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HANSARD Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022
Energy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022
Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022
Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022
Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement and Miscellaneous Amendments 2022 I understand the point made by my right hon. and learned Friend and I agree with him. However, anything that goes to court, as he will know because he has made a profession of it,…21 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic StabilityAs I understand it, the Chancellor is basing his fiscal strategy on Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts, but does he agree that the only thing we know for certain about…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House has revealed that the autumn statement on 17 November will be exactly that, a statement. That will possibly give the House only an hour and a half of…03 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI join my right hon. Friend the Member for Vale of Glamorgan (Alun Cairns) in celebrating the opening up of the American market to UK lamb, not least as much of the lamb…03 Nov 2022HANSARDBBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in ProvisionI share the alarm expressed across the House and by the Minister at this move. I represent a part of Hampshire that often finds it hard to identify itself in the BBC schedules,…01 Nov 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresI welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. Importantly, she says that everybody who arrives illegally undergoes essential security checks before they are released. Can she confirm…31 Oct 2022HANSARDStudents: Cost of LivingI know that the rate of interest on student loans is a matter of great interest to my right hon. Friend and his constituents. The switch from maintenance grants to loans that are…24 Oct 2022HANSARDStudents: Cost of LivingAs I outlined previously, £261 million is available in this academic year to support disadvantaged students who need additional help. We have been working closely with the Office…24 Oct 2022HANSARDEducational Underachievement of Black ChildrenWe are focused on raising educational standards for all pupils, irrespective of their ethnicity.24 Oct 2022HANSARDStudents: Cost of LivingI am afraid that I have not yet seen the report, but I will ask my team to dig it out and give it a look over. If the hon. Lady has specific issues that she wants to raise, I will…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is absolutely the right of parents to decide to educate their children at home should they so wish, but as a society we have a duty to make sure they get exactly the kind of…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can confirm that work is well under way on exactly that.24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Member would expect, we are in constant conversation with not just the DWP but the Treasury about the impact of the global fight against inflation that so many…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is quite right that the childcare system—not through anything other than an accident of increasing numbers of ministerial initiatives—has become complicated to the…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, as I am sure you will have heard from other Ministers, we recognise that science and technology is critical to our future economy, and much of that originates from…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs a rural Member myself, I am very alarmed to hear my hon. Friend’s stories. She is right that we should be encouraging schools to educate children about where food comes from,…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said earlier, we recognise that schools are under significant pressure, as is most of society, and we must work together to try to get through it in good shape. We will…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady will know, we already have breakfast clubs in a number of schools across the country, which are targeted at where they are most needed. Our approach to such…24 Oct 2022HANSARDRising Costs: Support for SchoolsNotwithstanding the significant increase in the schools budget last year, we are monitoring the impact of those global inflationary forces on schools across the whole country. We…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis week we are celebrating National Care Leavers Week. As we celebrate the many success stories, we must also keep working to identify and stamp out any and all abuse. I was…24 Oct 2022