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HANSARDAir Quality in TowcesterThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I am grateful to you for granting this important debate. Picture the scene: a beautiful, historic town whose origins date back to the Roman days;…19 Oct 2022HANSARDAir Quality in TowcesterI entirely agree; I wish the hon. Gentleman success with his campaign for a relief road. However, my purpose this evening is to talk about Towcester, the Roman town of Lactodorum.…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationI am disappointed at the shadow Chancellor, who is a very good economist. She is accusing the Government of causing problems for people’s mortgage rates, but my right hon. Friend…12 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanI commend my right hon. Friend for the incredibly broad package of support for all those faced with massive energy bills right now. Does he share my concern that Opposition…23 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenIt was strange to wake up on this first day without our much loved and hugely respected Queen Elizabeth II. There is a sense of personal loss as well as shock. Somehow, her long…09 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy Costsrose —08 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsI will not give way because there is so little time. Finally, as Business Secretary and then as chair of the 1922 Backbench committee on business, energy and industrial strategy,…08 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsI start by saying: may God bless our Queen. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear!”] I sincerely welcome the announcement—it is fantastic that we have seized the massive problem that is…08 Sept 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI apologise for being slightly late because I had to hobble here as the result of a sprained ankle. I hugely congratulate my right hon. Friend on her new post. I speak from…08 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy Costsrose —08 Sept 2022HANSARD Financial Services and Markets BillI would like to begin by paying huge tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (John Glen), who in four and a half years as Economic Secretary to the Treasury achieved an…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEngagementsI would like to congratulate my right hon. Friend and her whole Front Bench, and wish them every success in the new Government. I would particularly like to thank my right hon.…07 Sept 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for a fantastic, brave, clean campaign for the leadership of the Conservative party and to be Prime Minister. As a passionate Brexiteer, does…21 Jul 2022HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his answer. Certainly, I have seen lots of activities in churches in my own constituency. We have a lot of mums with children arriving in the…23 Jun 2022HANSARDUkrainian Refugees7. What steps the Church is taking to support Ukrainian refugees.23 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsI am frankly disgusted by what the shadow Minister had to say. To suggest that right hon. and hon. Members on the Conservative Benches would be soft on rapists—she sits there…22 Jun 2022HANSARD Infant Mental Health Awareness WeekI beg to move, That this House has considered Infant Mental Health Week 2022. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray—I think for the first time. I am…16 Jun 2022HANSARD Infant Mental Health Awareness WeekWhat a fantastic debate. We need to keep doing this—it is wonderful. Every time we get together, we have the most positive and constructive discussion about what is, in my view,…16 Jun 2022HANSARDHinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeMy hon. Friend will be aware, because we have discussed this before, that a strategic rail freight interchange is under construction in my constituency of South Northamptonshire.…14 Jun 2022HANSARDEnergy Price CapI congratulate my right hon. Friend on the excellent package of support for consumers and businesses, but I am sure he will agree with me—unlike the Opposition parties—that it is…07 Jun 2022