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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Mercure hotel in Stanwell in my constituency is used to house asylum seekers, and I have had multiple reports of asylum seekers there working illegally. Will the Department…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesBefore the general election, the Chancellor said that this would be the most pro-business Government ever. She spoke recently at The Times CEO summit. Before she was introduced to…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSecure 16 to 19 Academies BillIt is a please to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Cramlington and Killingworth on bringing forward this Bill. I have only one…02 Jul 2025HANSARDDefence Sector ExportsAmetek, a defence manufacturer in my constituency, has reported to me that the process of getting a defence export licence has almost ground to a halt in the past 12 months. Could…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI do not know if the Leader of the House is aware that if we installed just 15% of floating solar panels on the man-made reservoirs in this country, we would double the installed…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI wonder whether the taskforce has engaged with the company that runs the Queen Elizabeth solar farm; it is called Bluefield—very clever name; very clever company. It wrote to the…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI just point out to the Minister that she could save herself a vast amount of political pain, because, apart from a few swans that I saw, a couple of seagulls and one man from the…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI thank my hon. Friend for that. The installed base of every single solar panel in the United Kingdom is producing 17 GW. If we were to cover 15% of man-made reservoirs in this…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsOn Tuesday, I visited the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir, which is a closed site owned by Thames Water. I am not aware that there were any fish there, but there was certainly bird…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsWe have gone from Cooper to Hooper! I am delighted to follow my right hon. and gallant Friend’s endorsement, and wish everyone there the opportunity to get to the polls today to…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsMy hon. Friend makes a fantastic point. The Queen Mary reservoir in my constituency has a plug-in point to the national grid at one end of it. The ability to minimise the…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsThe hon. Member, with whom I serve on the Defence Committee, makes a very important point about future-proofing the United Kingdom’s water supply from increased temperatures. In…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI am grateful to my hon. and gallant Friend for joining this merry band of evangelists for floating solar, and for seeking to get in on the ground floor with the inclusion of the…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI do, indeed. I was not 100% sure which Minister would respond to this debate, so I have had only the briefest of moments to look at the lake in Burgess park in the Minister’s…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI completely agree with my hon. Friend. I hope we are going to give hope across the House and therefore across the country that this alternative solution to putting solar panels…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsMy hon. Friend pre-empts one of the many benefits of floating solar that I will highlight to the House. He remembers his physics highers well, because the placing of floating…26 Jun 2025HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsThe former Prime Minister has just welcomed the US military action against Iran at the weekend. Why cannot the Prime Minister bring himself to welcome it, too?26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI am delighted to see the House so full for this Adjournment debate. I want hon. Members who are staying to remember who was here. Indeed, people in the Public Gallery might wish…26 Jun 2025HANSARDDriving Test BacklogThe post-covid backlog in driving tests was trending down under the last Government. At the time of the general election, it had got to 521,000, which was still too high, but it…26 Jun 2025HANSARDDriving Test Backlog11. What steps she is taking to reduce the backlog for driving tests.26 Jun 2025