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HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we need some oil and gas while on the road to a clean energy economy, does it not make sense to produce our own, rather than importing it from other countries and thus…29 Apr 2025HANSARDKashmir: Increasing TensionI am sure the Government recognise that the strategic aim of this sort of terrorist atrocity is to provoke indiscriminate retaliation and undermine peaceful relations between…29 Apr 2025HANSARDFreedom of Speech: UniversitiesCan the Secretary of State confirm that the new freedom of speech provisions will ensure that, if any member of a university’s staff gives the same definition of a woman as the…28 Apr 2025HANSARD London Sudan ConferenceI appreciate the pressures on the Minister’s officials, but does the Minister agree that this disaster playing out in Sudan is under-reported, and, therefore, may I encourage him…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House in advance for the very large number of follow-up letters she will be writing after this marathon session. I know that it is probably quite a…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Ukraine War: London TalksIf the Government could persuade the Nobel peace prize committee to give the award to Donald Trump on condition that he stops siding with the aggressor against the victim, does…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Hair and Beauty Sector: Government PolicyI know it is not the main thrust of my hon. Friend’s argument, but does she share my concern at the detailed exposés at the end of March in the Evening Standard and The Sunday…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillThe right hon. Lady has just said something very important: namely, that she would normally expect a pre-sentence report to be given in all, or at least almost all, cases. I hope…22 Apr 2025HANSARD British SteelOn the day that Parliament was recalled, I gather that the workers themselves had to confront Chinese executives who were intent on coming on to the site. They believe that those…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Ukraine Updateindicated assent.22 Apr 2025HANSARDBirmingham: Waste CollectionGiven that the Minister no doubt sincerely believes that the offer on the table is a good one, why does he think the unions are not accepting it?22 Apr 2025HANSARD Ukraine UpdateCoupled with the decision of the leader of the free world to describe Ukraine as the aggressor in this war is the news today that America may be considering no longer supplying…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillI do not think anyone is questioning the firm action the Lord Chancellor is taking. The point my hon. Friend the Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild) made is: why should it…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Minister take a special look at the problem of rogue builders who repeatedly target our constituents—often very vulnerable people? They take thousands from them and wreck…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Zero Emission Vehicle MandateAs someone who has never bought a new motor vehicle, apart from a motorcycle, may I probe the Secretary of State further on what she said about the second-hand EV market? For…07 Apr 2025HANSARDScunthorpe SteelworksThe Minister should not waste the opportunity of a lifetime in the parties of the right urging a party of the left to nationalise a British industry. One organisation that has…07 Apr 2025HANSARDNew Homes: SustainabilityI genuinely thank the Minister for the time he took to meet me and the chairman of a local residents’ association in an apartment block to discuss the problems of building new…07 Apr 2025HANSARD Road MaintenanceI am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. I thought I would get in before she gets back into her stride. Can she throw some light on an issue that has puzzled me for…07 Apr 2025HANSARD School-based Nursery Capital GrantsI like the right hon. Lady, and I really enjoyed her sunlit-uplands speech—anyone would think there was a leadership contest on in the Labour party. I did not quite hear the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestMay I remind the Secretary of State that, at a hearing in 2017, the Defence Committee took evidence from four distinguished professors of law, including Philippe Sands, with whose…02 Apr 2025