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HANSARDDefence ProcurementWill the Secretary of State update the House on the status of the Ajax procurement programme? I understand that the supply chain is being geared up to produce 589 vehicles.13 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Last year, the UK economy grew at 4.1%, the fastest rate in the G7. At the same time, greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.4%, which is more than in comparable countries. To…08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ5. I warmly welcome the Prime Minister’s work to resolve the Rubik’s cube of the Northern Ireland protocol, opening up the prospect of resuming more positive relations with our…01 Mar 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy ProductionOil and gas producers benefit from an investment allowance for investment in renewable projects in the UK, but existing renewable generators do not. Will my right hon. Friend make…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy Production10. What steps he is taking to increase renewable energy production.28 Feb 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Improvement Plan 2023I warmly welcome the incredible amount of work that the Secretary of State and her team, fresh into post, have put into the five-year environmental improvement plan. This is a…01 Feb 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyThe hon. Gentleman’s case would be considerably enhanced if international courts were to find the Russian military guilty of war crimes during their conduct of this so-called…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyDoes my right hon. Friend recognise that the Wagner Group is recruiting convicts released from Russian jails for that purpose? It is arming some of the most dangerous people in…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyI am very grateful. I am well aware that my right hon. Friend, who, when we were in post was responsible for personnel primarily and then became armed forces Minister, has taken a…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyIt is a great pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Maldon (Sir John Whittingdale), who is a great expert on Ukraine in this place. In fact, the only time I have…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Russia’s Grand StrategyOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker, the shadow Minister’s declaration of his interest with the GMB union prompts me that I should have declared my interests when speaking, and…19 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ3. On Monday, the independent net zero review was published by my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore). Does my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister join…18 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionMy right hon. Friend is aware that, last month, electric vehicle sales overtook diesel and were one third of all new vehicle sales in the month. There is demand for electric…18 Jan 2023HANSARDFossil Fuels and Cost of Living IncreasesI thank my hon. Friend for allowing me to intervene during his excellent speech. On the subject of EPCs, in his constituency has he seen what I have discovered in my constituency?…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFossil Fuels and Cost of Living IncreasesThe hon. Lady is being generous with her time. I may pre-empt what she was about to come on to. In concluding her remarks on alternative renewable energy sources, will she commend…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFossil Fuels and Cost of Living IncreasesI, too, congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate, and on her important contributions to our deliberations on the Environmental Audit Committee. Just before getting…11 Jan 2023HANSARD Alcohol DutyI warmly welcome the proposals announced by the Minister today in one of his most impressive performances at the Dispatch Box, and in particular the differential duty rates to…19 Dec 2022HANSARDExportsFarmers in my constituency —I remind the House that I am one—have expressed concerns about ensuring that agricultural interests are adequately taken into account in the upcoming…15 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, G7 nations imposed a cap on the price of Russian oil exports in an attempt to limit the revenue fuelling Putin’s war in Ukraine. As G7 nations have already largely…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillMadam Deputy Speaker, I apologise for not arriving for the beginning of my right hon. and learned Friend’s remarks. On the third group of amendments, on nutrient neutrality, may I…13 Dec 2022