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HANSARD Carbon Emission ChargesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson, and to follow the speech made by the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell), the contents…01 Nov 2021HANSARD Carbon Emission ChargesMy understanding is that it is not the price of the product that will go down, because France is already installing 400,000 heat pumps, so there is volume in product.…01 Nov 2021HANSARD Carbon Emission ChargesI want to make it absolutely clear that I am not a protectionist. If a CBAM is to be successful, it is important that we ban the P-word. The tariff has to be applied at exactly…01 Nov 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Twelfth sitting)I have to say that I have become a bit of a convert to citizens’ assemblies on complex issues such as climate change. We sit in the greatest citizens’ assembly, but is there not a…26 Oct 2021HANSARDRegeneration in Towns and Cities23. What steps his Department is taking to support regeneration in towns and cities.25 Oct 2021HANSARDRegeneration in Towns and CitiesLevelling up has sometimes been mis-described as a transfer of resources from the south to the north, but is it not a better analysis to say that it spreads the opportunities…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillWe have heard in the debate, from right across the House, that the Bill is aimed at bad employers and at removing this as a negotiation tactic. The problem with the Bill, however,…22 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Tenth sitting)We are all talking about the Speaker’s committee and we have heard from the Minister that the Speaker himself has the power to appoint up to five members from the Back Benches,…21 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Tenth sitting)It is an absolute pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme. I associate myself with all his comments. However, this is, with respect, actually a wider…21 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Tenth sitting)I was aware of that. I am grateful for that intervention. It highlights the dangers that we tread when we have the Electoral Commission entering into a more politicised role.…21 Oct 2021HANSARDNew HospitalsThis seems to be the crumbling hospital corner of the House, as we have already heard from my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) about his concerns. In Norfolk,…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Seventh sitting)Does my hon. Friend recall the reasons Lord Pickles gave in his 2016 report in favour of this measure? He said, first, that it “would provide an opportunity for up-to-date…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Eighth sitting)Perhaps the Minister will be interested to learn that one of the pilots for new equipment for people with disabilities—particularly the blind—was undertaken in my constituency. I…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew Hospitals12. What steps his Department is taking to build new hospitals.19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Eighth sitting)Will the Minister give way?19 Oct 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful for the second opportunity to address this. We heard from Mr Mawrey QC, who is also an election judge. In his judgment in the Birmingham cases, which I referred to…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Lady made a number of bold assertions about those who do not have voter ID. I simply ask her: where is the evidence to support them? The research supports the…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)If the financial information from Northern Ireland had been the other way around, would the argument not also have been reversed? In other words, are we not really worried about…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Sixth sitting)It is an interesting suggestion to use GP surgeries in that way. Has there been any consultation with the General Medical Council on the views of general practitioners about their…22 Sept 2021HANSARDElections Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He may recall that I questioned the witness on that, and he agreed that the evidence from 8,500 respondents to the IFF review…22 Sept 2021