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HANSARDUK-EU SummitI agree. But there is another dangerous game being played by another political party: the Liberal Democrats. My right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am happy to point out that after the referendum and since we left the European Union, we are spending way more than £350 million a week more on the NHS than we were, and our…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am glad that the hon. Gentleman has made that point, but the best thing for all European nations is not to try to build our own EU defence capability, but to strengthen NATO.…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitYes. That promise of creating an EU defence capability has been on the table since the St Malo declaration of 1999, in the aftermath of the Maastricht treaty that first introduced…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitThe hon. Gentleman told us that he has a constituent who finds it easier to trade with South Korea than with the EU. What does that tell us about the EU? Is that not one reason…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI agree with my right hon. Friend, and that is why it was an extremely ominous portent that the Minister at the Dispatch Box refused to answer him on the question of whether there…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitYes, and when we look at the European Defence Agency and all the mechanisms that have been created, we can see that the European Defence Agency is an embryo European Ministry of…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI ask that he wait just a minute. What signal is it sending to Donald Trump by suggesting that we will have an EU defence policy that excludes the United States? It is exactly the…13 May 2025HANSARD Energy Prices: Energy-intensive IndustriesWhy is it better, according to the Government, to import gas from Norway instead of developing our own North sea gas fields?01 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsDoes the Prime Minister recall from our history that, even during the blitz, concert pianist Dame Myra Hess continued performing her piano recitals at the National Gallery,…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Energy Grid ResilienceCan the Minister please explain what exactly the Government disagree with in the considered written foreword by Sir Tony Blair to his think-tank report?30 Apr 2025HANSARDBirmingham: Waste CollectionMay I point out that the strike started under this Labour Government, and under a Labour council—and despite all the Minister’s hand-wringing and anguish, the strike continues…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Ukraine UpdateTo what extent does the 39-member coalition accept that the United States is still the indispensable partner in any so-called peacekeeping operation? Unless a peacekeeping force…22 Apr 2025HANSARDHospice FundingI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. We should not just complain about this terrible new tax that is being applied to hospices, but point out to the Minister…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHospice FundingWas it the Government’s intention to put an additional tax on hospices? Is that exactly what the Government intended to do, or is that an unforeseen consequence?08 Apr 2025HANSARD Zero Emission Vehicle MandateI’ve got one!07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksI thank the hon. Lady for keeping an open mind about what to do to save the remnants of our steel industry. Does she not agree that it is vital that we maintain a strategic…07 Apr 2025HANSARD Zero Emission Vehicle MandateIf the Government’s top priority really is growth, a policy that sets artificial targets to ban products that people want to buy, which are not subsidised, to force them to buy…07 Apr 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Kevin McKenna). I do not need to repeat everything he said, because it all applies in spades to my…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Victory in Europe and Japan: 80th AnniversariesI thank the Minister for her statement and for mentioning the Parliament choir, of which I am a trustee, and the concert we are planning as part of Parliament’s celebration of…13 Mar 2025