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HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I welcome the regulations, as far as they go, although, frankly, they do not go that far in the big picture. It is…23 May 2022HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022Will the Minister explain why no impact assessment was done for the draft regulations? We are talking about consumer subsidies, so we should have an impact assessment of what it…23 May 2022HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022On the Minister’s comment about being unable to predict the energy generation mix in 2035, can he at least predict what the mix will look like in 2030? Clearly, the Government…23 May 2022HANSARDGovernment’s Energy Security StrategyToo often, key Scottish energy projects, such as the Acorn Project in the north-east, get overlooked by this UK Government. If we look further east, the port of Nigg will provide…18 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesWill the Secretary of State remind the House of how much money the Treasury puts towards the warm home discount?17 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesI would like to say it is a pleasure to follow the Chancellor, but we have just heard 16 minutes of platitudes and no new ideas. He said that Opposition Members are causing people…17 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesAt the end of the day, there is so much excess profit here that something needs to be done. We need to have a serious conversation about it. Interestingly, in front of the…17 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesWill the right hon. Gentleman give way on that point?17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Compared with April 2020, our energy bills are now 75% more expensive and petrol is 50% more expensive. If the Chancellor thought an extra £20 a week was needed for universal…17 May 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolIf the Foreign Secretary had some self-awareness, she would realise that saying that the protocol had unintended consequences, and that the EU needed to change because it had…17 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. When words are not enough, sometimes actions are required to bring about change. When is the UK going to ban the import of goods that are produced in the Israeli settlements…26 Apr 2022HANSARDWorking Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Two-Child LimitIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe, and I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss) for having secured this debate. More…21 Apr 2022HANSARDWorking Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Two-Child LimitI thank my hon. Friend for that. I will not disagree. The hon. Member for Strangford also referred to evidential work done by the LSE. This is evidence that the Government should…21 Apr 2022HANSARDWorking Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Two-Child LimitI thank the Minister for giving way. On the point about helping people’s wage packets and making work pay, does he not agree that the minimum wage should reflect the national…21 Apr 2022HANSARDWorking Tax Credit and Universal Credit: Two-Child Limitrose —21 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateIn yet another shameless episode, the Prime Minister comes here and says, “I am sorry I was caught, but there is a war in Ukraine and a cost of living crisis”—a crisis that his…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Security StrategyClearly, this is not a strategy at all, but a series of high-level targets or rehashed information that the Government have spoken about several times. The reality is that the…19 Apr 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementBrownings the Bakers makes and sells products and distributes them right across the UK through some of the major UK supermarkets. I wrote to the Chancellor highlighting the fact…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersI repeat that the time to be bold and increase fuel duty would have been when fuel prices were at a record low. That would not have had the same impact on people’s pockets. The…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersYes! Returning to fossil fuel, obviously petrol and diesel prices have increased massively at the pump. They have gone up by between 35p and 40p a litre compared with a year ago—a…21 Mar 2022