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HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnMy right hon. Friend will know that in the United Kingdom we have an extremely diverse range of buildings and dwellings, which means that a one-size-fits-all policy just does not…18 May 2021HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnI am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has brought that question up. He will know that I speak regularly to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and…18 May 2021HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnI am not sure which is coming first—St Ives or Falmouth—but I am sure that arrangements can be made for such a visit.18 May 2021HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnThe accusation that BEIS somehow did not pay people who worked on the scheme is a very serious one and I need to investigate it. I do not think that was the case but, as I said, I…18 May 2021HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnMy hon. Friend will realise that sensitive discussions are being held all the time, but I refer him back to my answer to the previous question. The third point of the Prime…18 May 2021HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnI do not think it is. The hon. Lady will remember that the third of the Prime Minister’s 10 points was expressly committed to nuclear power. I was very pleased, as Energy…18 May 2021HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnI fully appreciate my hon. Friend’s points. He and I stood on a manifesto in 2019 that expressly committed us to spending £9.2 billion over 10 years on exactly the kinds of…18 May 2021HANSARDBetter Jobs and a Fair Deal at WorkI am not going to take any interventions. All I hear from the Opposition is scoffing, mocking and abuse. The truth is that across innovation with the vaccine roll-out, across net…12 May 2021HANSARDBetter Jobs and a Fair Deal at WorkI was struck by the speech from the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband). He said at one point that the Government had not changed; in fact, the one thing that…12 May 2021HANSARDContingency Liability Notification: Baglan Operations Limited and Baglan Group CompaniesI am tabling this statement for the benefit of hon. and right hon. Members to bring their attention to the details of a contingent liability following the provision of an…20 Apr 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe hon. Lady will know from our bilateral conversations that I am very committed, as Secretary of State, to the future of this sector. I am always happy to meet representatives,…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI admire and am always impressed by the right hon. Gentleman’s passion for these issues, and I think he is absolutely right. We do have a need for huge amounts of steel in…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalMy hon. Friend raises very serious questions about the business model, which I am not prepared to go into now. What I will say is that, in the first two months of my tenure as…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. My understanding is that the Scottish Government are very exposed to Greensill’s financial engineering—let me put it that way—and…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is crucial that we work across Government to look at procurement and the strategic interests of this country in having a strong steel…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe hon. Lady will know, as I have said at the Dispatch Box today, that we have a taskforce in BEIS chaired by my noble Friend Lord Grimstone. This is absolutely something that we…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalMy right hon. Friend will know that the steel industry in particular is subject to fairly stringent World Trade Organisation rules. She will also know, given the publication of…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe hon. Lady will appreciate that, as part of the offshore wind sector deal, we have explicitly said that 60% of the supply chain should be UK-sourced, and clearly steel is a big…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalI pay tribute to my hon. Friend—another Conservative who won a so-called red wall seat. He has done a fantastic job in representing his constituency, particularly on this critical…25 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Steel Production: Greensill CapitalThe hon. Gentleman will know, but I say in the interests of transparency, that one of my first meetings when I was appointed Secretary of State was with the head of Tata Steel. He…25 Mar 2021