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HANSARD Building SafetyThe Secretary of State said that those who built these buildings did not always build them safely, “at times knowingly”. What sanctions will be faced by those who knowingly took…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWill the Minister accept that health and safety legislation in this country—to ensure guards on machinery, for example, to stop people’s hands being chopped off—was won because…30 Jan 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillDoes my right hon. Friend understand that the Government are authorising employers to do what not even a court in this country can? Under the Trade Union and Labour Relations…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe Minister will know that under this Bill it is possible for the Government to designate workers to perform under a contract when they have voted to go on strike. Will he at…16 Jan 2023HANSARDThe Execution of Alireza AkbariThese are the words of Hassan Firouzi: “Whether or not I sign confession papers, they will kill me. My only wish is to see my daughter one last time. After 10 years, God finally…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a proud union member. The Bill is an affront to Parliament. It will not protect the public, it…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThe hon. Lady is presenting a reasoned case, but she knows, and she has just used the word, that these things should be negotiated. The measures in this Bill are by fiat of the…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillThat is quite simply because they are introducing a party political measure that is designed to provoke this House. I call on all Conservative Members, if they care about the…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWill the Minister give way?16 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillI am very grateful to the Minister. I listened carefully to what she was saying about global economic circumstances, in particular Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the effect that…10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) Billrose —10 Jan 2023HANSARD Draft Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Late Appeal) (Amendment) Regulations 2022Can the Minister clarify a point? When my hon. Friend the Member for Luton South was talking about the Secretary of State not objecting, she was referring to new regulation 3,…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Convention on Biodiversity COP15: OutcomesI join the Secretary of State in paying tribute to the UK’s officials for what they have achieved in the negotiations in Montreal, and, indeed, to David Cooper, who, as deputy…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSustainable Energy Generation: Burning TreesIt is a pleasure to join in the debate, and I pay tribute to the hon. Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) for introducing it. I feel for her: about a decade ago I was in…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSustainable Energy Generation: Burning TreesWould my hon. Friend also accept the distinction that a managed forest for production timber and biomass has nowhere near the biodiversity that there is in the primary forests…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSustainable Energy Generation: Burning Treesrose—06 Dec 2022HANSARDSustainable Energy Generation: Burning TreesI am sorry to interrupt the Minister in his rhetorical flow, but does he accept that two of the licences that Drax has utilised in British Colombia were for areas of primary…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSustainable Energy Generation: Burning TreesThe Minister has been generous in giving way, and I appreciate that. Will he address an issue that many Members have raised, which is the payback period and the cycles not being…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSustainable Energy Generation: Burning Treesrose —06 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP27That the UK is reducing emissions faster than other countries may be true, but it is not sufficient to meet the timescale within which we have to reduce emissions globally to…21 Nov 2022