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HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillIt is a pleasure to support my hon. Friend in this important change. I commend him on the detail in his speech, which he also displayed in the Bill Committee, on which I was happy…17 May 2024HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) and to the Government and the Department for Work and Pensions. I have tabled these amendments because, as…17 May 2024HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillI beg to move amendment 1, page 1, line 22, leave out from “force” to end of line 23 and insert— “at the end of the period of four months beginning with the day on which this Act…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillIt is a pleasure to stand in support of the Bill on Third Reading. I commend and congratulate the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck), who has navigated this important…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about moments of celebration in pubs. She represents the Cities of London and Westminster, and I expect that she has the most pubs in any single…17 May 2024HANSARDDogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. It is pleasure to be able to give a short summary of the Bill. The 1953 Act already provides legislation on the subject,…17 May 2024HANSARDDogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillWith the leave of the House, I wish to respond to the comments made by the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Croydon North (Steve Reed). I am aware that, in the…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillOf course there is the Felixstowe Conservative Club, which is very good in that regard, but I must admit that when I go to watch sports, I have been to the Douglas Bader in…17 May 2024HANSARD AgricultureIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I am very conscious that the transition has been uncomfortable. Although the Conservative Government and Conservative Members have always…13 May 2024HANSARD SME FinanceI am on the Treasury Committee, and I commend my hon. Friend for her great chairmanship. She has already mentioned the need for transparency, and I am delighted that the Treasury…09 May 2024HANSARDCatchment Partnerships: FundingI thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. The plan for water is starting to work in relation to community partnerships: next week, the East Suffolk Catchments Partnership will…09 May 2024HANSARDCatchment Partnerships: Funding6. How much funding his Department plans to provide for catchment partnerships in the 2024-25 financial year.09 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Environment Act 2021 was landmark legislation, and we of course need to think not only locally but globally. One element of that legislation was the introduction of forest…09 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.09 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaConstituents are understandably devastated by what is happening in Gaza right now, which is desperate for those on both sides. I am conscious of what the Minister has just said…07 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. The taskforce on nature-related financial disclosures came out with its framework last year. I would like an update on where we are with the International Sustainability…07 May 2024HANSARD Pension SchemesI certainly will not accept responsibility for that. I am conscious of the arrangement with the Pension Regulator, but also the situation that happened with liability-driven…02 May 2024HANSARD Pension SchemesIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing it and the Backbench Business Committee on…02 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. I know that my right hon. and hon. Friends in the Department have been looking into the closure of Kelsale post office, an outreach service in my constituency. Very recently,…02 May 2024HANSARDNational Grid: PylonsIt is a pleasure to serve in this debate under you, Mrs Latham. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Matt Warman) on securing it and the Backbench…02 May 2024