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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt has been many, many months since the agricultural property relief and business property relief changes were first announced by this Government. In that time, they have had so…12 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesWill the Minister give way?07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesWill the Minister give way?07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesWill the Minister give way on hysteria?07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I am really grateful to have been called to speak in today’s debate. In any other week, I would focus on more substantive day-to-day, week-to-week…07 Jan 2026HANSARDEnergy TransitionEither the Minister does not know the current price or he does not want to tell us. Oil today is $62 a barrel and gas 72p a therm—up to a third lower than what the Government…06 Jan 2026HANSARDEnergy TransitionIn the consultation paper on the future of the North sea, the Government defined windfall prices as $90 a barrel for oil and 90p a therm for gas. Can the Minister tell me the…06 Jan 2026HANSARD INEOS Chemicals: GrangemouthFirst, like everyone else, I welcome 500 jobs having been secured, but 500 jobs a fortnight are being lost from the oil and gas sector because of this Government’s policies. The…17 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital ID SystemThe parliamentary petition against digital ID has been signed by more than 3 million people, including many in my Gordon and Buchan constituency. It is the fourth most signed…17 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital ID System12. What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the potential impact of a nationwide digital ID system on levels of digital exclusion.17 Dec 2025HANSARD Oil Refining SectorIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I congratulate and thank my hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) on securing this timely…11 Dec 2025HANSARD Oil Refining SectorI absolutely will, so I will end on that point. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I find the what-aboutery from Government Members extraordinary. They seem to think…11 Dec 2025HANSARDUnemployment Levels2. What assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment.08 Dec 2025HANSARDUnemployment LevelsAs I am sure the Minister and the rest of the Front-Bench team know, we are seeing huge redundancies and mass unemployment within the oil and gas sector increasing every week.…08 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the Minister give way on that point?01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsNo, I do not agree, because that is factually untrue. Investment in green technologies, including carbon capture, EV charging point roll-outs, wind and solar, is being driven by…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsOne of the most incoherent, damaging and destructive decisions that the Government took last week was not to scrap the energy profits levy. The levy will destroy our oil and gas…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWell, in that case, the Minister will have heard exactly the things that I hear from it, so why has he not acted on them? I asked the company I met on Friday what it thought about…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the Secretary of State give way?01 Dec 2025HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsThe forecasts are meant to help the Government to decide what to do, but there was nothing in this forecast of oil and gas revenues, which explains why the energy profits levy was…01 Dec 2025