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HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Workers: Transitional SupportWill the hon. Gentleman give way?23 Apr 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Workers: Transitional SupportYes, we should join the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance. We very much support that. Following COP28, we are looking forward to COP30. Hopefully, the UK can once again demonstrate global…23 Apr 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Workers: Transitional SupportIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) for securing this critical debate and for her compelling…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationWe are living in the shadow of the former Conservative Government’s failure to invest in renewable energy and insulate our homes. Those failures have contributed directly to an…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationWe are absolutely and critically supportive of a just transition in the North sea, to move off fossil fuels alongside and parallel to our increased use of renewable energy. It is…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationThat is exactly the point I am making. I have been talking with my constituents, particularly about the controversial new large-scale Kingsway solar farm in my constituency. We…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAddenbrooke’s hospital in my constituency has launched a major expert clinical inquiry, following worrying evidence that nine young children suffered worse outcomes than expected…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI completely agree. The Great British Energy Bill gives a statutory steer that helps us have those long-term plans. The clean energy transition has to be done with communities,…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillI completely agree. That is why the Liberal Democrats will continue to call for restrictions on trade with regions where abuses take place, including Xinjiang, and advocate for…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillAlongside community groups across the country, including Power for People and Community Energy England, I am pleased to welcome the inclusion of community energy and benefits in…25 Mar 2025HANSARDSchool Exclusion: Pupils with SEND12. What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of school exclusions of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.10 Mar 2025HANSARDSchool Exclusion: Pupils with SENDToo many children with SEND in South Cambridgeshire are out of school, due not only to exclusion but to the long waiting times for specialist or alternative provision when…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Bathing Water RegulationsIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I thank my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Taunton and Wellington (Gideon Amos) for securing this critical debate. While…04 Mar 2025HANSARD Palestinian Rights: Government SupportIt is an honour and privilege to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I thank the Father of the House, the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), for securing…04 Mar 2025HANSARD Bathing Water RegulationsI wanted to clarify that there are two bodies of argument here. Given that there has been a complete lack of regulations and ways to enforce the “polluter pays” principle with…04 Mar 2025HANSARD Bathing Water RegulationsI completely agree. I emphasise what my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton and Wellington said: that is why we need tougher action on the water companies. We also need to take…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersI thank and congratulate the headteachers and staff at Meldreth, Great Wilbraham and Stapleford primary schools in my constituency. Will the Minister explain to them how important…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Crown Estate Bill [Lords]We will not be pressing this new clause to a vote, but the new investment and borrowing powers change the context for the 2020 memorandum of understanding. I ask for reassurance…24 Feb 2025HANSARD Crown Estate Bill [Lords]I extend my thanks to colleagues in the other place, the Public Bill Office staff and those in this House who served on the Bill Committee. Their efforts have been invaluable in…24 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure: Chinese CompaniesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) for securing this important urgent question. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as the Minister has…12 Feb 2025