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HANSARDRare Minerals and MetalsThe Government’s plan for net zero by 2050 is unplanned and uncosted. On top of that, we now have the difficulty of finding the metals that are needed for batteries, magnets and…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillDoes the Secretary of State share my bemusement at some of the arguments? We know that we will need gas and that we will spend billions of pounds importing it from regimes that we…19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillAt least the hon. Member is being honest in his speech. He has made it clear that the only reason why he is intervening on what he believes is an English issue is that this is a…19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that the main reason people are opposed to onshore wind is that it is extremely land-intensive? Compared with the area that 10 fracking pads would…19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillDoes the right hon. Gentleman accept that there is another vital question to be asked? Since we will require gas until at least 2050—£1 trillion-worth of gas is to be…19 Oct 2022HANSARD Public Order Billrose—18 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI do not know what calculations have been done in Scotland, but in Northern Ireland the regulator has estimated that to give equivalence, there would have to be a payment of £500…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices Billrose —17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI welcome the Chancellor’s appointment and wish him well in his job, because on his success depends the success of all our constituents in meeting the cost of living. While…17 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI and my colleagues take no joy in the difficulties in which the Government and the country find themselves at present, because they affect all our constituents. Does the Leader…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillFirst of all, I give our thanks to the Secretary of State for the diligent way he has sought to address the problems in Northern Ireland. He points out that the package is coming…17 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]Does my hon. Friend also accept that the Secretary of State then brings himself into the quagmire of disagreement in the Executive, and will increasingly find himself—as has…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]Would my hon. Friend accept that, while it may not be the intention—and we accept the word of the Minister in his intervention—the reality is that once the power is in this Bill,…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]Does my hon. Friend accept that the hon. Gentleman has actually got it wrong? It is not one quango, but three quangos. There will be a commissioner for Irish language, a…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]The Secretary of State is right to say that the two commissioners have distinct jobs, but the important thing is that we must make sure that both these people have the same…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]As the earlier intervention pointed out, while we agonise over an Irish language commitment there are more Chinese speakers and Polish speakers in Northern Ireland than Irish…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationCovid supply-side disruption and the war in Ukraine have obviously added to inflation, as has monetary policy in the United States and our own high levels of borrowing, added to…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]rose —12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]The Minister is being very generous. Does he understand the point that has been made? As far as the Ulster Scots community is concerned, the attack on that community, especially…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]Does my hon. Friend also notice a correlation between matters being brought to this House and out of the hands of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the demands made by Sinn Féin…12 Oct 2022