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HANSARD Capital Projects: Spending DecisionsThank you, Mr Speaker. I know you have saved your favourite till last.09 Feb 2023HANSARD Capital Projects: Spending DecisionsThank you, Mr Speaker. The Minister has talked repeatedly today about the transformative effect of levelling up, but because levelling up is not inflation-proofed, councils that…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe long-awaited energy bills support scheme alternative fund is expected to open for applications on 27 February, but there is no clarity about whether the 200,000 park home…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Sunscreen Products: VATIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I am delighted to participate in the debate and I pay tribute to my esteemed colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Sunscreen Products: VATOn that point, will the Minister give way?09 Feb 2023HANSARD Sunscreen Products: VATThe Minister is making a powerful case as to why VAT is an important source of revenue for the UK Government, and I do not think anybody would dispute that. But if she was to do…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseAs interest rates are set to rise again to 4%, almost a million households are at risk of defaulting on mortgage payments over the next two years. Borrowers will be hit hard, and…02 Feb 2023HANSARDRaising the State Pension Age to 68I echo the appreciation of the hon. Member for Amber Valley (Nigel Mills) for bringing the debate on the state pension age to the Floor of the House today. There is great concern…01 Feb 2023HANSARDBee-killing PesticidesI am pleased to participate in the debate, and I thank the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) for comprehensively setting out the issue before us—the…01 Feb 2023HANSARDRaising the State Pension Age to 68May I take the hon. Gentleman back to a point that he made a moment ago about raising the pension age because of increasing life expectancy? That has always been the justification…01 Feb 2023HANSARDBee-killing PesticidesAbsolutely. Local initiatives like that must be applauded and supported, but we need a lead from the UK Government on the level of pesticides and pesticide use, so that we can…01 Feb 2023HANSARDBee-killing PesticidesI will just finish this point. It is important that the Government prioritise the environment and protect farmers in international deals, because improving trade is one thing, but…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMost of us at some point or another have had cause to be grateful to hospice services—such as Ayrshire Hospice—which provide essential end-of-life care for around 300,000 people…26 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Day of EducationI am very happy to participate in this debate, as an English teacher of 23 years before I was elected to this House. The International Day of Education is an important date in our…26 Jan 2023HANSARDGender Pension Gap7. What recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the gender pension gap.25 Jan 2023HANSARDPlant Health and Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022The right hon. Member for North West Hampshire made a point about the importance of Border Force in preventing diseases coming in over the border, and how that was an important…25 Jan 2023HANSARDGender Pension GapIt is bad enough that women born in the 1950s were robbed of their pensions, but, more generally, the gender pension gap is significantly larger than the gender pay gap and…25 Jan 2023HANSARDTransport Infrastructure: Adequacy and Sustainability10. What recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) long-term sustainability of transport infrastructure.19 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMany pensioners are struggling during this cost of living crisis, with women pensioners disproportionately the poorest and more likely to be completely reliant on the state…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Levelling-up Fund Round 2Scotland’s share of the funding is £177 million out of £2 billion—some 8.5%. That proves that the distribution of the funding is not needs-based at all and therefore, by…19 Jan 2023