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HANSARDNational Grid Proposals: North East LincolnshireMy hon. Friend is generous in allowing me to intervene to emphasise the case for South Holland and The Deepings, which faces exactly the menace he describes. What is proposed…23 May 2024HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismMy right hon. Friend will know that I was the security Minister who introduced the Prevent duty he has just set out, the first time there was a legislative requirement on the…22 May 2024HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI am slightly hesitant about interrupting this eulogy to all things Scots, but has the hon. Gentleman noted that a Scot has just taken the Chair?22 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. Now that the Government have recognised the importance of versatile and productive agricultural land in respect of solar, will they recognise too the threat…21 May 2024HANSARDNet Zero: Cost-Benefit AnalysisI refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The benefits of renewables cannot come at any cost. In that spirit, I welcome the commitment of the…21 May 2024HANSARD Relationships, Sex and Health Education: Statutory GuidanceThe poet John Betjeman said: “Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.” Darkness falls when very young children are forced…16 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportWe must not let cause become more important that effect. As my hon. Friend described, it is right that we look at why and how this happened, but what really matters is what…16 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportLet me say at the outset that the right hon. Gentleman was a distinguished Minister, well respected across the House in his various Government jobs. Is communication not the nub…16 May 2024HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentI raised exactly those concerns at the time in relation to P&O. The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful argument—and, incidentally, I congratulate the Minister on the motion—but…14 May 2024HANSARDNational Grid: PylonsGiven what I said about the agreement the Government made to protect flat lands such as the fens in relation to onshore wind, which involves much lower structures, will the…02 May 2024HANSARDNational Grid: PylonsAbsolutely, and as Lincolnshire County Council has pointed out, National Grid’s calculations underestimate the compensation that would be paid, the damage to the environment—all…02 May 2024HANSARDNational Grid: PylonsMy hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Matt Warman) has done the House a service by bringing forward this matter for our consideration. I want, in the time available,…02 May 2024HANSARDNational Grid: PylonsI will give way to the hon. Lady, given that I was so nice about her earlier.02 May 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsI am delighted to get a second bite of the cherry, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving me that. There are three deceptions. The first, which she described, is of dodgy…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsMy hon. Friend has done a great service to the House by bringing this debate to our attention. As she will know, my constituency contains a disproportionate amount of that very…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Solar FarmsThat is indeed right. If a Member of Parliament does not defend their own area, surely they are not really doing their job, are they? My backyard is South Holland and the…18 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI commend my right hon. Friend for her approach to young people smoking, her determination to deal with illegal tobacco and her crackdown on vaping, which is a menace to young…16 Apr 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman’s speech, not least because it is his birthday. Let me put it to him in this fashion. I think that the public have as much to fear…25 Mar 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]Is this an example of my being more hardline than the right hon. Gentleman? It seems like it to me, but perhaps not.25 Mar 2024HANSARD Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]I am seeing the Minister nodding. He might want to say a word or two more when he sums up.25 Mar 2024