Contributions
5,553 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Member describes a truly tragic and appalling case. I am sure that the whole House will share the revulsion that she has expressed at the outcome of the law’s processes.…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsYes, I have listened to my right hon. Friend over many years on this issue and she is 100% right in what she says about the importance of early years. That is why we are investing…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Lady must wait for the integrated rail plan, but the north-east will be the beneficiary of the biggest investment in our rail infrastructure beyond HS2 that we have seen…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for everything that he has done for Darlington. He should wait for the interim rail plan to come out, but, in the meantime, we are upgrading Darlington…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhat 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 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am trying to encourage the right hon. Gentleman to be a little bit less gloomy about the prospects of this initiative. I understand exactly what he says, and we are working with…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am a massive enthusiast for carbon capture and storage around the whole UK. As the right hon. Gentleman knows, the Acorn project in Aberdeen remains on the reserve list. He…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 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitIt is precisely for the sake of that generation—with whom, by the way, every member of this Government and, I am sure, Members throughout the House engage all the time on this…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitAs the hon. Gentleman knows, I was very attracted to the Swansea tidal lagoon model, but it is extremely expensive for the energy it produces. I see Opposition Members shaking…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitWe will continue to push on the net zero dates. Although I agree with the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation of those countries’ targets, I think we also need to look at what both…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitWe talk all the time to the oil and gas industry, which has a great and proud history in this country. I believe that the future for the industry—for hydrocarbons—is moving beyond…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitI think that our steel companies have done a great job in trying to reduce their carbon footprint. That is extremely hard for steel corporations, because they are one of the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitWe will have no fossil fuels at all in our power generation system from 2035 onwards.03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitIt gives me great pleasure to congratulate Ysgol Dinas Brân, which I know from my own abortive attempt to win the seat that my hon. Friend now represents so well. I thank those at…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitThe hon. Gentleman has made an incredibly important point. There are two ways of holding Governments to account, whether they are the Governments of China, Brazil or Russia, or…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitOn livestock emissions, my hon. Friend is right that methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas. It degrades quite fast, so it is not as bad as CO 2 in some ways, but we do need to…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP26 World Leaders SummitWhat we are doing is a general programme of Beeching reversals around the country. I will get back to the hon. Lady as soon as I can about what is happening in Poulton, but this…03 Nov 2021