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HANSARD Business of the HouseHopefully, my right hon. Friend will agree that, in seeking net zero, a considerable proportion of our energy production will have to come from nuclear power sources. On that…25 May 2023HANSARDRenewable EnergyDoes my hon. Friend agree that, although renewable energy provides a considerable proportion of Scottish and UK power, if we are to hit net zero, nuclear power is and will be…17 May 2023HANSARD Energy TrilemmaThe right hon. Gentleman said that tidal would be an alternative to nuclear, but it should be in addition to nuclear. The demand that is coming and the demand if we move into…23 Mar 2023HANSARD Energy TrilemmaThere are days when the renewables fail and, when that happens, we have to buy electricity in, particularly from places such as Belgium. Should the Government not be expanding…23 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersI completely agree. Putting honesty and these individuals together is an almighty clash; they do not match. David Blunkett set up a small team in the Home Office to look at the…02 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersI must congratulate the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) and my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover (Mark Fletcher) for putting the case extremely well yesterday and…02 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ3. I have just returned from the south Pacific and— [ Interruption . ] I have resisted the All Blacks jokes. I found a deep concern there about the expanding tentacles of…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ10. My right hon. Friend will be aware that the Government provide slim financial support across five firms for small modular reactors. A few other countries have woken up and…23 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Will my right hon. Friend take steps to ensure that green-belt sites set aside for housing in local council draft plans are removed prior to plan adoption?21 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsThat was a really disappointing speech from the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Drew Hendry). I was interested to hear the speech of my right hon.…14 Nov 2022HANSARD Australia and New Zealand Trade DealsBefore we entered the common market, the Australia-New Zealand agricultural juggernaut centred on this country for its trade. As my right hon. Friend said, that trade is now going…14 Nov 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryFirst, I must congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous). This is the second time that I have heard him pronounce on NHS dentistry—I think he has done it…20 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenI was visited by a number of my constituents yesterday. I had forgotten what we were there to discuss and so had they. All they could talk about was the Queen. They were sad to…10 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillAh, the hon. Gentleman is going to sell me a car!06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Billrose —06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillThe hon. Gentleman has to recognise that they are also looking for other things that we can produce and that we will send there. I mentioned Jags, but there are all the cars, all…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillWe have been listening to Members, particularly from the Opposition, saying that we need protections and so forth to be built in. This goes two ways: if we build in protections,…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI am not a member of the Trade Committee. I have listened to the technicalities with considerable interest, but having looked at the volumes that have been referred to, I shut…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI am sorry that the hon. Gentleman mentioned a Morris Minor, because as a student I was taken backwards and forwards between university and home in a Morris Minor and it was the…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI know exactly why the car is sitting in his shed. It is because no one will take it out. The opportunity is there. The last time I was in New Zealand, I was talking to people…06 Sept 2022