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HANSARDDraft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ombudsman Scheme) (Fees) Regulations 2024I think the Minister and I are going to have an outbreak of unanimity in just about everything we do; we have yet to find something we disagree on. Members will be aware that this…25 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Collective Investment Schemes (Temporary Recognition) and Central Counterparties (Transitional Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Draft Insurance Distribution (Regulated Activities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024Thank you, Mr Efford, for chairing these proceedings. I thank the Minister for going into quite a lot of detail on what is highly technical stuff. The Opposition welcome the…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Financial Services: Mansion House SpeechI thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement, and I congratulate the Chancellor, via the Economic Secretary, on her maiden speech to Mansion House. It has gone down…18 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2024It is exciting—fantastic—for me to start my new job as a shadow Treasury Minister on something so utterly uncontroversial. Obviously, we will support this; there is no question…13 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsThe Secretary of State talked about the fact that the price of agricultural land is artificially high because of tax avoiders trying to avoid paying inheritance tax. The…11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsWill my right hon. Friend give way?11 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024You will be delighted, Sir Edward, to hear that I do not intend to keep the Committee for long. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear!”] I am going to be popular. I thank the Minister for…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsThat is great. If people accept pylons, that is absolutely fine, but there are an awful lot of people who do not and we can look at where the alternatives could be cheaper.15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsI see; I might have misunderstood what the hon. Member for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire said. It is an engineering challenge, but we need to listen to the experts who know…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsIt is a great pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I congratulate the hon. Member for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (Mr MacDonald) on bringing…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsI am mindful of time, but I will take one more intervention.15 Oct 2024HANSARDDraft Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024I was rather hoping on my debut on a Delegated Legislation Committee to use soaring rhetoric and make a fantastic speech, but actually there is very little to say, and I am sure…09 Oct 2024HANSARDZero Carbon Electricity SystemNot only is the Secretary of State a very good looking fellow, but we in this House all know that he is an incredibly hard-working and very open Minister, as indeed are his whole…08 Oct 2024HANSARDCOP29: UK PrioritiesThe hon. Gentleman is a fantastic chap, and we are absolutely agreed on this. I urge him and other Members to join my all-party parliamentary group for energy studies, where we…10 Sept 2024HANSARDCOP29: UK PrioritiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your leadership, Dr Huq, and to respond to the hon. Member for Ealing Southall (Deirdre Costigan), who gave a passionate speech. I have been a…10 Sept 2024HANSARDCOP29: UK PrioritiesLet me quickly respond to that point, but it is great to get a debate going. Dispatchability and baseload are crucial, and the hon. Lady is absolutely right: nuclear is baseload,…10 Sept 2024HANSARDCOP29: UK PrioritiesI will make progress, because I do not want to go round in circles. Although is right that we continue to lead on climate action, it is also crucial to consider how the cost of…10 Sept 2024HANSARDCOP29: UK PrioritiesThe hon. Lady is absolutely right.10 Sept 2024HANSARD Space Sector: Government SupportBefore I start, I refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Everything the Minister has said so far is music to my ears. I hope to carry on…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Space Sector: Government SupportWill the Minister give way?04 Sept 2024