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HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsI am grateful to you, Mr Speaker. Could you give any advice to me on how we can ensure that the impact assessment that must have been conducted on this policy is shared with the…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityOn 13 September, I met representatives from my local NFU and a whole group of farmers who are desperate to see both the recovery fund moneys dispersed and the support for the…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityIs my right hon. Friend disappointed, as I am, that the Secretary of State did not say more about food security, and how we can make sure that a greater share of our food comes…08 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Secretary of State for her personal commitment to transparency. Further to the question asked by the shadow Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for…07 Oct 2024HANSARD Social SecurityThere is a sense of disappointment. Yesterday, the Health Secretary was dragged in here because a multimillion-pound-making consultant in the health industry is wandering…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe hon. Gentleman knows full well that that is not true. I used to chair the Education Committee, so I know a little about that, and standards were lifted— [ Interruption. ] Look…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentIt is interesting to follow the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth), and to follow the angst-ridden journey with his conscience to ensure that he could abandon those…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe hon. Gentleman will be aware that the Tory triple lock was introduced by the Tories, precisely in order to deal with the legacy left by the previous Labour Government when,…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentYes, Madam Deputy Speaker. I just want some guidance from you on whether it can be appropriate for Ministers and others on the Government Benches who have been directly funded by…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentDoes my right hon. Friend, like me, find it inexplicable that the Government should fail to go through the proper process when their own research suggested that thousands of…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWe have heard that the Transport Minister yesterday could give no assurance to pensioners about their transport concessions. Last week, I asked the Deputy Prime Minister about the…10 Sept 2024HANSARDSEND ProvisionI thank the Secretary of State for her answer, and for her personal commitment to creating a fairer funding system for children with special educational needs. In that light, she…09 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthThere is just one standard and it applies to whichever party is in power, and that should be respected. All this whataboutery relating to what may have gone on under a…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillWill the Secretary of State give way?05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is normally a fair man, but what he did not mention was the risible state of renewable energy when we took power in…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Bill sets out huge powers for the Secretary of State—he will be like the slim controller of the energy system, as he tries to…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillWill the hon. Lady give way?05 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillI wonder whether the hon. Lady knows of a single major economy on the planet that went faster than the previous Conservative Government in cutting emissions.05 Sept 2024