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HANSARD Health and Care BillI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for what he did as Secretary of State to stress the importance of this crucial work, and he is not on his own: I support him.22 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalWhat action is the Home Office taking in its area of competence to review all the policies that could have a bearing on this and similar attacks? We would like reassurance that…16 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillWe all want to clean up the rivers. Could the hon. Gentleman give some idea of the timetable and cost that he thinks would be appropriate?08 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillDoes that not mean much more nuclear is needed if it is the preferred means of backing up wind? The new nuclear the Minister is talking about will not even replace the nuclear…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillThe shadow Minister is very thoughtful on these matters. How much standby capacity does he think we need to back up the wind and solar that will be the majority of our generation…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that we need to be very careful about believing any of these forecasts from the OBR and the Bank of England? They said that inflation would be down…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI have declared my business interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Growth is the way that we need to proceed. Growth is the way to get us over the damage done…27 Oct 2021HANSARDBudget: Pre-announcement of ProvisionsThis is not the first Government who have wanted more than one day’s news out of a Budget, but the right way to do it is for all Ministers to observe complete Budget secrecy, for…26 Oct 2021HANSARDNHS England Funding: Announcement to MediaMr Speaker, you spoke for many of us in the guidance you gave the Government. I trust that they will follow it. Given that in the last two years very large sums of money have been…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillIs there a possible compromise? The Minister said that the regulator could set and enforce targets and extract penalties; would that be a way forward? Could we get the Minister to…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Security UpdateMany of us are very worried on behalf of our staff, so can the Home Secretary please make sure that there is good private reassurance, advice and additional support for them? They…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillIs the Minister saying that if this change goes through, another HS2-type assault on ancient woodland would not be allowed, whereas the last one was?20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillAs there is a lot of concern about this on both sides of the House, can the Minister give us some encouragement about what pace of change we can look forward to under her…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings StrategyIf heat pumps and electric cars are going to help, we will need to generate all our electricity from green sources, so when will the Government commission the very large amounts…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)A lot of us feel that this legislation should now just lapse, because there has been a material improvement in the situation. There are other powers should things go wrong, and…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)Would it not also help the Government’s case if they gave us more detail on which of these measures actually worked and did some good? We need more post-result audits so that we…19 Oct 2021HANSARD UK Gas MarketWill the Secretary of State talk to the industry urgently about having more gas storage capacity? We have tiny capacity compared with most advanced countries, and that would…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillI was with my right hon. Friend until his last recommendation. He had pre-empted what I was going to say next: that we need greater clarity about the three different kinds of…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy Bill(Wokingham) (Con): Does my hon. Friend share my surprise that the Treasury can be precise in saying that it needs £12 billion from a new tax when it overstated the budget deficit…14 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillMy hon. Friend is making an interesting speech. Does he think that as a lot of civil servants now find they can work pretty well from home, we do not need all these expensive…14 Sept 2021