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HANSARDFood Prices11. What recent assessment he has made of the impact of the UK’s departure from the EU on food prices in the UK.14 Mar 2024HANSARDFood PricesThat has nothing to do with the question on the Order Paper. The London School of Economics found that Brexit has added £250 to the average household bill. The healthcare…14 Mar 2024HANSARDIndependent Commission on the Constitutional Future of WalesIs the reality not that the Conservative party never wanted devolution in Wales or Scotland in the first place, which is why it does not want to see powers extended to either the…13 Mar 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Many of his Back Benchers—and now, it seems, the Prime Minister himself—have taken to referring to the European Court of Human Rights as a foreign court, as if there is…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Draft Energy-Intensive Industry Electricity Support Payments and Levy Regulations 2024
Draft Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) (Amendment and Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2024
Draft Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (Energy Intensive Industries) Order 2024I have some sympathy with the policy points made by the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire and his points about the scrutiny of the instruments before us today. A lot of…13 Mar 2024HANSARDGas-fired Power StationsThe Minister said earlier that we faced a climate challenge, after struggling for words to describe what we are facing. Why can the Government not join the global consensus and…13 Mar 2024HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. On 24 January, the Procedure Committee published its report HC338, entitled “Commons scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords”,…12 Mar 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthWhy do the UK Government think it is good thing for Northern Ireland to have access to parts of the EU single market, but not for other parts of the United Kingdom to have such…28 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThe Minister keeps referring to the Government’s amendment last week, but those are just words on bits of paper in the recycle bin. They could have been the resolution of this…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The written question I referred to was about Israeli military aircraft—I think the Secretary of State might have misunderstood, or I might not…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaOn 6 February —20 days ago—I tabled written question 13372, asking “for what reason Israeli military planes have used UK airports on each occasion since 7 October 2023.” That may…26 Feb 2024HANSARDLegal MigrationI hope the Minister will take this opportunity to recognise that the right to claim asylum is allowed under international law and that, therefore, there is no such thing as an…26 Feb 2024HANSARDTrident Renewal16. What recent estimate he has made of the lifetime cost of Trident renewal.19 Feb 2024HANSARDUK EconomyThe Minister keeps trying to hide behind the war in Ukraine and the impact of the pandemic, but the reality is that those are affecting every country in the world. Would he not…19 Feb 2024HANSARDTrident RenewalI think that means the Minister does not know what the total lifetime cost of Trident replacement is going to be. Budgets in Government Departments and households alike are under…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Political Parties, Elections and ReferendumsIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Norwich North (Chloe Smith), not least because she was the Minister who brought in the Elections Act 2022, which has given…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Political Parties, Elections and ReferendumsThe Minister is doing a commendable job, given that he has clearly inherited a piece of legislation from a different era that was part of a different agenda. He said that things…31 Jan 2024HANSARDCeasefire and the State of PalestineThis petition, on behalf of the residents of Glasgow North, was drafted before the ruling of the International Court of Justice and the decision of the UK Government to cut…30 Jan 2024HANSARDEritrea: Human Rights10. What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the human rights situation in Eritrea.30 Jan 2024HANSARDEritrea: Human RightsAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Eritrea, I often hear the country described as the North Korea of Africa. Young people are conscripted indefinitely, and critics…30 Jan 2024