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HANSARDNew Low-Carbon TechnologiesA recent Public Accounts Committee report on net zero highlighted the real challenge of getting consumers onboard. Going net zero and embracing low- carbon technologies cannot be…07 Jun 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy right hon. Friend has talked about the ministerial code, but let us also consider just three of the Nolan principles: honesty, integrity and openness. We know that there are…07 Jun 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeThe right hon. and learned Gentleman always comes to the Dispatch Box and eruditely dances on a pinhead to justify his paymaster. Fundamentally, the difference is that when my…07 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseBlack women are five times more likely to die in childbirth, according to a report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights 18 months ago and, prior to giving birth, they are 40%…26 May 2022HANSARDDebate on the AddressWe finally have the Queen’s Speech, 30 Bills and what the Prime Minister calls “fiscal firepower,” but I cannot see that fiscal firepower in what is being done to support our…10 May 2022HANSARDDebate on the AddressI will support anything that delivers that housing. I have not had a chance to look at the detail, and I do not think we yet know all of it. Absolutely, if there is a bit of land…10 May 2022HANSARDDebate on the AddressWell, if that is the whole point of it, forgive me, but I cannot see that. I have the privilege of chairing the Public Accounts Committee, in which we have looked at the towns…10 May 2022HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsI would just point out to the Minister that, while any support on energy bills is welcome, and band A to D households are the focus, many people caught by this issue in my…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. When I get to my asks of the Government, I shall be very clear, as the hon. Gentleman and the hon. Lady have highlighted, that the issue…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsI see that my hon. Friend is nodding. I think we will come back to the Minister on that, because that money should be distributed in a way that recognises that those households…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsI beg to move, That this House has considered the energy price cap and residential buildings with communal heating systems. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsThank you very much, Mr Hollobone; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship—hours have passed between the beginning and the end of the debate. In many respects, the…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. About half a million people, as an estimate, live in such blocks—not only new developments such as those that she has highlighted, but some…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Energy Price Cap: Residential Buildings with Communal Heating SystemsMy hon. Friend highlights another important point, which has been mentioned by other hon. Members—that of course the individual, the resident, gets a bill that is directly related…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Global Migration ChallengeThe permanent secretary at the Home Office concluded that he could not tell whether this was value for money, but on every number and every question of cost, the Home Secretary…19 Apr 2022HANSARDEaster AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Bromwich West (Shaun Bailey), who does have to educate certain senior figures in the civil service about where and what the…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEaster AdjournmentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am proud of the fact that, under the current Mayor of London, we have seen 11,000 council housing and social housing starts, and the mayor of…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEaster AdjournmentMy right hon. Friend raises a critical point. Does he agree that it is about time the Home Office looked at some of the restrictions on family members joining? They are still…31 Mar 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities ReviewWhile this is a welcome move, I think that there is an issue with the maths. It does not seem that much newer money is coming in as a result of the Secretary of State’s…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for Black Victims of Domestic AbuseI warmly congratulate the Petitions Committee for having the foresight to take on this debate. Before I talk about the subject, I pay tribute to Valerie Forde. Valerie was my…28 Mar 2022