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HANSARDRare Earth MetalsWe are absolutely focused on critical minerals. I am delighted to say that we will publish a critical minerals strategy, which I personally commissioned and have a personal…12 Jul 2022HANSARDRare Earth MetalsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to focus on that necessity. The Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre was launched only last week and is looking at precisely the question that…12 Jul 2022HANSARDRare Earth MetalsI think the hon. Gentleman does the Government a disservice. Obviously Japan was focused on security of supply, given its immediate exposure to China. Where we have come in is in…12 Jul 2022HANSARDOnline Products: SafetyAs the hon. Lady will know, the Office for Product Safety and Standards leads a national programme of regulatory action to look at precisely those risks. In 2021, for example,…12 Jul 2022HANSARDOnline Products: SafetyI should be happy to meet my hon. Friend, who did excellent work at the Department for Education.12 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Price Cap: Living StandardsWe have talked about energy prices. We have an energy price cap, and we have it because it protects consumers from being exposed to the wild gyration of prices—and that is what it…12 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Price Cap: Living StandardsI made the point about the price cap because wholesale gas prices have gone up 20 times and the price cap is protecting vulnerable people who are eligible for it, just as some in…12 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Nuclear PowerMy hon. Friend will have noticed that we are fully committed to the nuclear power industry and, unlike the Opposition, we are looking to develop nuclear power because it is an…12 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Nuclear PowerMy hon. Friend will know that I asked the British Geological Survey to look at fracking, and we will be coming out with a statement on its findings shortly.12 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy Department remains relentlessly focused on energy security for the winter, and I have met many business groups, business people and energy suppliers over the last few days.…12 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security BillAs the world has emerged from the covid-19 pandemic, global demand for energy has risen significantly—this has been exacerbated by Putin’s malign invasion of Ukraine. As a result,…06 Jul 2022HANSARDIndustrial Action: Employment Agencies and Trade Union LiabilityGovernment will shortly lay before Parliament two statutory instruments: the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022, and the…27 Jun 2022HANSARDNational Security and Investment Annual Report 2022I am today laying before Parliament the first annual report under the National Security and Investment Act 2021. I will place copies in the Libraries of both Houses and the report…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think that we deserve and are all well placed and right to demand the highest standards in any profession across any position and in any institution.07 Jun 2022HANSARDEnergy Price CapThe Government are well aware of the difficulties households are facing, which is exactly why we have provided a further £15 billion of support, on top of the £22 billion…07 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to speak to the hon. Lady about the details of that fiscal change. The energy profits levy was announced by the Chancellor and the details will be worked out in…07 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member will know that issues relating to taxation are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. As far as the hon. Member’s windfall tax is…07 Jun 2022HANSARDEnergy Price CapAs I have said once and am sure I will repeat, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has dedicated £37 billion precisely to help people through what is a very…07 Jun 2022HANSARDEnergy Price CapThe hon. Lady will remember that throughout the covid period my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer supported businesses to the tune of something like £400 billion.…07 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am always very pleased to hear the hon. Gentleman’s contributions, given that he was born in my constituency—I am always pleased to see constituents doing extremely well in…07 Jun 2022