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HANSARDFossil Fuels and Cost of Living IncreasesI thank the hon. Member for his intervention and I entirely agree. I worry that people who are off grid in that way are essentially being hung out to dry. They are not being given…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFossil Fuels and Cost of Living IncreasesI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, with which I agree 100%. The nuclear obsession is using vast amounts of money, diverting attention and also sending mixed signals to…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFossil Fuels and Cost of Living IncreasesSeveral of us around the Chamber have said that the vast majority of the energy extracted from Rosebank is for export, so will the Minister stop pretending that it will somehow…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFossil Fuels and Cost of Living IncreasesI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, and she will not be surprised that I entirely agree that fossil fuel subsidies should go. Indeed, that has been said at several of the…11 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportI appreciate that balances must be struck, but I think that small businesses, including many in my constituency, will have listened to this announcement with deepening anxiety.…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresThe NHS and social care are in unprecedented crisis, even if that is a word that the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister refuse to use. We know that resilience was stripped…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]The Minister is being generous in giving way. Can he indicate whether the Government will accept the amendments made in the other place requiring contracting authorities to…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Procurement Bill [Lords]I was trying to time my intervention for just as the right hon. Lady was finishing her remarks. Before she finishes, does she agree that one of the reasons why procurement is so…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsA very Merry Christmas, Mr Speaker. With oil and gas companies making grotesque profits from high global prices, it is beyond belief that the Chancellor does not scrap the…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Convention on Biodiversity COP15: OutcomesThe agreement on a framework that commits to halting and reversing biodiversity loss is of course very welcome. However, it is a bit staggering that the Government’s own…19 Dec 2022HANSARD Migration and Economic DevelopmentThe Home Secretary says that she is taking a deterrent approach, but it is plain that today’s judgment cannot and will not function as a so-called deterrent. The whole point of…19 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum System5. What steps she is taking to improve the asylum system.19 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum SystemThe Home Office is placing vulnerable, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels in local authority areas. It is directly commissioning those hotels and other services,…19 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThe Prime Minister talks about fairness, yet what he set out is the very opposite of a fair and efficient system. The best way to stop desperate people from dying in small boats…13 Dec 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme15. How many at-risk British Council and GardaWorld contractors and Chevening alumni in Afghanistan his Department has (a) assessed as eligible for and (b) resettled under the…13 Dec 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeThe Foreign Secretary says that he is working quickly, yet we know that zero Afghans have been resettled under the ACRS. No wonder yesterday the Minister of State, the right hon.…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillDoes the right hon. and learned Lady accept that we also need to level up access to green space and nature? Right now, the distribution of green space is very unequal; many people…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI rise to speak to the amendments in my name. First, new clause 13 would recognise that everyone has the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and place a duty on…13 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThe Bank of England’s climate stress test, published in May, showed that banks need to take climate action immediately or face a hit to annual profits of up to 15%. This is not…07 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThis Bill should be a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ensure a rapid, stable, co-ordinated and just transition to a low-carbon economy, to advance financial inclusion and to…07 Dec 2022