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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAt last week’s business questions, I asked for a debate in Government time on electric vehicle and hydrogen infrastructure. If the Leader of the House had been in Transport…12 Mar 2020HANSARD Veterans’ Mental HealthLike the Minister, I have met several veterans who suffer from PTSD, most notably about 18 months ago when I met soldier N, who was like a coiled spring; I could sense the tension…12 Mar 2020HANSARDBus Accident Data Collection20. If he will bring forward legislative proposals for the mandatory collection of bus accident data by bus companies for publication by local authorities.12 Mar 2020HANSARD Budget ResolutionsWhether or not Harold Macmillan actually said, “Events, dear boy,” it is events that define the times, and it is how Governments and politicians respond to them. We face huge…11 Mar 2020HANSARD Flood Prevention: Rainwater Attenuation and ReservoirsI totally accept that point, and of course it is an MHCLG responsibility, but if the planning authorities had greater powers—I fear that the power balance has shifted far too far…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Flood Prevention: Rainwater Attenuation and ReservoirsI rise to speak this evening on the topic of improving rainwater attenuation and storage, and preventing and mitigating flooding. For millennia, we have lived in this country in a…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is making some extremely important points. As a neighbouring MP in the west midlands, I welcome the games coming to our region. She talks about Edgbaston being a…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Flood Prevention: Rainwater Attenuation and ReservoirsI do not exactly have a brick in the toilet, I am afraid, but as it happens, I have greywater tanks, which we use. I appreciate the points that the Minister is making. I was…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Flood Prevention: Rainwater Attenuation and ReservoirsThe hon. Gentleman makes a terrific point, as always, and I welcome his contribution, as ever. I will come on to those points a little bit later. In Warwick and Leamington, we…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Flood Prevention: Rainwater Attenuation and Reservoirsrose—09 Mar 2020HANSARDUK/EU Trade AgreementThe Minister has just mentioned the Department’s economic impact assessments on future trade deals with Australia, New Zealand, Japan and a CPTPP-type deal, but he will understand…05 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCould I ask for a debate in Government time on the infrastructure required to manage the transition to electric vehicle adoption in the UK? The Leader of the House will be well…05 Mar 2020HANSARDLow-Carbon IndustriesWhy are the Government so opposed to onshore wind energy generation?03 Mar 2020HANSARD Environment BillOne of the issues for so many of our communities is appreciating just how severe the crisis is, particularly for air quality, as we have heard in many interventions. Does the…26 Feb 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionYes, there has. As I have said, the former Chancellor showed the wrong sort of leadership when he basically said about taxes, “It is almost entirely down to you whether you choose…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionMay I start by congratulating the two new Members on their maiden speeches—the hon. Members for Stourbridge (Suzanne Webb) and for West Bromwich East (Nicola Richards)? The…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionIndeed they do, and I was just about to say in respect of companies such as Facebook that services impact on mental health. We need those services; they need to be paid for for…25 Feb 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance and EvasionMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point. With just those four businesses, they absolutely dominate the sector. I do fear that there is a cartel operating, and the sector…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)Does the Minister not accept that increasing the precepts at a local level means that too much of the burden is borne by our constituents in their council tax total? It may be…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)My right hon. Friend is being very generous. He is making a terrific speech as usual. Does he agree that this issue, as he is describing it, is actually compounded by the deceit…24 Feb 2020