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HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillMy right hon. Friend knows a lot about these things. What percentage of our energy does he estimate will be produced by nuclear power stations by 2050?03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillAs I listen to discussions on the expansion of nuclear capability in this country, it slightly worries me that we have not talked about the security of those assets. My worry is…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillI take another message away from this debate. I take away the message that the Government understand that there is a real problem, and are going to get it fixed as soon as…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)I rise to repeat the point I made to the hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Neale Hanvey). It would be very good if the NHSs in all four parts of the kingdom were to get…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)I will be very quick. I am not sure where I stand on vaccine passports, but I do know where I stand on the fact that one of my constituents, who was vaccinated in England and then…19 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO UpdateMy hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) mentioned Herat. There are 572 miles of western border between Iran and Afghanistan. Some 780,000 refugees from…06 Sept 2021HANSARDPersonal StatementsI want to apologise to the House. Yesterday, the Committee on Standards adjudged that I and four other MPs were wrong to write a joint letter to two senior judges, copied to the…22 Jul 2021HANSARDPersonal StatementsThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I hope that the miracle has happened.22 Jul 2021HANSARDEmergency Covid ContractsMinisters are not actually in charge of checking contracts—the civil service is. Does my hon. Friend agree that any contract, whether urgent or not, always requires due diligence…29 Jun 2021HANSARDInternational TravelI thank my right hon. Friend for that last answer, and I accept it. However, I went to Gibraltar for the weekend of 11 to 14 June and was astonished by the hoops I had to go…29 Jun 2021HANSARD Loss of Secret DocumentsPersonally, I am rather saddened that the BBC saw fit to publish information that was secret, rather than pass it straight to the police or refer it to the Ministry of Defence. I…28 Jun 2021HANSARDSecurity of Ministers’ Offices and CommunicationsDoes the Department of Health and Social Care handle its own ministerial office security, or is that done across Whitehall by other organisations such as the police?28 Jun 2021HANSARDUK Defence SpendingI should like to support my good friend’s comments. When I joined the Army, my battalion was 750-strong. When I commanded that battalion, it had 525 personnel. We now have one…24 Jun 2021HANSARDUK Defence SpendingI entirely agree with what my right hon. Friend has said. We have not fought a high-intensity war since the second world war—maybe we did in Korea—but we have operation after…24 Jun 2021HANSARDEvents Research ProgrammeDoes the Minister agree that the 1.5 million people who work in the events industry are largely self-employed and thus often miss out on furlough payments, so reopening events and…22 Jun 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillOne thing that worries me a little is that Huawei is Chinese-owned. Nokia and Ericsson are not, but they get a lot of their kit from China, so they are not pure either. That is a…25 May 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillIt is a real pleasure to follow some of the speeches we have heard, particularly those from the Chairman of the ISC, my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Dr…25 May 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillGood. When my right hon. Friends the Members for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) and for Chingford and Woodford Green start talking, I know I am in trouble. So we…25 May 2021HANSARD Telecommunications (Security) BillI agree with the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah): this is a Bill to try to block hostile states and organisations from breaching our national security,…25 May 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn the past two weeks, in my constituency, there have been four attempted abductions of children. This is causing huge alarm among families, and of course I am shocked by it. The…13 May 2021