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HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s comments, and she makes an important point. I am not in a position right now to talk about any future consultation. I know that this is an area…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his characteristically incisive intervention. My answer is that we continue to look at all the different elements of how we can structure…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsI would be delighted.21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsThe principle is that while we recognise that the world of work changes—the hon. Member for York Central highlighted the moving parts around the Taylor review and other things…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsAllow me one more moment and then I will happily give way. I hope that I have been able to articulate that, although a number of people in this place will remain at odds with it,…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsI am grateful for the request for clarification, because my point was about the general parliamentary process and the general opportunity for people to continue to campaign, to…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsIf I can just say a couple more sentences, I will be happy to do so. I just want to draw towards a conclusion, before giving way to the hon. Lady. We recognise that this is an…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsI am very happy to give a commitment that I will meet the Children’s Minister and pass back the strength of feeling in the Chamber today. I hope the hon. Lady recognises the…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsI apologise for saying “you”.21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsI am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the debate and for the contributions of my hon. Friends the Members for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn), for…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for New Adoptive ParentsI am grateful to you for pulling me up on that, Ms Ghani. Moving on to the substantive point, as hon. Members will note, the Government have responded to the petition. It is on…21 Mar 2022HANSARDIndustrial Development Act 1982: Covid-19I am tabling this statement for the benefit of hon. Members, to bring to their attention spend under the Industrial Development Act 1982. In addition to the obligation to report…07 Mar 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorI am very grateful to my hon. Friend and will be delighted to attend if I can.22 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorMy hon. Friend highlights the amount of opportunities that are coming to constituencies such as his in Staffordshire. I would be delighted to meet him to talk more about them.22 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorThe Government support growth by offering the automotive sector certainty, by making clear statements about our intentions regarding petrol and diesel vehicles and by supporting…22 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorI pay huge tribute to my hon. Friend for all the work he has done on Britishvolt, as a passionate advocate for his constituency. This will bring new skills, jobs and opportunities…22 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorI am not sure that Members on these Benches will take any lessons from a Labour party that decimated manufacturing between 1997 and 2010. Before the pandemic in 2019, we had seen…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxI am very glad that the hon. Gentleman raises that point. I am not sure whether he was present at the end of the last debate, but it was made clear from this Dispatch Box that…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxI will make progress. The Labour party’s position is to immediately and artificially retard the amount of oil and gas that we produce domestically through penalty taxation, not…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall TaxI will come to that in a moment, just as I will come to the sedentary exhortations from the right hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry).01 Feb 2022