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HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATThat is what I mean by the slippery slope. It is the slippery slope of suddenly saying, “Well, what about reducing VAT?" Let’s turn to the green levies—they are actually making up…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]It is not an amendment for this Bill so I am simply not going to respond to that point. I will finish by reflecting on the wider tone in which we take this debate forward. The…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]Let me start by thanking the Secretary of State for what I thought was a rather conciliatory speech. Hopefully, it will set the tone for this evening’s debate on a Bill that has…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend’s intervention brings me to my second point, which is about the need to take a truly place-based approach to these reforms, if they are to succeed. We cannot…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI believe that we do not have a choice. We must look at every form of renewable energy, nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage and hydrogen to reach net zero. We cannot make…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI welcome the Government’s action to introduce the regulated asset base funding model for the financing of new nuclear power plants. As a former energy Minister, and indeed a…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillThat depends on the potential for innovation for the future. We have an energy crunch coming down the line with perhaps just a single nuclear plant open by 2030 and, at the same…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillThat is a very important question. It is not just 2030 that I am concerned about, but 2025. Nuclear currently accounts for 18% of electricity generation. The current closure rate…03 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)The hon. Member is absolutely right. When it comes to the foundation year, I was interested in looking at what future reform might come in the workforce. We would need to work…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I thank the Minister for his forensic dissection of the new clause; it is greatly appreciated. He makes a strong point about the legal status of the National Institute for Health…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)As I said, I will not push the new clauses to a vote, but I will just reiterate that there clearly is a massive structural supply and demand imbalance. I do not believe that the…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Absolutely. I thank the hon. Member for making that point. When I was Science Minister, we recognised the need to look again at some of the processes that underpin research…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The clause would introduce for the first time a duty to promote research, particularly on the Secretary of State. The…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Thank you for allowing me to speak to these two new clauses together, Mr McCabe. They are essentially interrelated and were the product of a roundtable that I put together and…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the Minister not only for his kind words to me personally, but for his considered response to this set of amendments. It is clear that he is mulling over this, and I would…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I think there is a subsection here about how clause 33 relates to clause 19 and the duties on ICBs as the placemaking organisations that can provide the training opportunities for…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I wanted to speak to amendment 94, which is the product of a revision on my part. I initially tabled an amendment to clause 33, but it was as a result of the oral evidence…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 94, in clause 33, page 40, line 6, leave out from beginning to end of line 11 and insert— “(1) The Secretary of State must, at least once every two years,…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Tenth sitting)I want to speak generally to the clause and the schedule, rather than in support of any amendments. I thank the Minister for setting out the continued role of the IRP and the four…21 Sept 2021