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HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKOrder.24 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKThere is now a one-minute limit.24 Feb 2026HANSARD EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UKOrder.24 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Transport: Planning DevelopmentsThank you.24 Feb 2026HANSARDZero Emission Vehicle MandateEven the UK gigafactory commission, chaired by a former Labour Secretary of State, says that the ZEV mandate is disincentivising investment in UK motor manufacturing. We all know…12 Feb 2026HANSARDZero Emission Vehicle Mandate1. Whether she plans to retain the zero emission vehicle mandate.12 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceMay I tell the hon. Gentleman about austerity?11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceNo, no. The one thing that the Secretary of State got right when he was wagging his finger to my left was his implication about the Liberal Democrats. I was at the heart of that…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Local Government FinanceThat is nothing new. In every one of the last 29 years, people who are lucky enough to have a modest property in the New Forest and a mansion in the city have come to me to…11 Feb 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsWe were promised a reduction in bills of £300, but they have actually gone up by just shy of £200. The impact assessment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment)…10 Feb 2026HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills1. What steps his Department is taking to reduce household energy bills.10 Feb 2026HANSARDJimmy Lai: Prison SentenceI say to the hon. Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) and to the Minister that this is not party political—the last Government were as bad, if not worse. The Minister…09 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Billrose—03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillI have a question too.03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillWe now hear shouts of “cruelty” and “the rape clause”, but I see only one of the seven who were suspended sitting on the Labour Benches. The rest of them kept their heads down and…03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Billrose—03 Feb 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillIt appears that those 300,000 were in poverty a year ago, but the Secretary of State has allowed that to persist till now. What has changed? It is not the fiscal situation, and it…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentCan I tempt my hon. Friend with another very simple belief, which is that unemployment is like any other commodity: the more one pays for it, the more one will have of it?28 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026I call the shadow Secretary of State.27 Jan 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationThe Human Rights Act 1998 does not require the Government to take any action as a consequence of the decisions that were made in the courts; it is entirely a matter for this…21 Jan 2026