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HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerMr Speaker, The Times has told the world how old you are today.10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerI do not propose to write it into the record, but I note that you are catching up on me. [ Laughter. ] Happy birthday.10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerYesterday, a Minister said from the Dispatch Box that only 1% of farmland was being damaged by development, yet solar panels are smothering east Kent’s best farmland. It must…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillWill the Minister give way?09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThis relates directly to the Bill. Not only does it relate directly to the Bill, but there are dozens of amendments all relating to this one single issue. The fact of the matter…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI concur entirely with the views expressed by the two Privy Counsellors on the Conservative Back Benches who have already spoken, my right hon. Friend the Member for North West…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesGood morning, ladies and gentlemen. Colleagues can look around the room and see how many people are seeking to participate in this debate. I am giving you warning that after the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesOrder. I call David Chadwick.04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesOrder. The hon. Lady is quite entitled to give way, but where Members choose to intervene, it will affect my judgment on where in the batting order they are called.04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesOrder. If hon. Members intervene, injury time is added, which means that not all Members will get called. If you look at the clock and the number of Members who want to intervene,…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesOrder. I notice that the hon. Member for Blackpool South (Chris Webb) is standing. Under the rules, I am afraid we are not allowed to call Members who were not here at the start…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesCongratulations. As a result of everyone’s self-discipline, we have accommodated 19 Members and an additional eight interventions. That must be something of a record. It also…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesOrder. No.04 Jun 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare in FarmingI am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I have already indicated this to you, Mr Vickers, but I apologise to colleagues now for the fact that I will have to leave…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare in FarmingI agree with the hon. Gentleman entirely. Does he also agree that there is a significant error in not properly labelling animals subjected to non-stunned slaughter?03 Jun 2025HANSARD Government AnnouncementsWill you take a point of order now, Mr Speaker?02 Jun 2025HANSARDBusiness and the EconomyWe ought to ram this point home so that the Minister understands. Before he stands up, he has plenty of time to think this through and provide us with a sensible answer, rather…21 May 2025HANSARD Ukraine: Forcibly Deported ChildrenI do not for one moment doubt the Minister’s sincerity or his determination to bring this to a satisfactory conclusion, but we all know that one of the keys to that is President…21 May 2025HANSARDPensions: ExpatriatesDoes the Minister consider that it is morally acceptable for Canada to uprate the pensions of its citizens in this country and to also bear the cost of this country not uprating…20 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI do not want to be a dog in the manger, but the Prime Minister’s statement appears to be very strong on self-congratulation and very short on detail. I know he does not like…20 May 2025