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HANSARDStatutory Gambling LevyIt is a real delight to contribute to a debate under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Betts. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) for her…07 Jun 2022HANSARDEnergy Efficiency: Domestic Buildings15. Whether he plans to take further steps to improve the energy efficiency of domestic buildings.07 Jun 2022HANSARDStatutory Gambling LevyThe hon. Gentleman says that the current system is making good progress, but the latest National Gambling Treatment Service statistics from GambleAware show that 49% of users have…07 Jun 2022HANSARDStatutory Gambling LevyI was involved in the campaign to regulate the payday lending industry. Does my hon. Friend recognise that in order to protect its profits, the sector’s big argument was, “Don’t…07 Jun 2022HANSARDEnergy Efficiency: Domestic BuildingsThe Minister knows that reducing consumption is vital to households and to the country, but back in 2013 the Conservative-led Government cut energy efficiency programmes, which…07 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateThe Chancellor talked about supporting the most vulnerable, but there appear to be questions about his targeting when we look at the detail in the announcement. Everybody accepts…26 May 2022HANSARD UkraineThere is clearly considerable agreement across the House on these issues. One of the important areas in which we have played our part, and should play our part more, is the…25 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsThe Minister will know that in November 2020 the Home Secretary and her team negotiated an agreement with the Government of Jamaica not to remove people who came to the UK under…18 May 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolThe Foreign Secretary knows that there were only three ways of protecting Northern Ireland’s special position after Brexit: a land border on the island of Ireland, which we all…17 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh), who made some important points about the need for action now, in recognition of the severity of the crisis we…17 May 2022HANSARD Public Transport Authority for South YorkshireI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way one more time. He talks ambitiously and grandly about the need for investment, and he is absolutely right, but how does he think that…27 Apr 2022HANSARD Public Transport Authority for South YorkshireWill the hon. Gentleman give way?27 Apr 2022HANSARD Public Transport Authority for South YorkshireI am fascinated that the focus of the hon. Member’s speech on bus improvement is on structure. Would he not agree that investment is critical, and therefore that it was deeply…27 Apr 2022HANSARD Public Transport Authority for South YorkshireI am with the hon. Gentleman on the arguments he has mounted so far. However, does he recognise that we had the sort of cheap, reliable, popular and well-used service that he…27 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe Minister will recognise that, when we last debated the Bill, the Chair of the Justice Committee, the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill), pointed out…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Southampton, Itchen (Royston Smith). I pay tribute to him and to the hon. Member for Stevenage (Stephen McPartland) for the work…20 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe Minister says the proposal is to break the business model of people smugglers; he will know that his Department’s own impact assessment said that “evidence supporting the…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Building Safety BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He has, to some degree, covered the concerns that I was going to raise about those people who have exercised the right to manage.…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Global Migration ChallengeCan I try to get a clear answer to the question that others have asked? The Home Office factsheet on this proposal explains: “Every person who comes to the UK illegally, or by…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Jack Ritchie: Gambling Act ReviewMy hon. Friend is right. The 2005 Act was flawed, but it did not anticipate how the terrain would change and it is now completely out of date given the challenges we face.…21 Mar 2022