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HANSARDEngagementsIt is exactly a year to the day since UK temperatures hit a deadly 40°C for the first time, with 3,000 excess deaths last summer. Yet businesses and the Prime Minister’s own…19 Jul 2023HANSARDClimate Finance Commitments5. What recent steps his Department has taken to help meet the UK's international climate finance commitments.18 Jul 2023HANSARDClimate Finance CommitmentsI take some comfort from the Minister’s reply. He will know that there has been much speculation—and indeed, some leaks—in the national media that demonstrate real concern that…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillLet me take the right hon. Gentleman back to the criticism he was making of the other place, because if the elected House is about to break international law, it is entirely…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillIt is sadly not a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh). Talking about leaving or having derogations from human rights law is exactly what…17 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksThe hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech. There was a particularly strange claim by the Government that there might be instances in which the provision of swift bricks are…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Edward, to speak in this debate and to follow the powerful speech that has just been made. I start in by extending my enormous…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksI entirely agree with the right hon. Lady. With a bit of imagination, we could really make a difference, and hers is a very good suggestion. I urge Ministers to act with urgency…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksThe hon. Gentleman seems to be making life so much more difficult for himself and for all of us. I honestly could not believe my ears when I heard him basically saying that he…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksI cannot believe what I am hearing. This brick costs about 25 quid—that is a tiny amount for new developments. There is no worst case scenario if one is put up but does not get…10 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureDid any of the witnesses point out the eye-wateringly high cost of new nuclear, as well as how painfully slow the process will be, given the amount of time it will take for it to…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureThere is not perfection either.05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; I was trying to work out where his semicolon was going to come. I am very glad he raised the issue of demand reduction. Does he agree…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureThe hon. Member is making a powerful case, and I thank her for it. The Secretary of State told me yesterday that ending new North sea oil and gas licences is, in his words,…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy Infrastructurerose —05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy Security: Gas Imports from RussiaA recent report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit shows that, regardless of Ministers’ plans to expand domestic oil and gas production, imports of gas will continue to…04 Jul 2023HANSARDWater Industry: Financial ResilienceI want to bring the Minister back to the figures we have just heard. Water companies had no debt when they were privatised. Since then, they have borrowed £53 billion, and much of…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Rosebank Oilfield: Environmental ImpactsThe hon. Member will not be surprised to hear that I do indeed agree. Unfortunately, an awful lot of greenwashing goes on when it comes to this debate. Secondly, it is not just…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Rosebank Oilfield: Environmental ImpactsI beg to move, That this House has considered the environmental impacts of Rosebank oilfield. It is a pleasure to serve under you, Mr Robertson, and to open this debate on the…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Rosebank Oilfield: Environmental ImpactsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The majority of public opinion is on our side, and everyone from the Women’s Institute to the scientists is saying the same thing. I want…28 Jun 2023