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HANSARDLiving StandardsIn 2016, the Tories promised that fuel bills would be lower for everyone on leaving the EU. The reality is that fuel bills are increasing while they make the heartless cut to…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Nuclear Fuel ManufacturingThank you, Mr Betts. Thank you for your guidance. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I have a funny feeling that it might not be a pleasure for other hon. Members…07 Sept 2021HANSARD Nuclear Fuel ManufacturingI will come on to that. The hon. Gentleman himself touched on carbon capture and storage. It has not been proven at scale yet, but it is nearly there. We are looking at hydrogen.…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO UpdateDid the right hon. Gentleman’s Department provide a risk and needs assessment to help the Home Secretary draw up the figure of 20,000 as the proper number of people to be…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanThe hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) should correct the record.18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanWe speak about our surprise at the collapse of the Afghan Government and the takeover by the Taliban, but the reality is that the 2020 Doha agreement and the withdrawal of troops…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanCan the Prime Minister explain, then, how many people he thinks are eligible for relocation and are still to sign up? He says that the Government are doing “everything we can” to…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanJust to correct the record, my local authority, East Ayrshire Council, has resettled Syrian refugees.18 Aug 2021HANSARDSeafood Response FundNow that the Minister has had time to read the deal that the UK Government have signed, she will see that it is a bad deal and that there has been a lot of trade disruption. In…22 Jul 2021HANSARDSeafood Response FundWhat criteria his Department used to determine the allocation of the seafood response fund.22 Jul 2021HANSARDBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy CommitteeCongratulations on being in your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is quite clear to the Committee that levelling up is really just a political slogan. There are no clear ways of…22 Jul 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolWe warned that the protocol would create a border in the Irish sea, and now, as reality bites, six supermarket retailers, which cover three quarters of the grocery market in…21 Jul 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolWhat recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing delays to trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain during the implementation of the Northern Ireland…21 Jul 2021HANSARD International Travel RulesAs covid cases in England go through the roof, 1,200 scientists have backed a letter to The Lancet saying that it is completely reckless for this Government to lift all…19 Jul 2021HANSARD Voter IDIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. It might come as no surprise, but I disagree with most of the comments made by the previous contributor, the hon.…13 Jul 2021HANSARDFuel PovertyI appreciate the Minister giving way so early. She is illustrating the impact of covid and people in fuel poverty. Does that not underline the need to retain the £20-a-week…08 Jul 2021HANSARDFuel PovertyLike you, Mr Deputy Speaker, I was shouting at the television last night. The subject of today’s debate is very important. Everybody agrees that fuel poverty is a bad thing. It is…08 Jul 2021HANSARD Electricity Network Grid ChargesIt is a privilege to introduce my first Chamber Adjournment debate. Ideally, it would not have been at this time on a Thursday, but beggars can’t be choosers. This is a long…08 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryMy right hon. Friend is making a valid point. Is he aware of the recent report from openDemocracy that another person who helped to run Public First was Rachel Wolf, who was also…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI thank the Minister for giving way. The emergency tender procedure that she highlights is the one that was previously used to award a ferry contract to a company with no ferries,…07 Jul 2021