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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Thoroughbred horses are high-health, high-welfare animals, and they should be treated as such to…06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Wealth Fund: Opportunities for IndustryThe Government policy to decarbonise the grid by 2030 rests on the National Energy System Operator’s assumption of a £147 per tonne carbon price, but manufacturers are lining up…04 Feb 2025HANSARDExtremism ReviewThe Security Minister recently told me that it remains Government policy not to engage with the Muslim Council of Britain. Last week, the Minister for Social Security and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere are serious questions about the transparency of the police, the CPS and the Government in the days and weeks following the Southport attack. In written answers to me, the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025I certainly will, Mrs Harris, but this is relevant to the ETS, because there is nothing more important for the future of energy policy. Getting policy right means being straight…27 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Children’s Commissioner says that the Government are “legislating against the things we know work in schools”. Katharine Birbalsingh says the schools Bill is “catastrophic”.…27 Jan 2025HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this evening, Mrs. Harris, and a pleasure to speak to the draft order on behalf of His Majesty’s Opposition. We welcome the clarity…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Certificate of Common SponsorshipI was slightly surprised by what the hon. Lady just said. Can she just repeat, so I understand correctly, that the Liberal Democrat policy is to reinstate the ability for people…22 Jan 2025HANSARDSouthport AttackThe Prime Minister’s denial in August that Rudakubana was being investigated for offences under the Terrorism Act 2006 did not protect the trial, because we found out the facts…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCommunity Engagement Principles and Extremism DefinitionI will have a go at getting an answer from the Minister, even if he did not answer the questions of my hon. Friend the Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam) and my right hon.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementWill the Minister give way?20 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMany residents of West Suffolk who live in new build homes put up with management companies that fail to do the basic things expected of them, from sorting out roads and planting…20 Jan 2025HANSARDResponsible GamblingThe Minister will not be surprised to hear me raise the issue of the disproportionality of affordability checks on those betting on racing, and the reform of the betting levy. I…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateResearch shows that ambulance response times in Haverhill in my constituency are twice those in Cambridge. We would like a new, co-located and purpose-built blue-light facility;…15 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twentieth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.14 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Government amendment 190 is about the powers in section 37 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which relate to the voluntary provision of a device for an…14 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Government amendment 190 seeks to amend the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 by extending the powers conferred by section 37 of that Act to enforcement officers for…14 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI am slightly worried that investors will be watching this statement and wondering what planet the Chancellor is on. She just said that she is investing in transport…14 Jan 2025HANSARDDrones: High-security PrisonsApart from the serious security concerns that this activity raises, it shows that prisons bring resource pressures for local police forces. In West Suffolk, where Highpoint prison…14 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Twentieth sitting)I thank the Minister for his constructive reply. If he is willing to have further conversations with me about what solutions we might be able to bring to bear on this problem, I…14 Jan 2025