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HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationI certainly agree that incentives and greater financial support will be crucial. However, does the hon. Gentleman agree that another way of tackling the issue that the hon. Member…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationI am all in favour of fossil fuel companies creating funds, but would not another way of achieving that be for the Government not to give oil and gas companies such an…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationThe hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case. Does he share my surprise that in a debate on energy costs there has been no reference yet to nuclear power, which is eye-wateringly…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and DecarbonisationThe issue is not just that the Government are not bringing forward good stuff fast enough—in other words, the delivery gap that the Committee on Climate Change referenced. The…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAction on Climate Change and Decarbonisationindicated dissent .05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) ProfitsThe Government are introducing this Bill in response to the extraordinary profits being made by the oil and gas sector—profits that are not earned but are a consequence of high…05 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol Billrose —27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillDoes the Secretary of State understand why so many people would accuse this Government of the most rank hypocrisy? First, this is a predictable outcome of the agreement that they…27 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt has emerged that there is a backlog of 23,000 applications under the Afghan relocations and assistance policy, with just two of 3,000 applications for refuge by Afghans who…22 Jun 2022HANSARDAdaptationWe rightly talk about the adaptation finance gap, but as the Minister will know, according to Oxfam the economic costs of loss and damage could be up to £580 billion a year by…15 Jun 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaI haven’t said anything about Rwanda.15 Jun 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaThe Home Secretary has the gall to talk about a moral response to this situation. The moral response would be to provide safe and legal routes for those people who are exercising…15 Jun 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillThe Secretary of State keeps using this language about precision breeding, but he will know that that is neither a specific technology nor a scientific principle. It relies on the…15 Jun 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillThe Secretary of State will know that section 20 of the Environment Act 2021 requires him to be able to affirm that this Bill does not weaken any existing environmental…15 Jun 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI believe that this is a flawed Bill—it is not strategic, it is not clear and it does not do what it says on the tin. Ministers breezily assert that it will deliver access to…15 Jun 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. As has been said, she clearly has expertise, but I am looking at the scientific evidence that has been put before me, and it is being…15 Jun 2022HANSARD Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI am not making a blanket statement in that way. I am saying that if a whole load more safeguards were built into the Bill and if it were not based on a set of definitions that…15 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Wealth TaxesI am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way, and I apologise for my voice. This debate is very important. People sometimes say that a wealth tax would not work because wealthy…14 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing, Communities and Local GovernmentI wonder if there is a page missing in my copy of the Bill, because I was looking for the net zero test, which I am sure the Secretary of State would agree ought to be applied to…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration Billrose —08 Jun 2022