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HANSARDRussian Oil SalesThe Minister will be aware that the sanctioned oil and gas that is sold by Russia to Turkey and China is often used by companies in those countries to manufacture products,…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDGeneral Strike Centenary CommemorationsI just want to add to that list the 19,000 members of the National Society of Pottery Workers, which now forms part of the GMB, who, even when the strike ended, still found their…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Middle East: Economic ResponseI declare an interest as chair of the all-party group on ceramics. I thank the Chancellor for today’s announcement, and the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and the…21 May 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillAs someone who was a parish councillor in a previous life and now represents a seat that has no parish level of governance whatsoever, I wonder whether the Minister sees a role…27 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillIn Stoke-on-Trent, we are outside a mayoral combined authority, but have oodles of old industrial brownfield. We are itching to get our hands on it, but we do not have those…27 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will be brief. I completely understand the principle that the Minister is outlining of not wanting to force areas to have something that they do not want. She talks about…27 Apr 2026HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI want to be clear in my own mind. Opposition Members seem to think that they have extracted from the Government a commitment that social media for under-16s will be banned as a…27 Apr 2026HANSARD Ernest BevinJust nine days before Mr Churchill invited Ernie Bevin to become the Minister for Labour in his Government, Mr Bevin was stood in Hanley town hall in my constituency giving a…27 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Procurement StrategyI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Leigh Ingham), my Staffordshire neighbour, on securing this urgent question. The Government are taking the right steps…22 Apr 2026HANSARD Antisemitic AttacksTo follow the point of the hon. Member for Mid Buckinghamshire (Greg Smith), too many aspects of antisemitism are being normalised in this country. That does not start with…20 Apr 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseOn 28 April, it will be Staffordshire Day across the Houses of Parliament. There will be a marketplace in the Jubilee Room from 12 pm till 2 pm, and there will be Staffordshire…16 Apr 2026HANSARD British Industrial Competitiveness SchemeLet us start with the positives. I am glad that there is now some form of recognition that there is an industrial energy crisis, and that the Secretary of State has brought…16 Apr 2026HANSARDDraft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026That is a nice introduction, Ms Vaz, and it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I have no issue in principle with the regulations, which extend the powers of the…14 Apr 2026HANSARDDraft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026rose—14 Apr 2026HANSARDDraft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026It is within the powers that are being extended by today’s SI. The Minister rightly talks about the SI’s impact on the power of the Secretary of State to vary domestic bills, but…14 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryAs the Home Secretary will be aware, there are 28 Prevent priority areas across the country—there used to be 40, and Stoke-on-Trent was one of them until 2023, when the last…13 Apr 2026HANSARDOil and GasI accept the Minister’s point about having more home-grown energy, and renewables can be good for insulating ourselves from economic shocks, but he will know that great swathes of…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasI will start with the things that we all agree on. I think that across the House, we all acknowledge that the international energy prices we face in this country are too high. As…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasAbsolutely. If we want to make fertiliser or other industrial gases in this country, we need natural gas to power those processes. There is no other way—the chemistry simply does…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasVery briefly.24 Mar 2026