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HANSARDEnergy Bill [Lords]I wanted to speak in this debate for three reasons. First, like every Member of this House, I am sure, I would like to see an energy system such as the Government are seeking to…09 May 2023HANSARD Cost of Living IncreasesThe hon. Lady says that the inflation figures here are higher than anywhere else in the G7. Food price inflation in Germany is over 22%, compared with 17% in the UK. Is that also…25 Apr 2023HANSARD Cost of Living IncreasesThe cost of living is the No. 1 issue that comes up on doorsteps. That is why it is so important the Government are working on their plan to reduce inflation by at least half, and…25 Apr 2023HANSARDDegree Apprenticeships8. What steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of degree apprenticeships.17 Apr 2023HANSARDDegree ApprenticeshipsMy right hon. Friend is a great supporter of degree apprenticeships, as am I, but he will know they do not always function as the route for social mobility that they should. We…17 Apr 2023HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities: Specialist WorkforceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. Whenever we receive petition data, I do what I am sure we all do: I look at where my constituency ranks for number of…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Social MobilityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Sir David Evennett) on securing the…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Social MobilityMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have to talk more about this because too often in politics people on the left fear they will demonise parents and on the right they fear…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Security of Government DevicesI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s precautionary measure today. Does he agree that for members of the public, there is also the question of whether or not they use TikTok?…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friends the Members for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell) and for Waveney (Peter Aldous). There have been a number of good speeches, but I was…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI am very much enjoying hearing about my hon. Friend’s father’s views, and I look forward to reading his lecture. Does my hon. Friend agree that many people just do not appreciate…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I do not know enough about why those universities have been removed, so I will not comment on that, but a point to which I will come later…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillThe hon. Lady is making an interesting case, but does she accept that some people do not want further or higher education and will not benefit from it? People talk about the…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy hon. Friend makes another important point, and it leads me incredibly nicely to the point that I was just about to make. I understand the motive behind the Labour party’s…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI completely agree with my right hon. Friend. Part of the reason why that has happened is that young people feel, “I’m making an investment here. I’m paying £9,000 a year. I’m not…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I am a politician, so I would never try to reinvent the wheel, but I think what we are trying to do in this Bill is learn…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Reform of Children’s Social CareI thank the Secretary of State and the Children’s Minister—the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho)—for all their work. There is a…02 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ5. The baby daughter of my constituents Gary and Sarah Andrews, Wynter died just 23 minutes after she was born. When they asked questions about that, the parents were told that…01 Feb 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestDoes my right hon. Friend agree that under their bluster, what Opposition Members are really saying is that there are various questions to which they do not have the answer, and…23 Jan 2023HANSARDPension CreditI was pleased to support my hon. Friend’s campaign to increase the uptake of pension credit in the run-up to Christmas. Will she update the House as to whether or not that has…23 Jan 2023