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HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)rose—13 Mar 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)rose—13 Mar 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)That is not what I am rising to my feet to say. It is interesting that the shadow Minister points out the differential rates of pay between young people and older people, because…13 Mar 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I was asking the shadow Minister to clarify the numbers. He refers to the report and makes a sweeping generalisation about it, so what exactly were the numbers? What is the…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Vessel CollisionI thank the Minister for his communication with me through this unfolding situation and everybody who has been involved in it. The situation is evolving minute by minute, and I…11 Mar 2025HANSARD North Sea EnergyConservative-led North East Lincolnshire council has embraced the green industries that are helping to reshape our identity in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, and it is playing a…06 Mar 2025HANSARDEnglish Football: Financial Sustainability and GovernanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang) on securing this important and timely…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Renewables Obligation Certificate SchemeThe hon. Gentleman is being very generous. What he says is very interesting, but I am not entirely clear where he is headed. Is this a shift in Conservative policy on green…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Renewables Obligation Certificate SchemeBy the time that the new renewables obligation closed, the cost of large-scale offshore wind had come down by half, allowing contracts for difference to be introduced, which have…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Renewables Obligation Certificate SchemeThe Opposition’s new-found position is apparently anti-ideological, but I have just read the article in the Telegraph — not my usual source of news—and it is in fact deeply…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Plan for NeighbourhoodsThe two towns in my constituency are delighted to be included on the list of towns that will receive this long-term funding—such certainty has been absent from previous financial…04 Mar 2025HANSARDChurch of England: SafeguardingMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case. He is right that many constituencies have been affected. Members will have constituents who have suffered abuse in a place where they…03 Mar 2025HANSARD High Street Rental AuctionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Jessica Toale) on securing this important debate on…26 Feb 2025HANSARD SEND Education SupportOn the point about giving children the best start at the earliest stage, what are the Minister’s thoughts on properly integrating family hubs into education, health and local…25 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure: Chinese CompaniesI am surprised that Conservative Members seem to have forgotten the time when they were pushing the golden era of the relationship between the UK and China. Some of this is a…12 Feb 2025HANSARDRail Services: Open Access OperatorsThe hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time, and I am pleased that he has mentioned the Italian rail system. Obviously, Italy is very similar to Grimsby, and we would…06 Feb 2025HANSARDRail Services: Open Access OperatorsI congratulate the hon. Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) on securing this debate, and I am very pleased to support him in it. He has been a long-standing campaigner…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 3, page 2, line 17, at end insert— “(3B) In keeping the impact of their activities under review, the Commissioners must have regard to— (a)…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss, and to speak to this amendment. Its intention relates to the additional funds that the Crown Estate will be able to…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I do not intend to press the amendment to a vote. I accept the point about the Crown Estate being a commercial business, but I am less persuaded that it is unable to cope with an…06 Feb 2025