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HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I am a biomedical scientist by background, so I come to this with a medical perspective. The issue with tritium is that it produces beta waves, which are a more damaging form of…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I have a few concerns about clause 117, which would, as the Minister outlined, allow fossil fuel waste to be reclassified as renewable energy in the form of fuels for policies…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I rise to support the amendment, because this is a fundamental issue. The Minister talked about households only, but will…08 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)The amendment is eminently sensible. I speak with the experience in my constituency before Christmas of what is now referred to as the great gas flood of Stannington. Hundreds of…08 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportAs an officer of the all-party parliamentary group on eating disorders—an issue that I will raise in my speech—I thank the right hon. Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford) for her…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock) for securing this important debate. Before I…07 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Elmet and Rothwell. I know that this is not really a declaration of interest, but my mother, Baroness Blake, was actually the…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Possibly a record. Who knows? I rise to defend the amendments made in the Lords and to speak against Government amendment 12, predominantly because of the aims of the Bill that…06 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI wish I could say I was happy to be called in this debate, but the truth is that I do not believe we should be having it at all. I am not sure that if I tried, I could design a…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillLords amendment 15 stops regression on environmental standards and it is really important that it stands tonight. At the exact moment when we should be strengthening regulation to…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am not sure I totally agree. When I asked officials about the number of laws affected without the sunset clause, they could not give me an answer on even the number that would…24 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)There are two points to this, are there not? There is a set amount of carbon at the moment, which is increasing annually. Usage allows us to reduce that—instead of new forms of…23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Sorry, Mr Gray. There are two points there that I think the Minister has not considered fully.23 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Thank you, Mr Gray. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship and to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test. Having spoken to researchers at the University of…23 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsI am obviously pleased that two schools in my area are to receive funding, announced yesterday, for urgent safeguarding interventions, fire safety compliance and urgent drainage…23 May 2023HANSARDClimate and EcologyI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the United Kingdom to achieve climate and nature targets; to give the Secretary of State a duty to implement a…10 May 2023HANSARDMaternal Health DisparitiesDoes the Minister agree that we owe huge thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy) for her work as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Black…26 Apr 2023HANSARDMaternal Health Disparities6. What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on tackling maternal health disparities.26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. It is worth reflecting on the fact that in this week alone the horrifying news about Sudan has reached us and we have seen the horrific…26 Apr 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillBefore I begin, I direct the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which outlines the support I received from the RAMP project. I support the…26 Apr 2023