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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Billrose—13 Jul 2022HANSARD Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of WestminsterDo we not also need some common sense and realism? Surely the priority is to do those works that are essential to the safety of the building and its occupants. We have to…12 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyWhat back-up would we need if we became even more dependent on wind? There are days when the wind does not blow and then we get no wind power.05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyPerhaps the hon. Lady will answer what the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mick Whitley) did not: what would the back-up arrangements be? We have had quite a number of days this…05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyThe hon. Gentleman completely misrepresents my views. I was an adviser to the new electricity-generating system at the time of privatisation, when we encouraged and designed a…05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyI welcome any measure to buttress our energy security. Ministers are right to be alert to the difficulties we face. I am concerned about this decade. Once again in this debate, we…05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyI am afraid that the hon. Lady, and other Members who have made similar contributions, do not understand that I am dealing with the problem of intermittency. In order for all the…05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyOnce again, the hon. Lady is in denial. She will not answer the intermittency problem. Does she ever look at the hourly and daily statistics on the grid to see, quite often, how…05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyThe hon. Gentleman says that they have been trialled. Why are they not there, then? Why can I not turn on my hydrogen tap now? There are all sorts of commercial issues and issues…05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyBut that is happening. We already have one of the most over-managed systems because successive Governments have put in all sorts of subsidies, tax breaks, interventions, price…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsWestern purchases of Russian energy are paying for Putin’s war. Will my right hon. Friend redouble his efforts to ensure that we invest in more production and output of oil, gas…04 Jul 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesWhen I asked representatives of the Health Department how many chief executives there were in NHS England, they said that they did not know. Has my right hon. Friend had any more…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesDoes the right hon. Member agree with me that if you wish to improve service you do not go on strike and if you wish to pay for higher wages you do not go on strike? Will he give…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI congratulate the Foreign Secretary on her very patient and good diplomacy. Will she confirm that this very moderate measure is completely legal and essential to the peace and…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillHas my right hon. Friend noticed how Labour always takes the side of the EU, even when, as in this case, the EU is damaging the Good Friday agreement and diverting trade expressly…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe protocol makes very clear the primacy of the Good Friday agreement for peace in Northern Ireland and says that the EU will respect our internal market. The EU is doing…27 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsThis Parliament is the main guarantor of our rights and liberties; it created them in battles over many centuries for the benefit of us all. Would not this great role be…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawI thank my right hon. Friend for all that he is doing to advance UK prosperity and growth, including this Bill. The common fisheries policy sunk many of our fishing boats. Can we…22 Jun 2022