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HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s clear and credible plan, but on the uplift of 800 ambulances, which is good news, I urge him when it comes to their deployment to look at…30 Jan 2023HANSARDDefence Technology12. What steps his Department is taking to develop innovative defence technology.30 Jan 2023HANSARDDefence TechnologyThe best innovation is not necessarily the preserve of the giant players in the sector but can be found among smaller enterprises such as those at the Westcott Venture Park in my…30 Jan 2023HANSARDDriver and Vehicle Standards Agency: PerformanceNotwithstanding the answer that my hon. Friend just gave, multiple constituents have written to me this week about the inability to get a driving test. One said that despite…19 Jan 2023HANSARDFood SecurityDoes my right hon. Friend agree that one of the biggest challenges to UK food security is the competing demands for the very land needed to produce the food from housing and…12 Jan 2023HANSARD Industrial ActionMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to bring forward these proportionate measures, and not least in the urgency with which he seeks to protect the safety and lives of all our…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportI very much welcome the package of support announced this afternoon and the enormity of the total support package, but may I push my hon. Friend a little on what is energy…09 Jan 2023HANSARD UkraineThe UK should be proud of its role in training 22,000 Ukrainian forces to get them ready to defend themselves and supplying defensive weaponry. Can my right hon. Friend confirm…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Christmas AdjournmentAs this is the Christmas Adjournment debate, I have a list. It is not a list of the things I hope to find lovingly wrapped under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning, but of…20 Dec 2022HANSARD Migration and Economic DevelopmentCentral to solving the crisis of illegal migration is the prevention of further loss of human life in the English channel, so I welcome not only today’s judgment, but the…19 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsExports such as squid from the Falklands are an enormously important part of the economies of our overseas territories and Crown dependencies. Can my right hon. Friend assure me…15 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend and agree entirely that those regulations make it clear. It is a shame that the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Wigan (Lisa Nandy),…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillBefore the last intervention the Minister mentioned improving communities. I am grateful for the time she has spent with me in the last few weeks discussing this Bill, but will…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell). I served on the Bill Committee too. While many Members will think of politics in 2022 for other…13 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Notwith-standing the answer my right hon. Friend gave earlier, given that Germany now believes that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind several terror attacks…13 Dec 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI am grateful to the Prime Minister for making this a top priority, and I look forward to backing the legislation in the new year. Turning to the legislation we already have,…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI would be delighted to.13 Dec 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit Taper RateUniversal credit was always intended to ensure that work pays. Reducing the taper rate is a critical part of that, but does my hon. Friend agree that it is not the only critical…05 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Research by Macmillan shows that 83% of people with a cancer diagnosis experience a financial impact from that, with the average figure being £891 a month on top of their…05 Dec 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit Taper Rate11. What assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the universal credit taper rate on the levels of people’s incomes.05 Dec 2022