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HANSARDFuel Poverty: EnglandI certainly do. One of things we can do here on the mainland is look at the issue of poor insulation and heating systems that need updating. I know the Minister will look at that…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for the Scotch Whisky IndustryI thank the hon. Member for securing this debate. He is right to highlight the importance of Scotch whisky in his constituency. In my constituency, the Hinch distillery is…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for PensionersYes, it is disappointing, and I cannot ignore that fact. I always like to think that good people come together, reach out and try to address those issues, but the hon. Gentleman…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Support for PensionersThe right hon. Gentleman was doing so well that I felt like leaving him in full flow. He is absolutely right that we need to focus on that issue. I was successful with that lady’s…12 Feb 2025HANSARDPrevent: Learning ReviewI thank the Minister very much for his words. None of us who were privileged to know Sir David Amess are not mindful of both his goodness and his faith—he and I shared the same…12 Feb 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestThe sharpened tension in Northern Ireland is palpable after the ruling. The day after the shooting, the Provisional IRA issued a statement boasting that the men were in the East…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Youth Provision: Universal and Targeted SupportI commend the hon. Lady for bringing this issue forward for a debate. It is obvious that if she had applied for a 90-minute debate, or even a three-hour debate, she would have got…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Regulation of the Bailiff SectorI commend the hon. Gentleman for securing a debate on this critical issue. There has been a rise in television programming showing people at their lowest being evicted or having…11 Feb 2025HANSARDCost of EnergyIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I thank the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for leading the debate. She has been assiduous, enthusiastic and…11 Feb 2025HANSARD US Global Public Health PolicyI thank the Minister for her comprehensive response to the hon. Member for Winchester (Dr Chambers), who set the scene very well. In my constituency of Strangford, I think of the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. There are 153,000 people in the United Kingdom living with Parkinson’s, and one in 137 will be diagnosed during their lifetimes. There are 18,000 new cases every year, 4,200…11 Feb 2025HANSARDCost of EnergyI thank the hon. Member for that intervention. The Minister has been listening, and I know that he does listen. The hon. Member has outlined a specific issue that is incredibly…11 Feb 2025HANSARDAntenatal Care: Vasa Praevia ScreeningThere is clearly a need to consider vasa praevia as part of antenatal care. The hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Connor Naismith) set the scene very well and the Minister…11 Feb 2025HANSARD Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Travel AdviceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. I am not sure if this is the first time that you have chaired Westminster Hall, but if it is, I wish you well. I am…11 Feb 2025HANSARD US Steel Import TariffsI thank the Minister very much for his answers. The time is coming, and I hope we will have better news for the future. President Trump has been very clear that he wishes to work…11 Feb 2025HANSARD US Global Public Health PolicyI commend the hon. Gentleman for securing this debate. I cannot imagine that any Member on either side of this Chamber will not be concerned about the prospect that we face, but…11 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsI commend the shadow Minister. He is speaking exceptionally well and encapsulating the opinion of almost everyone in this Chamber. I thank him for that. In my contribution, I…10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsI should explain that if a Member wants to speak in this debate, they have to be sitting in the hemicycle. That is why I am sitting next to the Minister: because it was the only…10 Feb 2025HANSARDArmed Forces RecruitmentFurther to the points made by right hon. and hon. Members, if we are going to have recruitment, we need to have protection. If we are to have protection, we must ensure that the…10 Feb 2025HANSARD Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI kindly say to the hon. Gentleman—he will know that that is my form when I ask questions—that there is a serious problem with the border between Northern Ireland and the…10 Feb 2025