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HANSARD Wind Farms: Protected PeatlandThe right hon. Member is making an excellent speech. Another key challenge in building the turbines is the infrastructure, because a huge amount of aggregate to facilitate the…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Wind Farms: Protected PeatlandI know that on 30 March the hon. Member wrote to the Secretary of State asking for clarity on the guidance associated with the national policy statement for renewable energy…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Wind Farms: Protected PeatlandSir Alec, not only did I inform them today to remind them to come to this debate, I wrote to them last week inviting them to come to this debate and I wrote to them maybe six…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Wind Farms: Protected PeatlandPerfect intervention there, but we have had an intervention from only one of the five neighbouring Labour Members of Parliament I invited to this debate, of which only two turned…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Wind Farms: Protected PeatlandThe hon. Member seems to be dancing around the edges. This debate is on the matter of “windfarm development on protected peatland” but she has not mentioned anything to do with…21 Apr 2026HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeI, too, welcome the statement from the Minister. I pay tribute once again to my constituent Clive Smith, who is the president of the Haemophilia Society, on all the work he has…14 Apr 2026HANSARD National Suicide Prevention StandardI commend the hon. Member for her work in chairing the all-party parliamentary group on suicide and self-harm prevention. I also thank her for jointly organising an event in…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Ground-mounted Solar Panels: AlternativesI have read the land use framework. The Minister has hit the nail on the head, because its sole beneficiary is his Department—the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero—and…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Ground-mounted Solar Panels: AlternativesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and I am afraid to say that I think the hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Tom Hayes) has completely missed the point, because the…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Disclosure and Safeguarding: At-risk ChildrenI, too, commend the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) on his excellent opening speech on behalf of the petitioners. Star Hobson, who was murdered in 2020, was a…13 Apr 2026HANSARDSEND Provision and ReformI am inundated with correspondence from constituents from across Keighley and the wider Bradford district challenging the quality of EHCPs and the diagnosis procedure. One of my…13 Apr 2026HANSARD Disclosure and Safeguarding: At-risk ChildrenThe hon. Member is making an excellent speech. Given the experience of the Star Hobson case in my constituency, where the grandparents were instrumental, does the hon. Member…13 Apr 2026HANSARDBusiness of the HouseFollowing roadwork infrastructure improvements in Ilkley, many residents and local businesses have been struggling since the middle of January due to utility works that are taking…26 Mar 2026HANSARD Proposed Visitor LevyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds) for securing this incredibly important…25 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasTime and again, we hear this Labour Government’s rhetoric about being pro-growth, pro-jobs and pro-economy. Despite these claims, they have continued to do the very opposite, as…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasThat is absolutely right, and my hon. Friend makes an excellent point. There is an additional cash-flow pressure on many food producers, which is why it is absolutely crucial that…24 Mar 2026HANSARDSudden Unexplained Death in ChildhoodIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I thank the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) for securing this really important debate. There are a…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasThe narrative that continues to come from those on the Government Benches is that we must have a roll-out of more renewable energy, without necessarily looking at the negative…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasWell, it has not been built yet. The proposal will come before the Energy Secretary, because he removed the onshore wind farm moratorium that the Conservative Government put in…24 Mar 2026HANSARD Court and Tribunal TranscriptsThat is very kind, Mr Pritchard, but I will give way.23 Mar 2026