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HANSARDLithium-ion Battery Storage Facilities: RegulationWill this Government stop chuntering on about batteries and battery storage all the time? Will they get down to JCB and see its innovative new hydrogen fuel car and heavy goods…04 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIs the Home Secretary concerned by recent revelations about the investigation into the Stephen Lawrence murder and what happened in the Brink’s-Mat aftermath? Is she concerned…03 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIs the Secretary of State aware of just how much influence the Chinese Government and Chinese companies have on our economy? Is she aware that many times I have asked for an audit…29 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIs the Leader of the House aware that more than 40 years ago the Daily Mail , I believe it was, said that the Father of the House, the hon. Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter…29 Jun 2023HANSARDBattery SectorWill the Secretary of State be slightly cautious about a battery-driven future? I recently visited JCB, which has developed a hydrogen combustion engine that is working well with…29 Jun 2023HANSARDPrison OvercrowdingThe Secretary of State, for whom I have great respect, surely knows that there is enormous unhappiness in the prison estate. Recent polls show how low morale is and how many…27 Jun 2023HANSARDPrison Overcrowding1. Whether he plans to meet the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales to discuss overcrowding in prisons.27 Jun 2023HANSARD Ukraine Recovery ConferenceI am grateful to the Minister for his statement, but we have an expression in Yorkshire: “Warm words butter no parsnips.” This is the most dreadful war in our European history for…22 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have now passed midsummer’s day, the longest day of the year, and still the children are at school. What is the impact on our civil service and our services of an outdated…22 Jun 2023HANSARDPublic Spending: Value for MoneyHas the Minister been looking at the evidence given by George Osborne and Oliver Letwin? I think they were here briefly on an old Etonian work experience scheme, but the evidence…22 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonMy hon. Friend is making a very good speech. During the pandemic, many of us did cross-party work in our constituencies, meeting every week with public health and all the people…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonIt is sad, is it not, that we have come to this? This has been inevitable, but it is sad and it is not good for the House or the country. Does my hon. Friend agree that we also…19 Jun 2023HANSARDElectric VehiclesMay I say how pleased I am that, thanks to the wonderful people at Guy’s and St Thomas’s, I am back in operation? May I ask the Minister not to get totally fixated on electric…08 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseYou have been very generous to me this morning, Mr Speaker, and I am very thankful. Does the Leader of the House agree that, with the decline of print newspapers in regions and…08 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIs the Secretary of State aware of the anecdotally large number of learner drivers who deliver pizzas and that sort of stuff? They have learner plates. They have had no training.…08 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsHas the Secretary of State seen “The Gold”, the gripping but disturbing BBC series about the Brink’s-Mat robbery? If he has, does he feel that justice has been served? Is there…28 Mar 2023HANSARDJoint Enterprise: Under-18sThe campaign group JENGbA—Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association—estimates that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of young people under 18 in prison under parasitic…28 Mar 2023HANSARDJoint Enterprise: Under-18s4. If he will make an estimate of the number of people under the age of 18 serving custodial sentences who were convicted under joint enterprise.28 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Fund BidsMr Speaker, you and the rest of the House will probably know that Huddersfield is a very large town that has never shown all that much interest in becoming a city, but we are…27 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillThe Minister is making some very good points, with only one exception: I think that the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has had a good record in this general area. When it comes to…24 Mar 2023