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HANSARD Internationally Recruited Health and Social Care Staff: Employment PracticesI beg to move, That this House has considered employment practices for internationally recruited health and social care staff. I am very pleased to introduce this very important…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Internationally Recruited Health and Social Care Staff: Employment PracticesWe have had a wide-ranging and generally quite even-tempered discussion, although people have occasionally strayed into the political stuff. The point of these debates is to have…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetI would be happy to do so.06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetI warn other Members that I will have to make progress, but I am happy to take this intervention.06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetI beg to move, That this House has considered Government policy on reaching Net Zero by 2050. It is always good to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. This is the second time…06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetAs the hon. Lady well knows, she and I have very different views on this. I think that the Government have to carry the population with them, and it was interesting to hear what…06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetI commend the hon. Gentleman for making that point, because he knows better than anybody how important Northern Ireland is to the transition. There are some great hydrogen…06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetOf course, that would have been at great cost, and it would have been brought forward. I do not know what the effect of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or the sudden spike in gas…06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetMy hon. Friend will remember my three years as a Minister in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. I was always a passionate advocate for nuclear, because…06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetOf course, the hon. Member is quite right that I, with the then Chancellor, suppressed the industrial strategy, but what we have done— [ Interruption. ] Thank you very much—I…06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetJust to clarify, is Labour opposing the hydrogen levy on bills, or its removal?06 Jun 2023HANSARD Net Zero: 2050 TargetI am sure that the Secretary of State does not need my encouragement, or otherwise, to come to the right decision.06 Jun 2023HANSARD Sudden Unexplained Death in ChildhoodI am delighted that my hon. Friend has made that contribution. I must press on to the end of my remarks and look forward to what other hon. Members have to say on this sensitive,…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Sudden Unexplained Death in ChildhoodI beg to move, That this House has considered sudden unexplained death in childhood. It is a great honour for me to give my first speech as a Back Bencher in about six years on…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Sudden Unexplained Death in ChildhoodI am very pleased to join the hon. Lady in raising the profile of the condition. This category of death has never really gathered the attention it deserves. As far as I know, this…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Sudden Unexplained Death in ChildhoodThank you, Mr Twigg. We have heard some fabulous and heartfelt speeches from across the House. In many years in Parliament, both on the Front Bench and on the Back Benches, I have…17 Jan 2023HANSARDUpdate on Recent Bank of England Asset PurchasesThe Bank of England decided to carry out temporary purchases of long-dated UK Government bonds (gilts) from 28 September through the asset purchase facility (APF) on whatever…12 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsAbsolutely right. Of course, we have also supported Catling Bakery which my hon. Friend mentions through an energy package—£60 billion for households and businesses for six…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsMy hon. Friend will know that the growth plan really was a very strong package for business and for small and medium-sized enterprises, and I am sure that many of his constituents…11 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for SMEsI am very pleased to tell my hon. Friend that we are going to introduce the medium-term fiscal plan in three weeks’ time, but let us consider the measures that we have already…11 Oct 2022