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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)Will the hon. Lady give way?16 Jan 2025HANSARDDrones: High-security PrisonsI thank the Minister for his statement. The Conservatives are doing another faux outrage, as they were the ones who ceded the airspace after 14 years of colossal failure in our…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Further to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford, on which the shadow Minister is expanding, for which I am grateful, we heard evidence on the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Building on what my colleague and yourselves are talking about, specifically on vaping, I am trying to drill into your confidence levels on the flexibility in the legislation,…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Minister, could you say a bit more about why you are taking the four-nation approach? I am a Welsh MP, and we have talked about some of the positive and progressive examples…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q I think the professors have probably answered the question, but I am going to ask it anyway, based on the evidence that you have given to colleagues. Recognising that you have…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)That is really helpful. Thank you.07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Professor Bauld, for your evidence today. Reflecting on your wealth of experience in this area and your analysis of the Bill—with comparisons to our international…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Some of the evidence that has been submitted referred to the gateway effect and how there is perhaps not the evidence to suggest that there is a transition from one to the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. I was encouraged by what the Secretary of State said about strengthening ties with allies. Can the Minister elaborate on the steps that he and the Department are taking to…06 Jan 2025HANSARDCabinet OfficeI thank the Minister for the statement, and express my sympathies for those affected and my thanks to emergency and utility workers for all their efforts over the weekend. The…06 Jan 2025HANSARDEnergy Security8. What steps he is taking to improve energy security.17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityI thank the Secretary of State for that answer. Given Wales’s tradition and history of fuelling the UK’s energy needs, can the Secretary of State tell us what his plans are to put…17 Dec 2024HANSARDUnited Front Work DepartmentI am grateful for the urgent question and thank the Minister for what he has said, in particular about the defending democracy taskforce. Can he assure me not only that the…16 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Further to the successful international investment summit that my right hon. Friend mentioned earlier, which secured £63 billion-worth of investment for the UK, the First…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Prison Capacity StrategyThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—I was just going to refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I am a qualified solicitor, and I am also a member of the…12 Dec 2024HANSARDStorm DarraghI thank the Minister for the statement, and express my sympathies for those affected and my thanks to emergency and utility workers for all their efforts over the weekend. The…10 Dec 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillIt is a pleasure to follow such powerful contributions from Members on both sides of the House—from my hon. Friends the Members for Suffolk Coastal (Jenny Riddell-Carpenter), for…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Storm BertI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and for reminding the House about the first-time funding for coal tips. I notice that Plaid Cymru mentioned coal tips but could not…25 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a privilege to speak in this debate following the first Labour Budget in over 14 years and the first in 800 years to be given by a woman. This might not be an achievement…06 Nov 2024