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HANSARD Smoke-free EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Ms Rees. I am not sure I can be as passionate as my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Sir Charles…29 Mar 2022HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasThere is one thing that none of us in this House must ever apologise for: defending the interests of our constituents. I look across my constituency and across the country, and it…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Amendment to Schedule 3) (England) Order 2021I thank the Minister for giving way. I have been here a long time—16 years—and I do not think I have ever seen a regulation that is so impenetrable in its actual actions. I want…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. It is very seldom that I become furious, but I am absolutely apoplectic about missing my question this morning due to those reprobates outside who are doing…04 Nov 2021HANSARDHeathrow Airport Third Runway: Carbon Cost13. Whether he has plans to re-evaluate the carbon cost of a third runway at Heathrow Airport.04 Nov 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with EpilepsyI met the father of Jorja Emerson the other day. He was literally in tears because his lovely daughter has multiple fits daily. The frustration is that the last remaining…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsMy right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech about productivity. Does he share my delight that the Chancellor announced tax relief for investment—certainly in the short term…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI commend my hon. Friend for his speech. He is making a wonderfully nuanced exposition of the benefits of pubs and local hospitality businesses to an area, both in terms of…27 Oct 2021HANSARDBritish Farmers: Global Exports10. What steps her Department has taken to help increase global export opportunities for British farmers.21 Oct 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint Committeerose—15 Sept 2021HANSARD Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint CommitteeI thank the hon. Lady for giving way. It strikes me, having been in this place for some time, that it is the role of Select Committees to undertake such inquiries. Is it not up to…15 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. I have chaired the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, and it seems to me that medicines generally arise because of…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisMy right hon. Friend is making a powerful and passionate speech, and I thank him for his work in the Home Office and in pushing this through. Does he share my frustration that in…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisI thank my hon. Friend for giving way, although I do not entirely agree with all his views on the legalisation of drugs. I was shadow Minister for Science back in the day when…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisI empathise with the Minister; this is tricky, because one does have to introduce medicines in a safe way according to a set formula and we have quite a good system. I have two…06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisI thank the hon. Lady for making such a powerful presentation with great passion. Does she share my frustration—I am sure she does—that the debate around medicinal cannabis is…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI wonder whether my hon. Friend could say a bit more about that second image.18 Aug 2021HANSARDTobacco Control PlanI am encouraged by the Minister’s words. Will she confirm that she sees this as part of the levelling-up agenda? Given that particular regions and social groups have more of a…10 Jun 2021HANSARDTobacco Control PlanIt is a pleasure to serve under your strong and stable chairmanship, Mrs Miller. It is a great privilege to speak in the debate, and I thank the hon. Member for City of Durham…10 Jun 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghI must first send my condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the royal family from the Windsor constituency. His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was a…12 Apr 2021