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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Current regulations on hydrogen transport and storage are preventing world-leading renewables innovators such as the European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland from using…08 Jun 2023HANSARDNational Carers WeekOh, I know. I thank the hon. Member for her intervention and for the Carer’s Leave Act 2023, which she piloted through Parliament—it will make a difference. I ask the Minister to…08 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. According to research from the Resolution Foundation, the disability income gap is still at 44%, leaving disabled people hugely exposed to the rising cost of essentials in the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDStudent VisasThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question, even if only to expose that we could not put a cigarette paper between Labour and Tory policies on this issue. Scotland…24 May 2023HANSARD Sub-postmasters and Sub-postmistresses: RemunerationDigital applications should not exclude cash for people who are digitally excluded, and there are many of those people in our communities. As the Minister said, post offices are…23 May 2023HANSARDMinisterial Code: Investigation of Potential BreachI wonder whether the Minister for the Cabinet Office is just a wee bit teed off with the Home Secretary. He came here to defend her and, lo and behold, here is another scandal, as…23 May 2023HANSARD Sub-postmasters and Sub-postmistresses: RemunerationDoes the right hon. Member agree that the Government’s pledge—made many years ago and never kept—that local post offices would be the “front office of Government” is really…23 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert, and I thank the Petitions Committee for securing this really important debate. More importantly, however, I thank…22 May 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Financial Support for Disabled PeopleThe hon. Member is, as usual, absolutely right. Oh, how we missed him last week. Last week, Scope issued its latest Disability Price Tag report. I was privileged to go to its…22 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. In her previous resignation letter, the current Home Secretary wrote:“Pretending we haven’t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can’t see that we have made them, and…22 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Dr Nikhil Datta from Warwick Economics noted that the £5.84 billion that UK consumers had paid in increased food prices by 2021 as a result of Brexit hit the poorest…18 May 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for her help with the redundancy modification order. Although I trust her, I also submitted a written question to ask the relevant Secretary of…18 May 2023HANSARDRenewable EnergyAccording to the Chancellor, the UK Government’s windfall tax is set to generate £40 billion over six years, and the Minister for Nuclear claimed that taxes on Scotland’s oil and…17 May 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy12. What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on support for renewable energy in Scotland.17 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingCould I gently say to the hon. Gentleman that decision time happens in the Scottish Parliament? Maybe you are there more often than you are here.16 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingI really do thank you, Dr Huq, more than anyone else in the Chamber. I thank all Members who have taken part. Most of all, however, I thank all our disability organisations and…16 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingThe question of people becoming disabled through no fault of their own is germane to the entire debate. The perception is often that disabled people are the folk we see in…16 May 2023HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Cost of LivingI beg to move, That this House has considered the cost of living for people with disabilities. It is a real pleasure to serve under you, Dr Huq. In the years in which I have had…16 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingI will leave it to the hon. Lady to correct me later, when she finds time. Lastly, it is really important that this Government reflect on the fact that a society is judged on how…16 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingI am about to finish. Sorry, no. My time is up.16 May 2023