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HANSARDScottish Economy6. What recent steps his Department has taken to help support the Scottish economy.13 Sept 2023HANSARDPlastic Packaging TaxA proactive approach to a circular economy could create hundreds of thousands of jobs and cut our consumption emissions. What circular taxation measures is the Treasury looking at…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNutrient Neutrality: Levelling-up and Regeneration BillDoes the Minister accept that the proposed investment in the Natural England nutrient mitigation scheme covers only 15% of the total mitigation requirement to 2030? Where will the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDUnsuccessful Benefit Decisions Overturned on AppealThe Minister is being very selective in his use of statistics. The most recent tribunal stats show that an increasing number of cases, the vast majority, are being…04 Sept 2023HANSARDDisability Benefits: AssessmentsRecently, I did a Zoom surgery with a constituent who is in receipt of benefits, and she said that what would help her most would be having extra hours of childcare and being able…04 Sept 2023HANSARDDisability Benefits: AssessmentsThat would be particularly useful for people who have fluctuating conditions that may vary from day to day or manifest differently—somebody with ME, for example, can have very…04 Sept 2023HANSARDUnsuccessful Benefit Decisions Overturned on Appeal17. What estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of unsuccessful benefit decisions that were overturned on appeal in the last 12 months.04 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. I say at the outset that we will not oppose the Government in bringing forward the amendments, but I am going to speak for…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. The buses Minister assured me a couple of months ago that he was prepared to work with the West of England Combined Authority to ensure “maximum flexibility” in how bus…13 Jul 2023HANSARD NATO SummitI say, as a Bristol MP, that we are incredibly proud of Ernie Bevin. He was orphaned at eight, started work on the Bristol docks at the age of 11 and went on to become British…13 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksThat is certainly the case, which is why we want to see this done at scale. As I think has already been said, the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management has…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship as always, Sir Edward. I congratulate Hannah on bringing this petition forward, and I thank the hon. Member for Stockton South…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksIt certainly does. I was going to mention Hertford and Halesworth, and now I can say Hampshire too. Cambridge also has a group. I pay particular tribute to Save Wolverton’s Swifts…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksAs has already been said, only a small number of local authorities—Exeter, Hackney, Islington and Brighton and Hove—have taken the step of requiring bricks. I am working on…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksDoes the Minister not accept that nature recovery strategies are aimed at birds that would nest in trees, hedgerows and so on, which is not relevant to the swift debate, because…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksThe problem is that that review is absolutely massive—it covers a huge range of things. The reason we are having the debate today is to try to flag that this issue needs a very…10 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy and Trade Intensive IndustriesThe Committee on Climate Change said last week that “the Government has high ambitions for decarbonisation but no policy to deliver it”. We have been slow to react to the US…04 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy and Trade Intensive IndustriesThe director general of UK Steel said this week: “There are huge question marks over if government really wants to sustain steel, the backbone of British manufacturing, or just…04 Jul 2023HANSARDRoad Fuel PricesPeople across Britain are facing the highest mortgage costs in Europe, the highest inflation among advanced economies, and the highest tax burden in 70 years. They are paying the…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Migration and Economic Development PartnershipLet us be clear: we all want to see an end to the small boat crossings, and it is wrong of the Home Secretary to try to mischaracterise the Labour position on that front. But the…29 Jun 2023