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HANSARDStorm ArwenLike other Members, could I add my own thanks for the resilience and fortitude of those who have been left without power for so long and the dedication of the engineers who have…01 Dec 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this section of our consideration of the Finance Bill. At the outset, may I just say that notwithstanding the valiant efforts of the Minister to try…01 Dec 2021HANSARDConduct of the Right Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South RuislipI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and she says it very eloquently and succinctly. We have a crisis of confidence in this country. We have a crisis of confidence in the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDConduct of the Right Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South RuislipI would like to say what a pleasure it has been to listen to the single transferable Whip’s speech that seems to have passed from one end of the Tory Benches to the other, but I…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement, and I add my own thanks for the work that the NHS does and continues to do in all parts of these islands to keep…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. It is hardly a cheap point when it is about expensive donations. More than two years since the first request, and more than a month since a judge refused the Government leave…25 Nov 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords Appointments2. If the Government will conduct a review of the process for appointing peers to the House of Lords.25 Nov 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords AppointmentsAbout half the peers in the House of Lords have been ennobled since 2010, with most—I am being charitable—not for their sheer luminosity of talent but for the generosity of their…25 Nov 2021HANSARDAutomated External Defibrillators: Public AccessI am the Front-Bench spokesperson, Mr Hollobone.18 Nov 2021HANSARDAutomated External Defibrillators: Public AccessIt is still a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I hope I am not being flippant or not paying due respect to the seriousness of the subject when I say that I…18 Nov 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: EU NegotiationsNotwithstanding recess dates, it took until 16 November even to get a written statement on this subject, and that turned out to be a copy-and-paste job from Lord Frost’s earlier…18 Nov 2021HANSARDValue Added Tax (Distance Selling and Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations 2021
Customs Tariff (Establishment and Suspension of Import Duty) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I am grateful for the opportunity to give a single transferrable speech, which will speak to both measures. The…18 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury), whose speech was punctuated throughout by the sound of many nails being hit on the head. The…16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillOne concern many have about the national insurance increase is that there is an understanding about how much that will raise but no understanding whatsoever about how much will…16 Nov 2021HANSARDClean Steel FundIn contrast to Germany’s €3 billion hydrogen plan, there was no new funding announced in the recent Budget for clean steel projects. As 2023 is far too late, with primary steel…16 Nov 2021HANSARDClean Steel Fund4. What steps his Department is taking to allocate funding from the Clean Steel Fund before 2023 following the development of hydrogen-based steelmaking projects in Sweden and…16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillWill the Minister give way?16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillAs the Minister is so good at maths, can she tell us what the tax rate would be if the surcharge was not being reduced?16 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn reforming domestic air passenger duty, the Chancellor could have done something really clever; he could have incentivised the use of low-carbon forms of transport domestically,…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWhere is the levelling up funding?01 Nov 2021