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HANSARD 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 2022HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersDespite what the Minister says, the Government’s last-published figures show that there are 200,000 more pensioners in poverty compared with 2018-19, and it is going to get worse.…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that it is a disgrace that the Government have broken their triple lock promise. The Red Book shows a transfer of £31 billion over…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersOf what the Secretary of State calls the £9 billion package, how much is provided by the Treasury and how much is a loan to consumers that has to be paid back?21 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersIt is kind of a pleasure to follow the Secretary of State, but I have to say, not for the first time, that I am a wee bit puzzled, because she seemed to be responding to a…21 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: PensionersAbsolutely. My hon. Friend has made my point much better than I was making it myself, and I appreciate that. A fuel duty regulator is exactly what would have given better…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersHow much extra money do the Government set aside each year on the assumption that there will be a greater uptake of pension credit, and what happens if that sum is not used? Does…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersWill the hon. Gentleman give way?21 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersI am not sure how I can have been unclear when I have not mentioned it. The Minister is listening to a different speech—that is simply not what I have in front of me. This is very…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersI welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to reinstating the triple lock. Given that the Chancellor said this time that 8% was unaffordable and that that was £30 billion that…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI have a constituent who had to flee an abusive relationship. That was clearly traumatic enough, but she has now discovered that her ex-partner took out an advance universal…17 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionIt is a rare thing in the Chamber but I completely agree with the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies) and the Minister’s opening remarks: now is not the time for knee-jerk…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillIs it not strange that Conservative Members who we have had to listen to banging on and on for years about Parliament being sovereign and Parliament having control are now willing…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeBryce Cunningham of Mossgiel farm in my constituency has already done a fantastic job of organising getting aid out to a Polish charity. He is interested in being a sponsor and…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIt is not happening.09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanElectricity from gas power stations is one of the ways that we meet peak electricity demand. The Secretary of State knows that dispatchable energy can also be created from…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI am sure the Secretary of State would agree that, rather than getting to the stage at which we might need to rely on MOD assistance to get refugees here, it is better to get…09 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI pay tribute to my constituents Bryce Cunningham, from Mossgiel Farm, and Shirley Wallace of Saxen Office Furniture. They organised community collections for aid to Ukraine and…03 Mar 2022HANSARDPensions Guidance and AdviceWill the Minister give way?01 Mar 2022