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HANSARDDraft Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great BritainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. The hon. Member for Bolsover has encouraged me to be brief, and I will see what I can do. There is such a good turnout…19 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great BritainI would just like a wee bit more detail on what “accountable to Parliament” really means and what that looks like overall, in terms of Ofgem and its responsibilities.19 Mar 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseA company called Claim My Tax notified my constituents Margaret and Brian Broadley that they were due a £1,200 marriage tax allowance refund from His Majesty’s Revenue and…14 Mar 2024HANSARDIsraeli Occupation of the West Bank20. What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Israeli occupation of the west bank.12 Mar 2024HANSARDIsraeli Occupation of the West BankThe Minister said that Israel has a duty to protect civilians, but in the west bank there have been 400 deaths. There are now testimonies from Palestinian civilians, including…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMay I say to the hon. Member for Wakefield (Simon Lightwood) that there is no point in Labour Members banging on about unfunded Tory tax cuts, when Labour is not going to do…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsRather than cherry-picking statistics, will the Minister tell us what she thinks about the fact—confirmed by the House of Commons Library—that the UK has the lowest investment in…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe Budget bakes in post-election cuts of between £19 billion and £20 billion, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that there is a conspiracy of silence from both the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank the hon. Lady for giving way. I asked earlier about what the Institute for Fiscal Studies has called a conspiracy of silence from both Labour and the Conservatives. Is…12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget Resolutionsrose—12 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe Minister knows full well that the autumn statement had £20 billion of future cuts to public services and this Budget bakes it in. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has called…12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenLike everybody else, I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for bringing this debate forward, and also for sponsoring my private Member’s Bill—the State Pension Age…12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenIf the hon. Member’s dialogue is a friendly and honest one, she should be able to say whether the Labour party agrees with the principle of compensation for the WASPI women.12 Mar 2024HANSARDState Pension Changes: WomenThe Minister is right about probity and the fact that the ombudsman’s investigations are to remain quiet. Does he accept that after stage 1 it is still in the Government’s hands…12 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMedicine shortages have doubled in the UK in the last two years. There might be some global pressures, but two issues have particularly affected the UK: first, the post-Brexit…05 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhy do this Government think it is right that Church of England bishops in the House of Lords can have greater say on legislation affecting Scotland than the Scottish Parliament,…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Marie took ill health retiral in 2010, only to later discover that she needed to wait until she was 66 for her state pension. During that time she received no…29 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The last published Government estimate for Sizewell C is £20 billion, but Hinkley Point C, the supposed prototype for Sizewell C, is now estimated to cost £48 billion. When…27 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaArms sales from the Netherlands to Israel have been halted after the Netherlands court found that there is a clear risk that components were used to commit or facilitate serious…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Charlie McKerrow has campaigned for redress for victims of sodium valproate and fed into the Baroness Cumberlege report, which, as far back as 2020, recommended a…22 Feb 2024