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HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillDoes my hon. Friend accept that in several cases potentially useful oil and gas deposits in the North sea are adjacent to existing pipes and existing development production…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe shadow Minister has said that getting more of our own gas out of the North sea would help our security of supply and reduce CO 2 because it would displace imported LNG, so why…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillWill my right hon. Friend give way?20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillCan my right hon. Friend explain why it would be better to import liquefied natural gas, with four times the amount of CO 2 produced, rather than have our own gas? His regulations…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe marginal gas we would import would come from Qatar or the United States of America. There is not an infinite supply of Norwegian gas, so my right hon. Friend is missing the…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesWill the Secretary of State review the governance of UKGI? How did it manage to preside over the Post Office with its dreadful treatment of sub-postmasters? How did UKGI allow…19 Feb 2024HANSARDUK EconomyIt is good news that unemployment has stayed low by European standards, and the economy is still generating plenty of job vacancies. Will the Government take more steps to help…19 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformWokingham has a fast-growing population based on building a lot of new homes. So as the Secretary of State rolls out her new plans, will she also ensure that there are incentives…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Local Government FinanceGiven the need for a long-term plan, were Labour to win the election, how much extra would local government get in the first year of a Labour Government?07 Feb 2024HANSARD Finance BillThat is an interesting point of debate, but my understanding of the constitutional position is that it is not as bad as my hon. Friend is suggesting because all the bonds were…05 Feb 2024HANSARD Finance BillI have declared my business interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I rise to support the Government’s new clause 5. I think it is good that they are…05 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketIt has been said that maybe 80% of goods moving from GB to NI will be able to use the internal market lane. Why will 20% not be able to do so, and why would the UK Government, who…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandFurther to that point, which is a very good one, would the EU not decide to use its powers if Stormont tried to use the brake too often and change the amount of EU law that…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandIf the Chancellor of the Exchequer wishes to lower the VAT rate or to take something out of VAT altogether, will that be a good law for Northern Ireland as well as for the rest of…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandSomeone wanting to send goods from GB to NI would naturally expect to use the new internal market lane—the green lane. Who decides whether they would not be allowed to do so?…01 Feb 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIAs owners expect to have influence over editors and the editorial line, why do we not have a policy of ruling out all Government ownership of such organisations, which would make…30 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is raising a very important point. The whole point of the agreement and of power sharing is that it is based on consent, so how can the Unionist community…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillDoes my right hon. and learned Friend have a message to the Unionist community in Northern Ireland regarding why they should put up with EU laws that they do not influence, and…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI want to see far less imported LNG. Can the Minister give us some good news on what we might be able to achieve in getting more gas out, and will he ensure that many blocks—not…22 Jan 2024