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HANSARD Consumer Energy Bills: Government SupportThe hon. Member highlights the gap between families who are eligible for support and those who just cannot quite make ends meet. Clearly, there is a challenge in making any…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Consumer Energy Bills: Government SupportI agree 100%. Whenever we have novel technologies, there is a rush to fill the space; unfortunately, cowboys may well get there first. The Government have a huge role not only in…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Consumer Energy Bills: Government SupportI could not agree more: energy security is national security. It sounds like a trite cliché, but it is so absolutely true when we look at the dangers around the world today. The…27 Jan 2026HANSARDTransport Connectivity: Midlands and North WalesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I thank the right hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) for securing this important debate. Transport…22 Jan 2026HANSARDTransport Connectivity: Midlands and North WalesWhen we see the investment going in, the tracks being laid and the services turning up to stations, I think we will agree that that is a win for any Government. For too long, we…22 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseResidents in Sutton and Cheam are seeing the very real impact of the cost of living crisis. It may sound like a cliché, but they are seeing the impact on their energy bills, their…22 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanI warmly welcome this plan and the ambition that the Government are showing, and I will try to dispel some of the official Opposition’s misconceptions. I am sure we have all been…21 Jan 2026HANSARDChinese EmbassyHongkongers and other Chinese dissidents in the UK will be rightly concerned about this news. I want to make it completely clear that the Liberal Democrats have serious concerns…20 Jan 2026HANSARDProposed Chinese EmbassyThe Liberal Democrats have made it clear from the beginning of this saga that the approval of China’s super-embassy would be a terrible betrayal of Hongkongers who moved to the UK…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Arctic SecurityDiplomacy relies on rational actors, yet even in the last fortnight we have seen Donald Trump declare that he is not bound by international law, only by his “own morality”. He has…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChinese EmbassyI thank the hon. Member for Rutland and Stamford (Alicia Kearns) for submitting her application, and Mr Speaker for granting another urgent question on this issue. Although we are…13 Jan 2026HANSARD UK-EU Common Understanding NegotiationsI thank the Minister for what is a clear Lib Dem win. I repeat the question from my Front-Bench colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Surrey Heath (Dr Pinkerton), on the need…17 Dec 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls StrategyI thank the Minister for coming to the Chamber to clear up concerns following the statements by the Home Secretary yesterday. The Met police are expected by March 2026 to have…15 Dec 2025HANSARDJimmy Lai ConvictionI would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Sebastien Lai, whom I and a number of colleagues met earlier, and who has shown courage and fortitude throughout this…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Oil Refining SectorIt is a pleasure to contribute to this debate. Together, the 100 smallest carbon-emitting countries represent more carbon emissions than China on its own, so if all those…11 Dec 2025HANSARD Oil Refining SectorWill the right hon. Member give way?11 Dec 2025HANSARD Oil Refining SectorIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I thank the hon. Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) for securing this important debate, and all the…11 Dec 2025HANSARD Oil Refining SectorI completely agree. That is why we are talking about a transition. It may well bring shivers to the hon. Member’s spine to talk about transitions, but it is critical that we talk…11 Dec 2025HANSARD Oil Refining SectorI know that the hon. Member has a lot of knowledge on this issue. I think that looking at all the options that maintain capability is critical. What might come out of this is an…11 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls: LondonOn that point, will the Minister give way?25 Nov 2025