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HANSARDSolar Farmsrose—15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsI think the hon. Member is making part of the point that I was trying to make in my speech. Some 7% of my constituency is the subject of solar panel applications. Does he agree…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsWill the hon. Member give way?15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsThe Minister says that this is not a competition between energy security and farming security. It should not be; the reason it is becoming one is that his Government are allowing…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I hope the Minister has listened carefully to what has been said, and has understood that this is not about nimbys—it is not about “not in my back…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My point was that under a Labour Government and Secretary of State, a Labour donor has been given permission to build a great…15 May 2025HANSARDDraft Medical Devices and Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) RegulationsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. The draft regulations will make amendments to the Medical Device Regulations 2002, the Blood Safety and Quality…12 May 2025HANSARDDraft Medical Devices and Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) RegulationsBefore the Minister concludes, could she answer my questions on national insurance and on below-inflation pay rises? If not, will she commit to answering my remaining questions by…12 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Secretary of State for that answer, and I would be delighted to meet him to discuss it further. Unfortunately, when Labour negotiates, Britain loses. The Government…06 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsTaking medicines on time is important, especially for those with conditions such as diabetes and epilepsy. Dr Acheson, an A&E consultant who has time-critical medicines for his…06 May 2025HANSARDGender Incongruence: Puberty Suppressing HormonesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I start by making a declaration of interest as an NHS consultant paediatrician and a member of the Royal College of…30 Apr 2025HANSARDGender Incongruence: Puberty Suppressing HormonesMy right hon. Friend raises important questions that I hope the Minister will answer. It is important to look at the data that we already have. That was the next part of my…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekI think we have both made our positions clear. I accept that some people will have received poor care and that the people who delivered that poor care need to be hauled over the…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekThe Minister talks about the importance of setting an achievable target and working on how it will be delivered, but the Government have now been at this for 10 months, and it was…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekI thank the Minister for giving way. I think we all agree that racism is wrong and must be weeded out wherever it happens. Could she say, in answer to the question posed by the…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekThat is not what I said.29 Apr 2025HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekI did the junior part of my medical career in Nottinghamshire. I am describing what happened in the junior part of my career, which is about 20 years ago now. My experience 20…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekI thank the Minister for giving way again. I confess that I thought I heard the hon. Member for Clapham and Brixton Hill say “structural”. However, if the word she used was…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekI think we can both agree that any examples of racism are reprehensible and should be rooted out and that, in the examples given, people are speaking truthfully of their…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Black Maternal Health Awareness WeekI understand the hon. Lady’s point. I do not dispute that some women, men, boys or children have awful experiences at the hands of bad apples. That will happen within any…29 Apr 2025