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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q How do you determine what should get priority and what should not? Beatrice Filkin: We have set out in our decision the way in which NESO should assess the queue. They will use…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q It will not be Ministers deciding what projects get priority and come forward; it will be Ofgem. Beatrice Filkin: We have made a decision about the way in which NESO now…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)I am a Hertfordshire county councillor until 1 May.24 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesWill the Minister give way?22 Apr 2025HANSARDBirmingham: Waste CollectionI refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Just eight weeks ago, during a Select Committee evidence session, the Minister told me that “there is…22 Apr 2025HANSARD“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court RulingIn 2022, as I was sitting at Wormley community centre telling for the local elections, a woman said to me, “I’ve just voted Conservative because you are the only party that knows…22 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I draw hon. Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, because I am a local…22 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesI want to make a point about solicitors’ practices and what information people get when they buy their properties. I think that a number of people go into these contracts under…22 Apr 2025HANSARDBanking Services16. What steps she is taking to help protect in-person banking.08 Apr 2025HANSARDBanking ServicesHow does the Minister plan to make it easier to establish banking hubs in communities that have lost all of their banks? I did have a meeting set up with the previous Minister,…08 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituents in Broxbourne rightly expect new schools and health facilities, particularly GP surgeries, to be in place before any new housing development. What action is the…07 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationWill the Minister give way?02 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationDoes my hon. Friend agree that, rather than making it easier for large-scale solar and onshore wind applications, the Government should be focusing on “fabric first” and…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationThe Minister talks about our energy security. What will increase our energy security is issuing new oil and gas licences so that we can have more home-grown energy. Why will the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Ms Hobhouse. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a local councillor.…26 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025The area is under Liberal Democrat control now, and they have gone for a massive council tax increase of 7.5%, even though when the Prime Minister launched his local election…26 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025I thank the Minister for his intervention. However, if the Government’s White Paper sets out their expectation for two-tier areas to reorganise, those two-tier areas do not have a…26 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025I fully agree with my hon. Friend.26 Mar 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels and Illegal Channel CrossingsSmall boat crossings are up 30% since the general election. The number of illegal asylum seekers in the asylum hotel in my constituency of Broxbourne is also up. Illegal asylum…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that building more of that infrastructure here in the United Kingdom would be good for British jobs and for our energy security, just as issuing new oil…25 Mar 2025