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HANSARDSpending Review: Cross-departmental PlanningWhile discussing the spending review, will the Treasury get the Agriculture Secretary and the Energy Secretary together in the same room, and make sure that agriculture receives…20 May 2025HANSARDPensions: ExpatriatesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) on raising an issue that, quite simply, is a matter of national shame. I had the privilege of…20 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 2025HANSARDPensions: ExpatriatesIt saddens me enormously that the hon. Lady is trying to make a partisan case, simply because—as I recall, and I think I do recall correctly—a member of her party was the Pensions…20 May 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI doubt whether there is a single Member of this House who does not wish to see the 58 remaining hostages returned to their families, whether dead or alive. I think that the…20 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseLater today, the House will debate the subject of solar farms. I do not wish to pre-empt that debate, but the fact of the matter is that building solar farms on agricultural land…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In the interests of accuracy—I understand that is what we are trying to pursue—the Minister said during the course of his…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsThe only less environmentally-friendly form of power generation than solar panels in the United Kingdom is the Drax power station, which is forest-fed. It is a complete myth to…15 May 2025HANSARDAviation SectorAs the Minister is well aware, the Government have supported and signed off on the development consent order for Manston airport in my constituency. It is hoped and expected that…15 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Environmental ImpactThe astonishingly successful GrowUp vertical agriculture project in Sandwich, in my constituency, is highly dependent on data, which could be hugely assisted by artificial…14 May 2025HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment: Disabled PeopleThe personal independence payment does what it says on the tin: it is designed to enable people to live an independent life. As someone who has represented constituents in…12 May 2025HANSARD Energy Grid ResilienceThe Minister is fully aware of my total opposition to the construction of a 90-foot-high converter station on the Minster marshes in east Kent. National Grid’s sea link project is…30 Apr 2025HANSARDGlobal DeforestationI congratulate my hon. Friend, the hon. Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner)—in this case, he is a friend—on raising a matter of paramount importance that will affect the future…30 Apr 2025HANSARDGlobal DeforestationThe hon. Lady makes an unassailable point. This should not be happening. Drax is felling trees in the southern states of the United States—in Mississippi, Alabama and…30 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsDuring the last Parliament, I made a submission, on behalf of the National Association of Retired Police Officers, for a medal to be issued in recognition of the service given by…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Ukraine War: London TalksThe Minister’s confirmation that the coalition of the willing will not permit the concession of any Ukrainian sovereign territory to Russia is most welcome, but I am not sure that…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House will probably know that last night, elsewhere in this House, the campaign to return Ukraine’s stolen children was launched, with cross-party support and a…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseFollowing the conversion from paper visas to e-visas, members of the Ukrainian community in the United Kingdom who are refugees are having considerable difficulty renewing their…03 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI should properly declare an interest as a former member of the British Actors’ Equity Association. Mr Speaker, if I enter your house and steal the draft manuscript of your…03 Apr 2025HANSARDRight of Self-DeterminationIn the interests of self-determination, will the Foreign Secretary take the earliest opportunity to remind his opposite number in the United States that Canada has chosen to be a…01 Apr 2025