outcome of that meeting.

I know what a diligent constituency Member the hon. Gentleman is. If he gets in touch with my office, I will be directly in touch with the business concerned.

I can absolutely reassure my hon. Friend that, as set out at the spending review, funding for the UK shared prosperity fund will be increased so that it at least matches the EU receipts on average, which reached around £1.5 billion a year. We will publish a UK-wide framework in the spring, which will set out full details, and to help local areas prepare for the introduction of the SPF, we are providing the additional £220 million that my hon. Friend referred to. Of course, we will work closely with Cornwall to ensure that it gets the funding that it needs and for which he is such an effective advocate.

The hon. Lady raises an important issue. The funding in the port infrastructure fund was specifically available for projects that were due to be delivered by July next year, when full import controls will be in place. Dover was bidding for some infrastructure that would be complete by 2023, which is intended, of course, to take advantage of the new opportunities that control over our borders will bring. We are working with Dover to ensure that a new approach towards juxtaposed controls can be in place.
We are also working with Portsmouth. Portsmouth port is not unique, but it is certainly singular in that it is owned by the local authority, which does a very good job. We are working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Department for Transport and others to ensure that not just the port but the broader infrastructure in Portsmouth and that part of Hampshire is sufficient for the needs of port users.

Of course, we would be delighted to make sure that the full assessment criteria are shared with the hon. Lady and with all constituency Members. The port infrastructure team had an independent team to look at the eligibility of all the ports that applied and to assess all the bids. They were done on the most rigorous of bases. It is the case that a number of ports have welcomed the additional funding and the additional infrastructure support it will give, but we will continue to work with all ports to ensure we can have a world-class border. The publication today of our future border plan for 2025 lays out the means by which we will do so.

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. Lowestoft is a hugely important port. All the ports in Suffolk and those that serve the North sea are ports in which we wish to invest, because, as he rightly points out, their potential, not just when it comes to increased access to our own fishing waters but new investment in renewables, is growing all the time. Our border strategy, which we published today, has been published in consultation with other Government Departments. He is absolutely right that we need to continue to work with them to take advantage of the opportunities of the future.

It is the case that the UK Government have been clear about maintaining sovereignty, diverging if needed and full control over our waters. We shall not be ambiguous but are determined to reach a free trade agreement. Our negotiators are working hard towards this.

We ensure that across the world people will continue to use first-class products made in his and neighbouring constituencies, shining a light on the brilliant ceramics sector housed in Stoke-on-Trent.

We need to improve procurement. The Green Paper published earlier this week is part of that, but I hope to work with him and others on the frontline to ensure that the Department does even better in the future.

This is a very clear process outwith Ministers' control. There is an independent committee looking at medallic recognition, which has made its decision.

We are all rooting for her. We will be announcing steps to move civil service responsibilities out of Whitehall.

We will announce early in the new year steps towards moving more jobs and responsibilities out of Whitehall into locations such as Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Teesside.

I respectfully disagree with the hon. Gentleman on the particular case he mentions, but I agree that working people have made significant sacrifices during the pandemic and thank him for his work to support his constituents' access to the NHS.

We are doing everything we can to secure a free trade agreement, but it cannot come at any price. We endorse Innocent Drinks and aim to support the successful trading relationships in Kensington.

We will continue to work with charities and civil society organisations, including those representing Traveller and Roma communities, but we have no plans to scrap voter ID. It is important to protect democracy's integrity.