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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the hon. Member give way?20 Jun 2025HANSARDFuture of the Gas GridIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I am pleased to speak in this important and timely debate on the future of the gas grid. I thank the hon. Member for…18 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentWill the hon. Member let me continue?10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI cannot help but wonder whether the Secretary of State imagined when he stood at his Dispatch Box back in 2009 that he would be back in 2025 still announcing funding for the same…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEnergy EfficiencyWarm wishes for your birthday, Mr Speaker—and I am going to talk about warmth, as you might expect. Over the last decade, we have seen so many households living in Dickensian…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe North sea’s future lies in clean energy, but despite the UK’s billing as a wind superpower, we still import most of our wind turbine components while communities around the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentWe welcome the Government’s renewed focus on energy security through nuclear power as part of the energy mix. It is long overdue, after years of dither and delay from successive…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI declare my interest as co-chair of the all-party group on local nature recovery. When the Government first introduced this Bill, they branded it a win-win. They said that we…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI completely concur. We appreciate the work done by my hon. Friend and others in the Bill Committee, and by tabling numerous amendments at this stage to help the Government…09 Jun 2025HANSARDClean Energy Transition: Spending ReviewSuccessive Governments have failed to deliver a fair energy transition for workers and communities. We have seen the devastating closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery, and now…20 May 2025HANSARDClean Energy Transition: Spending Review1. What steps she is taking through the spending review to support the transition to clean energy.20 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for moving the motion and for her powerful speech. I…19 May 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy hon. Friend is right to point out that compassion and fairness for those who are terminally ill are rightly at the heart of the Bill. Does he agree with my constituents who…16 May 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. We have to name the report “In Broad Daylight” from Sheffield Hallam University, which found that all solar industry-relevant…14 May 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI rise in strong support of Lords amendment 2B and the consequential amendment tabled by the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion). The Liberal Democrats welcome this key…14 May 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Workers: Transitional SupportAs I consistently said during the debate about the new oilfields at Jackdaw and Rosebank, none has provided the jobs predicted, which were all offshored to Dubai. On the gas…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageI agree. In my South Cambridgeshire constituency alone, rivers and streams were polluted by sewage 728 times in 2024, lasting over 9,700 hours. That is the disgraceful legacy of…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageWe welcome the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025, but we urge the Government to go further, particularly with regard to the protection of chalk streams. That is very personal to…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSewageMy hon. Friend makes such a compelling argument for the protections and accountability that are needed in Wales. We need better protections for our chalk streams, which are unique…23 Apr 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Workers: Transitional SupportI could not resist; I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, given the time limit. He is talking about how important language is, but is it not considered to be an act of…23 Apr 2025