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HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests ResignationI am incredibly grateful to the Minister for confirming to the House that the letter of resignation does exist, because the Deputy Prime Minister, who is also, I understand, a…16 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford, and to contribute this afternoon. I echo a lot of the remarks of my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test from…15 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022On core group 2, the impact assessment suggests that, overall, the increase in the amount of money that will be spent on the policy will go up by about 6.7% over the period in…15 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022An alternative would be to pay for a scheme of this kind through progressive taxation, spreading the burden more fairly towards those who can afford to pay. In the Government’s…15 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022The Minister makes a reasonable point, as ever, but his civil servants could work up such a proposal for him. However, what was the reason for the policy choice he made to cover…15 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022Before the Minister moves on, can I pick up on what he just said about disabled customers? In the explanatory notes, the Government say that fewer households in which a person is…15 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022I think that is slightly unfair of the Minister. I am only quoting the figure that was in the Government’s own White Paper and is at the beginning of their impact assessment and…15 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his motives. I hope he achieves his objective, but I am not sure whether I will get that extra minute. In the imaginary…14 Jun 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCan the Leader of the House enlighten us as to what the motion is likely to say? I presume that, as a responsible Government, they will say that there are two sides to every…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationThe hon. Gentleman says that Channel 4 is proposing this, but that proposal was a direct response to a request from the Secretary of State to propose alternative sources of…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI endorse what the Father of the House just said. That is not to say that I do not have sympathy with Ministers. I was a Minister in the last Labour Government and I understand…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I was quoting, in an imagined scenario, the permanent secretary. I was not referring to you, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is a creative debate…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI know that satire and irony does not translate very well into Hansard , Madam Deputy Speaker. Perhaps it could be put into italics, so that everybody can realise.14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI have a feeling that that might not be in order, Madam Deputy Speaker.14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationOn the point about intellectual property, is it not interesting that the people behind some of the most successful productions in recent years, such as Michaela Coel, have refused…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Channel 4 PrivatisationI agree with the Minister on prominence, and in fact the Government should have acted sooner, as I called for them to do several years ago. She talks about kicking the can down…14 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have a debate on consumer rights? I have been written to by one of my constituents who you, Mr Speaker, and other Members will know well. Her name is Ann Clwyd and she used…09 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: First Treasury CounselPenblwydd hapus—happy birthday, Mr Speaker. Did the Minister see the report in the Financial Times this week on the impact of the protocol? It showed that Northern Ireland, which…09 Jun 2022HANSARD UK Songwriters and ComposersI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my membership of the Musicians’ Union and the Ivors Academy. I also take this…18 May 2022HANSARD UK Songwriters and ComposersI know that the hon. Gentleman is quite a keen musician himself. I agree that music is incredibly important in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—all the countries of…18 May 2022