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HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsColleagues, we have some time available, so I am prepared to give a bit of latitude for the Front Bench speeches. I would suggest an indicative 15 minutes, starting with the…10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving me notice of her point of order. As she probably knows, it is not a point of order, but her remarks are now on the record.10 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, the Gurkha class of 2025 proudly attested in Pokhara. There is one part of the British armed forces that does not yet have women: the Brigade of Gurkhas. Will Ministers…10 Feb 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsWhat does it say about this Government’s priorities that they will deny pensioners the winter fuel payment, leave WASPI women with nothing and fail to support jobs on Merseyside…05 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Cancer PlanIn his remarks yesterday, the Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms, the hon. Member for Rhondda and Ogmore (Chris Bryant), implied that he was discussing the future with…04 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Winter Support for ConsumersPeople living in rural locations disproportionately live in housing stock that is older and colder and does not have gas. In the Minister’s discussions with energy suppliers, will…04 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionHow will the selection of colour-coded performance areas on the report card be determined by the views and needs of parents as much as by Ministers and the education…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAstraZenecaI am grateful to the Minister for providing some insight into the way in which the Government and their Ministers look on economic matters. Does he appreciate that investment per…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyThe Chief Secretary to the Treasury did a good job of name-checking places across the country that might benefit from growth, except not once did he mention anywhere in the…29 Jan 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationBefore the current crisis, construction in Gaza was made much more difficult by the surprisingly long list of proscribed materials, which included things like drain pipes, which…28 Jan 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionDoes the Minister agree that one of the many benefits of a third runway at Heathrow is that it would require the removal of one of the largest waste incinerators in the country?…28 Jan 2025HANSARDExtremism ReviewIt is good to see the Minister at the Dispatch Box to distance himself from the conclusions of a report commissioned by his Department, but reports do not leak themselves. Why…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCThe Foreign Secretary is right to come here to express his dismay and frustration, which we all share, but what assessment has he made of the effectiveness of the United Nations…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Russian Maritime Activity and UK ResponseI commend the Defence Secretary for his statement and for the actions that he has taken—particularly to change the rules of engagement to allow for the closer inspection of that…22 Jan 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI join the hon. and learned Gentleman in paying tribute to Danny Kinahan; as a Minister who had some dealings with him, I would certainly say he did a very good job indeed. I wish…21 Jan 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillGiven the support that the hon. Gentleman and the hon. Member for Reading Central (Matt Rodda) have expressed for improvements in service housing, which must be one of the…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionThe Minister will know that incinerators are now the dirtiest way in which we generate electricity—dirtier than coal. Further to her Department’s advice note dated 30 December,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDSouthport AttackIf the authorities remain silent, bad people write the script. On 16 October 2021, those authorities, and then their political masters, were frank about what had happened the…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionDoes my hon. Friend agree that if the Government were really serious about reduce, reuse, recycle, they would put a moratorium on the construction of new waste incinerators, as we…21 Jan 2025HANSARD UK Air DefenceThere is a great deal in what my hon. Friend says. Historically, buying off the shelf has proved to be somewhat more cost-effective than designing exquisite systems of our own. I…16 Jan 2025