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HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. The regulations are straightforward, and I will try to keep my remarks to around 15 minutes, so that we can get to…27 Feb 2023HANSARDReading StandardsHungry children cannot learn, which affects their reading standards and their chances in life, and there is a clear link between undernourishment and lower academic attainment.…27 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Customer CreditI absolutely agree. That fear and the stress that comes with it were observed by the Wise Group in its report. Some 66% of people the group engaged with believe that their mental…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Customer CreditI thank my hon. Friend for clarifying that. It brings me to the two points: first, the credit balances; and secondly, the direct debits being increased. As The Times reported in…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Customer CreditI fully agree with my hon. Friend, and it will be good to hear the ministerial response. I said that I did not think I would be able to get through my speech without criticising…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Customer CreditEverybody here welcomes what the Minister says about looking at automatic refunds. As my hon. Friend the Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry) said,…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Customer CreditMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. The absolute crux of this is, as he says, protecting customers’ credit. I have an example of the opposite thing. I went to switch…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Customer CreditIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I reassure you that I will not take 20 minutes, which I am sure will please everybody. I commend my hon. Friend the…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Scottish Affairs CommitteeHow does the hon. Lady know what the people of Scotland really think, especially when the two Labour members were not even participating in the Scottish Affairs Committee?21 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroThe Minister is talking about green finance. What about the key recommendation that the UK Government have to do more funding-wise, particularly to offset the Inflation Reduction…09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroWill the Minister give way?09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroI will aim to be brief. I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend, and I would like to see the Government set a 1 GW target for tidal stream. We need to follow through on the…09 Feb 2023HANSARDIndependent Review of Net ZeroI commend the right hon. Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore) for the work he has done, and for securing the debate. I thank the hon. Members who have taken part. As always, I…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseA constituent of mine, Keith, was born in the United States, but was brought to the UK by his British parents at 15 months old, and he has lived, worked and retired in the UK as a…09 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Nuclear Regulated Asset Base Model (Revenue Collection) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give way?06 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Nuclear Regulated Asset Base Model (Revenue Collection) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve under you as Chair, Dame Caroline. As the Minister hinted at, very slightly, my party is opposed to new nuclear power stations. From our point of view,…06 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Nuclear Regulated Asset Base Model (Revenue Collection) Regulations 2023The shadow Minister is right to highlight the strange position that has been established. Was he as surprised as I was that the estimated payroll costs for this financial…06 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Nuclear Regulated Asset Base Model (Revenue Collection) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give way?06 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Nuclear Regulated Asset Base Model (Revenue Collection) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give an example of where a RAB model has worked successfully for the delivery of a new nuclear power station?06 Feb 2023HANSARDDraft Nuclear Regulated Asset Base Model (Revenue Collection) Regulations 2023Will the Minister give way?06 Feb 2023