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HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman. If he would be kind enough, I would be grateful if he passed me the details of the case that he mentioned and I would be happy to give it to my right…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf the right hon. and learned Gentleman is asking for the Chancellor to U-turn on the support we are giving families and households, I think that he is absolutely out of his mind.…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe net result of that would simply be to see the oil companies put their prices up yet higher and make it more difficult for them to do what we need them to do—which, by the way,…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend. He is a fantastic champion for his constituents in Wantage. As I understand it, the decision on the Abingdon reservoir has not actually been made, but we…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe whole House will want to join me in thanking Colin Bell and wishing him a very happy 101st birthday.09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt is thanks to the policies that this Government have pursued that we are dependent on Russian gas for only 3% of our gas needs, unlike virtually every other European country. It…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI think everybody sympathises with the plight of refugees. The Government want to do everything we can to welcome them and that is indeed what we are doing. The numbers are almost…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThis country has an unparalleled record— [Interruption.] Just since— [Interruption.] Since I have been Prime Minister, look at the numbers we have taken from Afghanistan and Hong…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that food security is a crucial issue. It is affected of course by the cost of energy, and the energy inputs into agriculture are certainly…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsWe have an overall cap, and obviously EDF is incorporated differently in the UK from its incorporation in France. We will do everything in our power to abate the costs of energy…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsLong ago, when I was a reporter, Tipton was on my beat—many years ago—and wild horses could not keep me away from Tipton. I’ll be back.09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI just remind the House that under the Labour Government, our nuclear output fell from about 25% to 10% of our energy needs, and as I recall, that was because of the decisions…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes. I thank the House for what we have done to accelerate the economic crime measures. We will be able to whip aside the veil of anonymity. Ownership of the luxurious dwellings…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhat we are junking is the failed energy policies that left us without enough nuclear power, and what we will do is go forward with policies that allow this country to be…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman very much. I think everybody understands the anguish of people who have not been able to see their loved ones during the pandemic, and as he knows, we…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman very much. The whole House wants to do as much as we can as fast as possible, but what he says about the UK is, I am afraid, completely wrong,…09 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions IncreaseOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Never before in all our centuries of parliamentary democracy has the House listened to such an address. In a great European capital, now within…08 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsThat was, of course, one of the subjects that I discussed this morning with Volodymyr Zelensky. Many people looking at it will wonder why it is impossible to interrupt the…02 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt is absolutely vital, if we are to have a successful outcome in what we are trying to do collectively, united with Ukraine, that we demonstrate that this is not about the…02 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsYes, and that is why this Government have brought forward the unprecedented measures that we have. I know that the whole House would agree with me that nothing we do in rooting…02 Mar 2022