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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) BillI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The Bill has had a curious journey. It started life as the Data Protection and Digital Information…17 Apr 2023HANSARD Investment Security Unit: ScrutinyI am in the unusual circumstance, as a member of the Opposition, of having to put the Government line to my right hon. Friend. I merely recognise, as he will know from our…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe crisis in NHS dentistry continues to worsen. Only this month, another dental surgery in my constituency, Bell Barn dental surgery, not only stopped new NHS patients from…23 Mar 2023HANSARDCritical MineralsThe Minister knows that the steel industry is an important customer for critical minerals in this country, so will she confirm for the House the status of the Steel Council in her…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Post Office: Horizon CompensationI thank the Minister for his statement and advance notice of it, and the members of the advisory board for their important work. I want to focus on one particular sentence of the…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Investment Security Unit: ScrutinyI rise today to give a statement on behalf of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee in respect of our memorandum of understanding with the Government on scrutiny…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Investment Security Unit: ScrutinyI thank the Minister for her question. Of course, for a long time, she was a member of my Committee. She pushed me quite hard to ensure that we got very effective scrutiny of this…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Food Price InflationMany food and drink businesses express their frustrations to me, as Chair of the Select Committee on Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, about the lack of co-ordination…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Investment Security Unit: ScrutinyI hope the right hon. Member recognises that, albeit I have been in the House for the short period of six years, I am not a timid politician. If I am blocked or prevented from…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Investment Security Unit: ScrutinyWe have to give the MOU a whirl and see how it works. I understand the right hon. Member’s concerns. My only point is that I am not sure there will be lots of documents we will…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Investment Security Unit: ScrutinyThere is an interesting question there, to which none of us knows the answer: how routine will it be for us to have to look at either commercially sensitive or national…23 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsCan the Secretary of State confirm whether the responsibility for industrial decarbonisation rests with his Department or the Department for Business and Trade?28 Feb 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionThe Americans have announced significant subsidies for industry under the Inflation Reduction Act, and the European Union is responding by streamlining state aid rules and…18 Jan 2023HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized BusinessesBritishvolt, the once valued £3.8 billion site of national importance for the production of electric vehicle batteries in our country, is today going into administration. Does the…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI declare an interest as a member of Unite the union. May I start by correcting the public record? As always, I am grateful to Ministers for taking the time to speak with me…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportWe know from the design of the domestic scheme that people in particular circumstances are not being helped as the Government perhaps intended. Will the Minister therefore confirm…09 Jan 2023HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesLast week I met Andrii Zhupanyn, a counterpart of mine from the Energy Committee in the Ukrainian Parliament. His priority was to source as many generators as possible to back up…07 Dec 2022HANSARDPost Office: GLO Compensation Schemerose—07 Dec 2022HANSARDPost Office: GLO Compensation SchemeThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I welcome the announcements made today, which were recommended in my Committee’s interim report on compensation and by many others, and I welcome the…07 Dec 2022HANSARDOff-grid Energy SupportThe Government announced this week that £1 billion will go towards energy efficiency to reduce energy bills. Will the Minister confirm how many new homes will be covered by that…29 Nov 2022