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HANSARDDraft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2025One of the questions I asked was, why, given that the Minister and other Ministers keep talking about the rollercoaster of volatile fossil fuel prices, when wholesale costs fell,…30 Jun 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformIs the problem for the Government not the failure of the Prime Minister to even seek a mandate for what he is trying to do? He said that he would limit spending increases to £9.5…30 Jun 2025HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsUnder the 5% defence investment pledge, resilience spending appears to include energy infrastructure. Given the evidence about Chinese-made cellular internet modules and kill…26 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat does it say to Britain’s allies, and to our enemies, when neither the Foreign Secretary nor the Prime Minister can bring themselves to say that the strikes again Iran were…24 Jun 2025HANSARD National Security StrategyI note what the Minister said about social resilience. There is little point in strategising to defend our security and power in the world if we surrender our freedoms and culture…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChina AuditI want to remind the Foreign Secretary that the Government that invited Huawei into our telecommunications network was actually the last Labour Government between 2003 and 2006. […24 Jun 2025HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your advice about the exchange that I have just had with the Foreign Secretary. After he had been incredibly partisan about the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDGeo-engineering and the EnvironmentI am pleased to respond to this brief debate on geo-engineering and the environment, Ms Furniss. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) on starting the…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI was inviting the hon. Lady to withdraw what she and her colleague said about my hon. Friend, because it was incorrect.18 Jun 2025HANSARDFuture of the Gas GridI am pleased to respond to this debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury) on moving his motion just in time, and on his birthday. He gave an…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ6. The Home Secretary says that we should judge her success in smashing the gangs by whether the number of channel crossings falls, but under this Government the numbers are up…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillBefore I turn to my new clause, I welcome in particular new clause 7, on non-crime hate incidents, and new clause 150, proposed by my right hon. Friend the Member for Basildon and…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI thank the hon. Lady for her contribution, but the point is that the courts are interpreting the law as they see it. If we in this place believe that interpretation to be wrong,…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI do not know whether the Minister is allowed to intervene, but she would be welcome to do so. [ Interruption. ] She has been here longer than I have.18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillNo, I think the Minister has misunderstood my point. Actually, I was about to move on to a related issue, which is that hating people and discriminating against them on the basis…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillThat was obviously an appalling crime —I remember it very well—but I do not think it has anything to do with what I am saying in this debate. In a free and pluralistic society, we…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillOn that point, will the Minister give way?18 Jun 2025HANSARD Iran-Israel ConflictThe Foreign Secretary has said, and just repeated, that no military threat can prevent the Iranians from acquiring nuclear weapons, but surely that is not correct. Given the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportThe official document published online by the Government says that the national inquiry will only “co-ordinate a series of targeted local investigations.” How many local…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Freedom of Expression (Religion or Belief System)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about freedom of expression in relation to religion or belief systems; and for connected purposes. I do not…10 Jun 2025