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HANSARDThe Growth PlanI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his statement and his new position. He knows that to increase output he needs capacity in the labour market, which is extremely tight, so he…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI warmly welcome my constituency neighbour to her new dual role. I am grateful for her statement and, in particular, her commitment to work closely with the independent sector.…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenIt is an honour to be called to speak on this sombre day. On behalf of the people of South Suffolk, I send my condolences to the royal family and His Majesty King Charles III.…09 Sept 2022HANSARD Employee Share Ownership SchemesOn that point, what the right hon. Member for Knowsley (Sir George Howarth) said is very compelling, because the labour market has changed and there is more churn. I was persuaded…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employee Share Ownership SchemesI have long cared about employee share ownership schemes. I recently had the privilege that the company that I set up before I became an MP awarded shares to staff that it has had…06 Sept 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaI appreciate what my right hon. Friend is saying—he is being very clear with us—but does he appreciate that what we learned from National Grid yesterday is that it will, over the…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaNGET could commission an independent expert under its contract.19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaTo clarify, we are not saying that options with, for example, a higher theoretical up-front capital cost are necessarily more expensive over the long term. The key issue is the…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaThere is another email about the reasoning for the eastern link, and another reason was given was about the speed of delivery of an offshore link against the speed of building…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaOn a point of information, as it were, the sea link that I am talking about, which my hon. Friend said cannot go ahead under policy, is approved. National Grid will be going ahead…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaMy hon. Friend is perfectly reasonable and has great passion about offshore wind, as we all do. He is perfectly entitled to make those points, but this is not a parallel universe.…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaMy hon. Friend is making an excellent, highly technical and very important speech. Is it not true that in our recent discussions with Ofgem, National Grid and others that…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaMy hon. Friend makes a fantastic point: we are not being treated fairly. We possibly got some explanation about that at the meeting that we held yesterday with National Grid,…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Did we not learn yesterday that the reason National Grid had not published those detailed figures and analysis is because it did not…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I join others in passing my condolences to my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard…19 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill), the fact is that National Grid is committing to 800 miles of undersea cabling to protect…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSexual Offences: Delays to TrialsThe Government are committed to supporting the recovery of the courts for all court users, including those who face delays in accessing justice in serious sex cases. Of course,…05 Jul 2022HANSARDDuty Solicitors: EnglandThe Legal Aid Agency keeps market capacity, including the number of duty solicitors on each local duty scheme, under constant review, to ensure that there is adequate provision of…05 Jul 2022HANSARDDuty Solicitors: EnglandThe hon. Lady says that she stands in solidarity with the striking barristers. I remind her that back in February, before the publication of our response to the independent review…05 Jul 2022HANSARDDuty Solicitors: EnglandWe all want to see thriving duty rotas in our police stations, and it is incredibly important that we support funding for criminal legal aid for the police station scheme. That is…05 Jul 2022