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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]I rise to speak in support of new clauses 14, 15 and 11, which at their core support a just transition for North sea oil and gas workers by removing the barriers they face in…21 Feb 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I agree entirely. We can already see, before the ink is dry on the COP26 agreement, that the Government are back-tracking. We…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxIs the hon. Gentleman not making an excellent case for a just transition, where taxes such as this, on those who have made billions—perhaps trillions—over the past century from…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxOver the past two years, the North sea oil and gas that was exported doubled. It is not our oil and gas. It belongs to the corporations that bring it out of the ground, and they…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall Taxrose —01 Feb 2022HANSARD Vaccination: Condition of DeploymentI thank the Secretary of State for today’s U-turn. I know that many of my constituents, both NHS staff and patients, will be deeply grateful for it. We all wanted to see as many…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn my city of Norwich, we have had less levelling up and more vital services simply levelled. Will the Secretary of State stop fobbing us off with insufficient, ad hoc pots of…24 Jan 2022HANSARDLevelling Up: East of EnglandYes, I do. The opposition to the Wensum link is more a cry for a decent public transport system instead of building yet more roads. The evidence shows that the more roads we…18 Jan 2022HANSARDLevelling Up: East of EnglandThe hon. Gentleman talks about a bridge over the Thames, but this is a massive road bulldozed through an ecologically sensitive area. There were options to go over the most…18 Jan 2022HANSARDLevelling Up: East of EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I thank my hon. Friend—I mean the hon. Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous). [ Laughter. ] I have often thought that the…18 Jan 2022HANSARDLevelling Up: East of EnglandI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and making such an excellent contribution to this debate. I notice that on transport infrastructure, he seems to be looking at a very…18 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillMy right hon. Friend has made some excellent points. The chair of the Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation, Mick Whelan, has said that trade union money is the…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian Crisis(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.12 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisDo your job.12 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisAfghanistan, as has been heard, is facing an escalating and multi-faceted humanitarian crisis. In response, the United Nations launched its largest ever single country appeal, in…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) Billrose—10 Jan 2022HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillThe hon. Gentleman is being very generous. Some of us on the Opposition Benches consider energy to be a public good, and therefore if we are talking about the optimal way of…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthI thank the Secretary of State for being so generous in taking interventions. Does he agree that, if we are to get on the front foot in tackling the pandemic, we have to…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic Healthrose—14 Dec 2021HANSARDHuman Rights LegislationIf we were playing authoritarian bingo, after today’s statement, we would have a full house. Not only have the Government come for our trade union rights, our rights to vote and…14 Dec 2021