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HANSARDHigher Education ReformThe Secretary of State has my full support for the measures she has announced this afternoon. On that key mission of ensuring that students pay a fair price and get a good return…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Freehold Estate Management FeesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) on securing this debate. It is also a pleasure to…13 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, I chaired a roundtable with the freight sector, looking at the growing problem of theft from lorries in overnight lorry parks and service stations, which is costing the…13 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryIn embracing that innovation—this is further to my intervention on the shadow Minister—the UK is a leader in the development of the synthetic fuel sector. By that, I do not mean…12 Jul 2023HANSARDAutomotive IndustryDoes the shadow Minister agree that on top of battery innovation and hydrogen innovation, the UK is leading in another field: that of synthetic fuels? However, giving the…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Rail Ticket OfficesMany of my constituents write to me about overcrowding, on an almost daily basis, particularly on Chiltern Railways. No one has ever written to me about ticket office provision.…06 Jul 2023HANSARD IranIran has made no secret of its efforts to arm, fund and train Palestinian terror groups in the west bank. The leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad has even said that its terrorists…06 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. The Abraham accords have ushered in unparalleled opportunities by lowering trade barriers in the middle east, so how can my hon. Friend maximise the trade potential of the…29 Jun 2023HANSARDFood PricesThere are many factors impacting food inflation, not least increasing global input costs, but surely the most important thing that my hon. Friend’s Department can do to shore up…29 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ10. My constituents rely on many nearby hospitals: Milton Keynes, where the Government have committed to a new women and children’s hospital; Stoke Mandeville, which has just…28 Jun 2023HANSARDGovernment Projects: Cost6. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost to the public purse of Government projects.22 Jun 2023HANSARDGovernment Projects: CostIn reducing costs, the challenge for my right hon. Friend is the way that Government projects are set up in the first place. They blow their budgets because the people set up to…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Local Radio: BBC ProposalsAs my right hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike Penning) and my hon. Friend the Member for Watford (Dean Russell) said with reference to Three Counties Radio,…22 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI noted, with interest, the update to the civil service headquarters occupancy data for June on the Cabinet Office website this morning. It shows a pleasing trend of more civil…22 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsDespite being world leaders in motorsport, the UK has not hosted a round of the World Rally Championship since 2019. We now have an opportunity to host a round in Northern Ireland…21 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseShopkeepers and consumers alike were given a reprieve when the Government paused the bonkers ban on “buy one, get one free” deals last year, but there is speculation that such a…15 Jun 2023HANSARD Heating Rural HomesI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way twice. Does he agree that many of the houses that are challenged by the EPC regime simply cannot have the retrofitting he talks…13 Jun 2023HANSARD Heating Rural HomesWill my hon. Friend give way?13 Jun 2023HANSARD Heating Rural Homesrose—13 Jun 2023HANSARD Heating Rural HomesI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate for the 15% of households in my constituency who are off the gas grid. Does he agree that the best way the…13 Jun 2023