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HANSARDBus Services: England1. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of bus service levels in England.21 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Rebates: Highlands and IslandsIt is a pleasure, as always, to see you in the Chair, Mr Paisley. I thank the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry) for bringing forward this…06 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Rebates: Highlands and IslandsI was, but I just wanted to get my bit in first, otherwise I would have lost track.06 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Rebates: Highlands and IslandsSorry, I will just finish what I was saying. And we are calling for an extension of the sunset clause to 2029, which would raise billions of pounds for the green transition,…06 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Rebates: Highlands and IslandsWe have been calling for a windfall tax for quite some time. We have also been challenging the generosity of the investment allowance that goes to oil and gas companies, which I…06 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Rebates: Highlands and IslandsThis week, I met some academics who are doing some research into debt levels. As I understand it, the average is about £1,000 per household, but I do not know the extent to which…06 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Rebates: Highlands and IslandsI would say that we do need to look at this in the round. Hopefully, the Minister will enlighten us a bit more, but Ofgem did a call for input on standing charges, which I think…06 Mar 2024HANSARDEnergy Rebates: Highlands and IslandsTo do justice to the issues that hon. Members are raising, I will not go down the path of having an argument about the windfall tax, because we want to focus specifically on fuel…06 Mar 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: RecommendationsITV is now set to produce a drama about the contaminated blood scandal, following the success of “Mr Bates vs The Post Office”. As we know, thousands of people have been affected…29 Feb 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Recommendations3. What progress he has made on considering the recommendations of the second interim report of the infected blood inquiry.29 Feb 2024HANSARDFuel PovertyA year ago, the then Energy Secretary said that if suppliers had wrongly installed prepayment meters in any home, they would have to recompense their customers for the way they…27 Feb 2024HANSARDFuel PovertyI asked the Minister three questions but did not get an answer to any of them. Perhaps she can put the figures in the House of Commons Library, because she clearly does not have a…27 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. In Bristol, we have sadly seen a number of young people killed by knife crime in the last few weeks. We have a Conservative police and crime commissioner, but unlike the…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Maria. As the Minister has said, this delegated legislation brings the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s pensions into line with…20 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024Did the Minister address the point about the £200 million savings or did I miss that?20 Feb 2024HANSARDAnimal TestingI have always thought that one of the problems—as a former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, perhaps the right hon. Gentleman will have insight into…19 Feb 2024HANSARDDeath of Alexei NavalnyI strongly support what Members have said about the Minister needing to come back in, say, a week’s time to tell us more about what action can be taken. The Minister spoke about…19 Feb 2024HANSARDBenefit Claims Process: Cancer Patients15. If he will take steps to simplify the benefits claims process for cancer patients.05 Feb 2024HANSARDBenefit Claims Process: Cancer PatientsI thank the Minister for her response, but those changes cannot come too soon for my constituent Emily, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in November, is too ill to work, and…05 Feb 2024HANSARD High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) BillThe hon. Gentleman is making an excellent and very thorough speech. Does he share my concern that the whole concept of 15-minute cities has now been caught up in ridiculous…26 Jan 2024