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HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI will just make a bit of progress and then I will let the right hon. Member and the hon. Member intervene. I do not think there is a single Labour Member who is not conscious of…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI believe it was then suspended, but I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. In his earlier remarks, he raised the valid point that no Member of this House should…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWe can carry on with our history lesson— [ Interruption. ] I am sorry, does the right hon. Member for Herne Bay and Sandwich (Sir Roger Gale) wish to intervene?19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI am fully committed to bringing forward all our manifesto commitments, including the triple lock for pensioners, fixing the systemic issues facing the country and tackling the…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. I will now turn to a quote— [ Interruption. ] I hope Opposition Members will settle down. The quote states: “we will look at Winter…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentGB Energy will turbocharge renewables across the country. Once we have that, we will have more control over our energy systems and, as the hon. Lady knows, we will have control…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentChild poverty and the two-child benefit cap are unfortunately sad signs of the legacy that we have inherited. We need to fix the foundations of the economy so that we can start to…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentMy hon. Friend is exactly right. The triple lock is a serious commitment that we are utterly committed to, and it will make a difference to every single pensioner in this…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentOne reason why I decided to get into politics—I was quite happy doing something else—was because I was looking around this country and seeing the huge systemic issues that were…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI thank the hon. Member for his comment. It is important to stress that this was a policy that the Labour party brought in, and the Conservative party voted against it at the…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI very much thank the hon. Lady for those comments. I know she vociferously criticised pay rises for public sector workers in her speech, so I am glad to have clarified that. The…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentBefore I begin, will the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately), clarify her earlier comments? Does she not support pay rises for…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI was going to go back to GB Energy, but why not?19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWill the hon. Member confirm that he opposes pay rises for the armed forces?19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI will keep going, because I have been speaking for a long time and I know that lots of Members want to get in. I am terribly sorry. To cut to the chase, the Government are…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentSadly, it is a feature of this debate that it is very easy for Members across the Opposition Benches to say, “You shouldn’t do something,” but very difficult to say what should be…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe costings take into account the uplift in the numbers of people claiming pension credit, as they are entitled to do.19 Mar 2025HANSARD NHS England UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for the boldness of his statement. It will take courage to bring about the change that my constituents desperately want, and it is great that Labour…13 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: East MidlandsThe town of Staveley in my constituency of North East Derbyshire hosts one of the three sites for the east midlands investment zone, which is a fantastic opportunity for us. The…04 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: East Midlands2. What steps she has taken to help increase economic growth in the east midlands.04 Mar 2025