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HANSARDScience, Innovation and TechnologyWill the Minister give way?23 May 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillWill the Minister give way?17 May 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Billindicated dissent .17 May 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for those points, which he made incredibly well. Retrospective decision making is worrying—reaching back to decisions that have already…17 May 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Salford and Eccles (Rebecca Long Bailey) and I cannot think of a subject that would generate more clicks than digital markets and the…17 May 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI agree with everything the hon. Member has said so far. Does he agree with the proposal of the Regulatory Reform Group, which I chair, that there should be a specialist Committee…17 May 2023HANSARD Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank my right hon. Friend for giving way. In relation to his very good point about capacity, what is his view about the need to ensure that we remain open for business…17 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]Let me bring the Secretary of State back to the independent system operator and planner. We in this House should always be wary of creating new regulators, and we must be clear…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn). I agree with a lot of what he said, particularly his focus on affordability for the people we…09 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way in an unexpectedly amusing speech from the Opposition Front Bench. On gas and fossil fuels, he made a serious point which should be…09 May 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy Projects: Connection to the GridJust to bring down the temperature a little bit, the Minister referenced the Government’s consultation later this year on how the Government, with Ofgem, will drive forward…18 Apr 2023HANSARD Silicon Valley BankIt is when we act in haste that we need to think about the long-term consequences of the regulatory actions taken. I join others in the House in commending the Treasury, wider…13 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, which is well timed, because I am about to come to his very point—not so much about the tardy response from Ministers, but about the…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of the UK constitution and devolution. It is a pleasure to open this debate in Westminster Hall. Members may or may not…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionI thank the Minister, Opposition Members and Government Members for an interesting and thoughtful debate. The nub of the debate around English devolution is this: in 1265, and for…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionI am listening to my hon. Friend’s speech with interest. He has thought a lot about these matters. If we are considering organic change and development in a small c conservative…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionThis is how that could work. First, alongside what I was saying about local leaders, a standardised system of local government—whether people live in unitary authorities or a…08 Mar 2023HANSARD Future of the UK Constitution and DevolutionAs with the intervention from the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury), the hon. Lady’s intervention provides me with a perfect segue to talk about Scotland and, indeed,…08 Mar 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy Efficiency MeasuresThere are people in my constituency and across the country who need a lot of advice on how to retrofit older homes in an affordable way. The issue is not just the cost of…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ11. I thank the Prime Minister for supporting the launch of the new regulatory reform group. Will he commit to working with our group on two specific areas: first, to improve the…22 Feb 2023