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HANSARDEngagementsWhat the COP26 world can see is the astonishing achievements of Scotland and the rest of the UK in developing clean energy sources. I have said to the right hon. Gentleman, the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI know how strongly my hon. Friend and other colleagues across the south-west feel about this issue. That is why we have legislated to introduce higher rates of stamp duty on…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsAs my hon. Friend knows, I am a fanatic about buses. We are putting £1.2 billion more into bus funding, and I know that Stoke-on-Trent has applied for that. I urge my hon. Friend…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady raises a very interesting aspect of research into epilepsy. We are funding epilepsy research with another £54 million over the last few years. The issue that she…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt is because we have been able to run a strong economy and take our economy out of lockdown that we have been able to invest massively in the NHS, to lift spending on defence to…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhat I can tell her is that the recent Budget took cash from those who can afford to pay the most and made very substantial tax cuts for the hardest working and poorest families…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsAll the professions that she mentions have a right of appeal, which is what the House needs to consider. I respectfully say to her that, instead of playing of politics on this…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsAs the House will be in recess next week, I am sure that colleagues will join me in looking ahead to Armistice Day and remembering those men and women who have served and lost…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI know that my hon. Friend does a huge amount of work for his constituents. I have seen the pictures that he describes. I can tell him that the application is in from the hospital…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitFirst, on climate finance for the world, the right hon. Gentleman makes a valid point, because it is essential that the developed world supports the developing world on the path…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitYes, and that is why we still have among the lowest corporation taxes in the OECD, in spite of the measures that we have been obliged to take because of the pandemic. That is why…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitWhat we are doing is putting hard cash into supporting countries around the world. The right hon. Gentleman makes a good point about the SDRs. We are looking at that as well, but…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitVery largely.03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitI want to thank the right hon. Gentleman, because his political record shows that he has done a huge amount of good in this area. That is the truth of the matter, and I thank him…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitMy right hon. Friend knows a great deal about this issue, and he is right to draw attention to article 6 and the carbon credit issue. That is something on which our negotiators…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitNow. We are just going to keep going. This is a rolling series of negotiations. We are ringing people up the whole time. COP is in full flow at the moment.03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitWe support water resilience projects around the world, as part of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and had a good discussion on the issue of water resilience and…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitMy hon. Friend is completely right to point out the consequences for the world of the retreat of the ice towards the north pole. I am afraid that will offer opportunities not just…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitI thank my hon. Friend. That is a brilliant idea. Kew has played an amazing midwife role over the centuries in taking plants from one part of the world, nurturing them and then…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitThis is a point I have now heard several times from those on the Opposition Benches. Without having perhaps all the technical expertise, I am very impressed by the tidal proposals…03 Nov 2021