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HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationMay I return the compliment to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and say what a pleasure it is to face him? That was a typically eloquent and…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe hon. Gentleman is wrong. If he can be patient, I will give him the answer. First, the Library staff told me, “Well, certainly not under any Government since the second world…21 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe problem is that the right hon. Gentleman is not the cheerleader for clean energy; he is the roadblock. We have had three wind farms in the last eight years. His own Department…28 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is important to welcome ex-party leaders to their place, Mr Speaker. My only advice is that it is important to not want your old job back. Can I ask the Secretary of State to…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Price Guarantee: Fuel PovertyI welcome the Minister to her new role. Her Department’s responsibility is to tackle fuel poverty, so the planned rise in the price cap is the first big test. If it goes ahead,…28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Price Guarantee: Fuel PovertyI am afraid that is no answer to the question. We have millions of families across the country, and we have bills going out this week. People do not want sympathy or warm words:…28 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters: Ofgem Decision(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy if he will make a statement on Ofgem’s decision to suspend the forced installation…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters: Ofgem DecisionI thank the Minister for his reply, but it is simply not good enough. The story of this scandal is of a Government sitting on their hands and being far too slow to act. Ofgem did…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy if he will make a statement on families having prepayment meters forcibly installed…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Prepayment MetersI am glad that the Government have in the last few days finally woken up to the fact that we have a national scandal around prepayment meters. The question is whether their…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy SecurityHow big are they?29 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy SecurityI thank the Secretary of State for his statement, and can I take the opportunity to welcome him to his new role? We support new nuclear, and I welcome the announcement on…29 Nov 2022HANSARDCOP27May I start by echoing the sentiments expressed by the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) about the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah? The Government must ensure that…21 Nov 2022HANSARDNet Zero Strategy and Carbon BudgetsIt is a mad world when the new Government make the right hon. Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mogg) look like an eco-warrior, and he was in favour of lifting the ban. This…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNet Zero Strategy and Carbon BudgetsI pay tribute to the work of the COP26 President, and I am sorry he has been removed from the Government. Let me take this first opportunity at the Dispatch Box to congratulate…02 Nov 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportWhen the hon. Gentleman looks back at this debate, I honestly do not think that he will think that kind of partisanship does him any favours. Of course the council has talked…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI speak as the constituency Member for Doncaster North. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) for securing the debate and for his efforts to help save…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Doncaster Sheffield AirportI say to the hon. Gentleman, because he keeps wanting to play the blame game, that there will be time to do so. If we do not succeed, there will be time for him to do all the…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillMy hon. Friend puts it incredibly well and I agree.19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillThe hon. Gentleman puts it incredibly well. That is why what the Government are coming up with is such a nonsense idea. The Government are breaking not just a manifesto promise—no…19 Oct 2022