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HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresLast month, I asked the Prime Minister about a constituent with dementia who waited three hours for an ambulance and then spent 10 hours in the back of the ambulance in the car…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportThe Christmas period should be a boom time for hospitality companies; sadly, in Bristol we saw quite a number go under, and energy bills were a huge reason for that. The Newtown…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportBrewery.09 Jan 2023HANSARDWest Midlands EconomyWhen my constituent who has dementia was taken ill recently, it took three hours for an ambulance to arrive. He then spent 10 hours in the back of an ambulance outside A&E…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Called-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaIn recent weeks, we have had the Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change almost literally gaslighting the public by claiming that fracking and the new oil and gas…08 Dec 2022HANSARDMarine Renewables: Government SupportAs always, it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing the debate. We have had…07 Dec 2022HANSARDMarine Renewables: Government SupportThe hon. Gentleman answered his own question earlier by flagging up the investment allowances attached to the windfall tax that are being given to the fossil fuel companies. That…07 Dec 2022HANSARDMarine Renewables: Government SupportI am conscious of the fact that the Chair said I have only 10 minutes. I am already nine minutes in, so I think I need to crack on. I want to hear what the Minister has to say…07 Dec 2022HANSARDGreening the Financial SystemIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Bone. I see that the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is on her feet in the main Chamber, so we may be interrupted, but let us see…30 Nov 2022HANSARDGreening the Financial SystemYes, and if the Government had kept that home insulation programme, they would now be having to spend a lot less money on bringing down energy bills, because people would be…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Prison CapacityWay too many people who are seriously mentally unwell are still being held in prison. I know that Government guidance is that they should be moved to secure hospitals when they…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Energy Bills Support Scheme: Northern IrelandI congratulate the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) on being granted this urgent question. I will put on record some statistics from the Northern Ireland Consumer…30 Nov 2022HANSARDParental Imprisonment11. If he will take steps with prisons to estimate the number of children affected by parental imprisonment.22 Nov 2022HANSARDParental ImprisonmentI thank the Minister for that response. I have previously had meetings with former Justice Ministers, Children’s Ministers and so on. We absolutely need this data because we think…22 Nov 2022HANSARDLocal Service DeliveryI invite the Minister to come to Bristol to sit down and talk to the council about what it has done over the years to try to ensure it can deliver services. We now face an £87.6…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI start by echoing something said a moment ago by my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth) about the pressure on council finances, starting with the fact that the…21 Nov 2022HANSARDNatural EnglandYesterday I met the chair of Natural England, which is doing excellent work. Will the Minister say a bit more about what she sees as Natural England’s role in nature-based…17 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Under the previous Prime Minister, it was reported that the best and most versatile land would be re-categorised to include category 3b, with a view to blocking development,…17 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Paisley, and to see the Minister. I do not think we have gone head to head across the Chamber before. It is a little disappointing…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentExactly. Because it is not clear why the last Prime Minister felt obliged to lift the ban on fracking, despite all the arguments against it, we will always have that scintilla of…15 Nov 2022