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HANSARD US Steel Import TariffsUnder WTO rules, any country can impose tariffs when it believes there is unfair subsidy of the exports presented by the other country, but so far I have not heard America put…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBiomass GenerationDrax has exploited UK taxpayers for far too long. It has lied about meeting sustainability rules, burned 1 million tonnes of wood from primary forests, gagged whistleblowers with…10 Feb 2025HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsI welcome what my hon. Friend has said about the importance of the just transition and the need to move gradually to renewables. He quoted from our party’s manifesto that “We will…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Avian InfluenzaMy recollection from previous bouts of avian influenza is that there were serious problems with delays and with compensation, because farmers who were trying to do a preventive…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseToday, Lord Ericht has ruled that the consent for the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields was granted unlawfully by the previous Government because they had failed to properly…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Women’s Health StrategyForty years ago this month, my wife almost died of an eclamptic seizure because a general practitioner had failed to recognise the symptoms of pre-eclampsia. According to the most…30 Jan 2025HANSARDClimate and Nature BillI commend the hon. Lady for bringing this Bill forward. Does she recognise that the sustainable farming incentive is moving to rewarding farmers who are further towards the bottom…24 Jan 2025HANSARDClimate and Nature BillFrom one old fogey to another, I presume. I have never enjoyed a speech by the right hon. Member for Herne Bay and Sandwich (Sir Roger Gale) as much as the one he has just…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and commend the excellent work that she did on this subject as Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee. I think another Select…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI applaud any movement in the right direction. The hon. Gentleman compares local authorities, but does he accept that many Labour local authorities have high-rise and tenement…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionWill the hon. Gentleman give way?21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionThe Minister has been most generous in giving way to Members. She mentioned that the scheme will apply to plastic and metal drinks containers. What discussions has she had, or…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI am slightly puzzled. In the Conservative Government’s response to the previous Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report, they committed to putting these measures in…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI commend the previous Government for much of the work they did. I commend the fact that they put in place the Environment Act 2021. I do so because it is really important that we…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionWill the hon. Gentleman give way?21 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastWill the Foreign Secretary confirm that the Government will not lift the limited ban on arms sales to Israel until he or another Minister has come back to this House and explained…16 Jan 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe good news is that 185 apartments around Wembley Stadium in my constituency are ready to be occupied. The bad news is that nobody can move into them, because the Building…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Government have said that by June, they intend to ratify the agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions, more commonly known as the global oceans treaty. They…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Building HomesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Minister on his statement and, in particular, on the importance he places on the presumption in favour of sustainability and getting the design…12 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaThirty-five years ago, as the evil regime of Erich Honecker collapsed and the Berlin wall came down, the threat of chaos in East Germany was countered, and that country…09 Dec 2024