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HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]I could not agree more with the right hon. Gentleman. That is the exactly the point I would make. The new clause speaks for itself: this is about transparency and finally dealing…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]I know the Minister has historically been very strong on this point. I am interested in the fact that the Government have raised that point about sanctions and the possibility of…05 Sept 2023HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentA number of us in the House speak regularly on this issue, and I fear that sometimes colleagues feel that it is a repeated mantra and we are just fearful for no reason or there is…20 Jul 2023HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentDoes my hon. Friend agree with me that academics need to recognise that they do not live in a status free of geopolitics and national security? We need to see prosecutions brought…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentAs we all do today, I rise with Sir David Amess in my heart and in my thoughts. He was a great friend—a cheeky friend—and mentor to so many of us. I am very fortunate to represent…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentAs my hon. Friend knows, I raised this issue at Prime Minister’s questions only yesterday. I have to admit that, to my great frustration, I was not particularly delighted by the…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentWill the Minister give way on that point?20 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsMy hon. Friend the Minister has just made the point that 23 planning applications are currently in the NSIP process. As far as I understand it, not a single proposal has been…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Veterans UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his courage and openness, and I thank the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs for his work. The report makes for incredibly difficult reading. We are a…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson) for securing this important debate. It…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsNo, please do! You speak on behalf of your party.19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsOn exactly that point, Canadian Solar, the company that I mentioned earlier—I am sure that the Foreign Office Parliamentary Private Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for South…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsI am slightly surprised that the hon. Gentleman has not mentioned human rights. He has dashed my hopes of the Labour party’s support for my new clause to the Energy Bill—although…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsConversion therapy is quackery packaged up by bigots seeking to promote their hate and to profit from it. On 19 January, a Minister promised at the Dispatch Box to bring forward a…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsAlthough I recognise that the hon. Gentleman is advocating passionately for his constituency, I must point out that more than 50% of land nationally with proposed solar plants is…19 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you for your strong response to the point of order last week on the threats against me by President Vučić of Serbia. One colleague here raised the…18 Jul 2023HANSARDState Hostage TakingThank you, Mr Davies; it is a joy to make the statement under your chairmanship. I thank the House for making time for this important statement today. Before I address the…06 Jul 2023HANSARDState Hostage TakingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question and for his long-standing and absolute commitment to Jagtar Singh Johal and his family. It is an incredibly disturbing case: a man who…06 Jul 2023HANSARDState Hostage TakingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and I want to apologise for having my back to everybody in the Public Gallery—it is parliamentary courtesy to address the Chair. The…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranI welcome this new geographically autonomous sanctions regime, which is an important step in demonstrating that defence is not an escalation and we will be strong at home. I also…06 Jul 2023