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HANSARDOil and GasI thank the hon. Lady for giving way. Could she explain why the biggest advocates for climate transition in this country—RenewableUK, Greg Jackson from Octopus and the chair of…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasThey say that the hon. Lady’s position on the North sea is wrong, and that we should keep drilling there.24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasThe two Ministers are Scottish MPs. They have been to industry, and they know what people in those areas are saying. They know the jobs that are being lost. It is so blindingly…24 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Secretary of State be honest and tell the country why he is ideologically obsessed with shutting down the North sea? Is it because he does not think we need the £25…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasI know that the right hon. Gentleman’s party has a chequered past in backing the North sea, but I would be happy to work with anyone to look at how we can support the industry. My…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasThe hon. Lady might like to know that oil and gas jobs have been stable for the past six years, but we are losing 1,000 jobs a month because of the Government’s policies. I know…24 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsRenewableUK, the unions, Tony Blair and the Secretary of State’s own handpicked chair of Great British Energy—the biggest advocates for an energy transition—have said that he has…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasI think those are the strongest words I have heard from the hon. Member in my entire time in Parliament, and the Government would be wise to heed them. At the moment, we share the…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasI beg to move, That this House calls on the Government to remove the Energy Profits Levy, end the ban on new oil and gas licences and approve the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields to…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasI would thank the hon. Lady, but I do not think it takes much effort to read out a Whip’s question. The question she needs to answer is why she is supporting a policy that will…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasWill the hon. Lady give way?24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasWe do need to take some of the green taxes and levies off electricity bills. The problem is that if the Government keep making electricity more expensive, no one will want to use…24 Mar 2026HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIt has been almost a year since the Supreme Court ruling, and I come here time after time to ask what progress has been made. I was going to ask today if the Government can…11 Mar 2026HANSARDDraft Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2026For those who do not understand how renewables obligations work, let me bring Members up to speed. Three quarters of our wind and solar power is generated through renewables…11 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWithin an hour of the Government’s publication of their Islamophobia definition this week, there were calls from within the Labour party for it to be weaponised to stifle free…11 Mar 2026HANSARDUK Emissions Trading SchemeThank you, Mr Speaker, and it is great to see you back on your feet. Last week, the Labour party voted to increase the carbon tax, which increases costs for households and…10 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast year, the Secretary of State signed a secret energy deal with China, which he has refused to publish. This is simply unheard of. We have heard repeatedly from intelligence…10 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is frankly another patronising non-answer from the Secretary of State. I am not sure whether he got the memo, but his party is fed up with the sexist boys club. What is…10 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsNurses up and down the country, including the Darlington nurses and Jennifer Melle, are being hounded and harassed by the NHS simply for recognising that biological sex is real. I…28 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the case of Gorton and Denton, we heard this week that the Muslim Vote has decided to endorse the Green party. This is overt sectarism in our midst, and we know that where we…28 Jan 2026