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HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityMy right hon. Friend is talking about the clustering of solar farms, but that is not the only problem. They are being built on high-quality agricultural land, which is nonsensical.08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsOthers have talked about the effect on children of military families and on children with special educational needs, as well as the impact on friendships, mental wellbeing, jobs…08 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsMy hon. Friend is making a great point about how this change is ideologically motivated. Can he see why there is a difference between private school fees, which the Government…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityWill my right hon. Friend give way?08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityThe Secretary of State talks about the importance of cheap energy, solar and food security. Clearly, land needs a balance. What representations has he made to the Energy Secretary…08 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI am mindful of the need to be brief, but I wish to congratulate the hon. Members for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough), for South West Norfolk (Terry Jermy), for Esher and Walton…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI will not because there is not much time. A potential answer to the second question of why a former Labour Minister has been asked to conduct the report is its silence on a…07 Oct 2024HANSARD Social SecurityI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is absolutely right. Why is there no impact assessment? I have my suspicions, and my terrified constituents know why there is no…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityWill the Secretary of State give way?10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentDoes my hon. Friend worry, as I do, that some of our constituents will die this year as a result of this policy?10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI wonder how many of my right hon. Friend’s constituents who will lose that vital payment earn less than the train drivers who have had all that extra money.10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe hon. Gentleman is making a case comparing the salaries of working individuals with the pensions of the elderly. Could he tell me how many of the people who will lose the…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentRoughly 13,000 people in the hon. Gentleman’s Bracknell constituency will not get the winter fuel allowance this year as a result of the changes that he has just voted for. How…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Social SecurityToday, hon. and right hon. Members will make a choice: whether to take vital winter fuel payments from millions of vulnerable pensioners, including 20,000 pensioners in my…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentAs he is a Treasury Minister, I wonder whether he could help me with this question. How many of the pensioners who will lose the winter fuel allowance today receive less than the…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseIn his 2023 report, the chief medical officer said that cold homes and fuel poverty are directly linked to excess winter deaths. My constituents are worried, and I am concerned…05 Sept 2024HANSARDPreventable Baby LossIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson) on securing the debate; the stories he read were very…04 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceCongratulations, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your new role. This Labour Government have chosen to take the winter fuel payment away from pensioners. The right hon. Lady does say she…29 Jul 2024HANSARDNew Hospital ProgrammeI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his position. I should declare that I have been working in the NHS for 23 years, currently as an NHS consultant paediatrician. I look…23 Jul 2024HANSARD NATO and European Political Community MeetingsMy constituents in Sleaford and North Hykeham are very concerned about levels of illegal migration, particularly people crossing the channel. I was pleased to hear the Prime…22 Jul 2024