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HANSARDLevelling Up Rural BritainMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech from what I have heard. We are losing pubs and shops in our rural areas. We have a fantastic community shop in the village of Barford…09 Nov 2022HANSARD Papers Relating to the Home SecretaryIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Aberconwy (Robin Millar). Trust is a really important value, and it something that I fear people listening and watching outside, and…08 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Will the Secretary of State update us on what steps are being taken to reduce methane gas emissions by 2030, in accordance with the global methane pledge set at COP26?02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Students: Contribution to the UKIt is good to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. Let me express my thanks for the way that you have chaired the debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith)…02 Nov 2022HANSARD International Students: Contribution to the UKI will. Gambling on our young people’s prospects with politics is short sighted and narrow. The same could be said of the UK Government’s decision to withdraw from the European…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHate Crime1. What recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of police-recorded hate crimes targeting individuals on the basis of their (a) race, (b) religion, (c) sexual…26 Oct 2022HANSARDHate CrimeAccording to the Office for National Statistics, nationally we have seen a sixfold increase in hate crime over the past decade. Locally, in the recent efficiency, effectiveness…26 Oct 2022HANSARDStudents: Cost of LivingI have been speaking to a lot of students in recent weeks and they are obviously anxious about the cost of living. While student maintenance loans have increased by just 2.3% on…24 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerObviously, it is a legitimate question that has been put forward today. The public want to know why the Prime Minister sacked her Chancellor after just 38 days—and particularly,…17 Oct 2022HANSARDDomestic Energy Costs8. If he will make a comparative assessment with Cabinet colleagues of domestic energy costs in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.12 Oct 2022HANSARDDomestic Energy CostsMay I follow up on the question that my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Peter Kyle) asked about the Scottish Government’s decision to abandon their plans? Will the Minister…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEngagementsMay I welcome the Prime Minister to her place? I am not sure how to measure a good honeymoon, but after five weeks of a crisis conceived in Downing Street—a crash in pensions,…12 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanSince people close to the Treasury started trailing details about this mini-Budget over the past 10 days, sterling has lost 5% in value against the dollar. Has the Chancellor not…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessFor the last 12 years, Conservative Governments have had the chance to act on energy supply and infrastructure. Manufacturing businesses around the country have been saying to me…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionThe public will see this decision as a deceit. There is no economic price advantage to it, as we have heard, while it is damaging to the environment. The claim that the public…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenYesterday morning, I bumped into Helen, a constituent. She was visibly upset. It was an ungodly hour—quarter to 7—and she was walking in early for work at a local butcher’s shop…10 Sept 2022HANSARD Jagtar Singh JohalI congratulate the hon. Member for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes) and align my position with that of my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley (John Spellar). My…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillLike the Minister, I have farmers in my constituency; I met them last week and we discussed the trade deal and its likely impacts. Is he concerned, as they are, about the sort of…06 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdateLike many Members, I already have a great number of distressed constituents getting in touch with me desperate for some sort of help. Today, though, I want to focus my comments…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEmergency Care: Average Waiting TimeAcross the west midlands, 38 people died waiting for ambulances between March and May 2022. In the same period in 2021, two people died; before 2019, in the corresponding period,…19 Jul 2022