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HANSARDAirport ExpansionI am grateful to my hon. Friend for repeating what we heard from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero at the Environmental Audit Committee yesterday: that no…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI thank the Home Secretary for the really important steps that she has announced today. Nothing must come in the way of victims getting justice or being listened to, or of us…16 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaIsrael’s conduct in this war is not just an attack on the people of Palestine; it is an attack on the international rules-based approach, the international community and the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Energy ProjectsUnder the previous Government, we had an energy market that worked for nobody. It was bad for consumers, and we also saw many energy companies go out of business as the Government…17 Dec 2024HANSARD English DevolutionDerbyshire already has a mayor, but we have a two-tier authority. If we cannot get agreement on the size of the unitary authority, will Derbyshire and similar authorities still…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Building HomesI salute my hon. Friend’s energy for and commitment to these targets. It is great to see that they are supported by the Prime Minister. The Environmental Audit Committee is…12 Dec 2024HANSARDStorm DarraghI echo the sentiments of my hon. Friend and the hon. Member for Ceredigion Preseli (Ben Lake) about the people who lost their lives and all those who have been affected by…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPlanning Committees: ReformThe Deputy Prime Minister was at pains to say this weekend that nature recovery could happen hand in hand with the ambitious planning target she set. The Environmental Audit…09 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsMy right hon. Friend and I spent many years in opposition, and have spoken in many Opposition day debates. Does he agree that when the Opposition move a motion like today’s, which…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsI am glad to hear that Liberal Democrats support the extra money for the health service, special needs education and social care. I apologise for my impatience, because I am sure…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsThe right hon. Gentleman talks about the OBR figures, but he fails to mention that his party misled the OBR to the extent that it had to put the failure in writing. Given that he…04 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Billrose—29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillA decade ago, I voted against a similar Bill, because I felt that perhaps it was not perfect and there were more things that I needed to know. My hon. Friend is right that we have…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?29 Nov 2024HANSARDCOP29No one can doubt the leadership that the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State showed in Baku, and they deserve great credit for that. The Secretary of State is right that…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Storm BertI entirely empathise with my right hon. Friend about what he has inherited. We have had the perfect storm of massive funding cuts to the Environment Agency with increased…25 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsThe law is the law, and the evidence is the evidence. Whether or not it is politically convenient or diplomatically helpful, the law is the law. The International Criminal Court…25 Nov 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareIn Derbyshire, the Conservative leader of the county council got in touch with me and other MPs in the previous Parliament to plead with us to do something about the profiteering…18 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice (Emma Hardy), for coming back…14 Nov 2024HANSARDClimate Change: International LeadershipI am ready to go, and so is the Prime Minister—it is great to see him in Baku showing leadership. The recent Cali conference was a disappointment. Ultimately, nations were not…12 Nov 2024