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HANSARD Smart MotorwaysMy hon. Friend is making some solid points, and I just want to seek some clarification. It is also in relation to a point made by the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Smart MotorwaysThe Minister has quoted some statistics, but I would refer to the statistics that were quoted earlier in the debate regarding the number of accidents on smart motorways that have…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Smart MotorwaysSome important questions need to be asked, and agencies and individuals need to be held to account for the decisions made. It is staggering that since the first smart motorways…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Smart MotorwaysI appreciate your calling me in this debate, Mr Hollobone. It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I begin by commending the work of the Chair of the Select…13 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI beg to move, That this House has considered access to radiotherapy. It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, and if it is not too late I would like…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyWe need a plan.12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyWe have a little bit of time and these are important points. Many of us have been making them, not just to this Minister—who, to be fair, is newly in place—but to her…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyThis has been a really good debate. It is one we have had on a number of previous occasions. I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Bedford (Mohammad Yasin) and for Rhondda…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI appreciate the Minister’s giving way. Statistics are important as a tool to identify where the obstructions are in the system. I completely agree about the importance of early…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI apologise for breaking the flow of my hon. Friend, but these are important statistics. One worth remembering is that in over 50% of cancers, radiotherapy or precision…12 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. In another place, those who were last will be first. It is an honour to follow my hon. Friends the Members for Leicester East (Claudia Webbe) and for…11 Jan 2022HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Transition by 2030It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate the hon. Members for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) and for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) on securing this…09 Dec 2021HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Transition by 2030The Minister is being generous in giving way, and I am grateful for her listing all the investments and so on that have come through her Department, but has she had a chance to…09 Dec 2021HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Transition by 2030The Minister is being kind. I am afraid that she has not addressed the resilience of the national grid and its importance to charging. The BEIS Committee has just produced an…09 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI reinforce the call from my good and hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist) in requesting a debate on Storm Arwen, and particularly the need for an independent public…09 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021I want to briefly raise an important point about that disparity, particularly in relation to people who are less well off. My understanding is that VAT is applied to electricity…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Rail Investment and Integrated Rail PlanI rise in support of the motion in the name of Her Majesty’s Opposition. My constituency has minimal rail infrastructure. The reopening of Horden train station was a cause for…08 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm Arwen: Power OutagesI might be able to enlighten the Minister, given his earlier comments about Met Office warnings, because we need to give it some credit: it was right on the ball originally about…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateRecent, quite staggering, figures from the respected charity Macmillan Cancer Support show that nearly 50,000 people in the UK are still missing a cancer diagnosis compared with…06 Dec 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyClearly, the cost to individuals, communities, the criminal justice system and the police system in the north-east is increasing, and that is a huge concern. Although there is…06 Dec 2021