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HANSARD Electric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureI will later refer to the barriers to greater electric vehicle uptake, which include accessibility and the number of on and off-street charging points. There are great regional…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Electric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureI beg to move, That this House has considered electric vehicle charging infrastructure. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. We had an important hour…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Electric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureMy hon. Friend will be pleased to hear that I will make some remarks on that issue and particularly on what can be done. He is right: according to the RAC, the cost of home…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Electric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureMy hon. Friend is right to point out that a number of councils are exemplars for charging, but a number of other councils are lagging behind the good example of Havant. I will…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Electric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureMy right hon. Friend is incredibly generous to give way again. I made a glaring omission in my remarks. Although he rightly says that rapid charging points are perhaps the next…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Electric Vehicle Charging InfrastructureMy right hon. Friend the Minister is clearly right about what the Government should be pressing local authorities to do. Given that they are giving additional funding for the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. I warmly welcome the Government’s decision to increase the state pension by more than 10% in April, but does my right hon. Friend agreed that we should encourage private…06 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Inactivity: Working-age PeopleI commend my right hon. Friend for the work that the Department is doing to try to reduce economic inactivity. He will know that many of the over-50s moving out of employment and…06 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Inactivity: Working-age People10. What steps he is taking to reduce levels of economic inactivity among working-age people.06 Mar 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicles: InfrastructureLike my hon. Friend—and my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine), who introduced the debate—I am a passionate believer in public access to charging points, but he is…22 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Wimbledon, Morden, Raynes Park and Motspur Park are home to many high-tech companies, including GripAble, which is developing solutions for neuro diseases. What are the…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement1. What steps his Department is taking to reform public procurement.02 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic ProcurementI thank my hon. Friend for that answer. He will know that UK major projects have had, at best, a mixed history of both procurement and contract management over a long period. How…02 Feb 2023HANSARDBritish Shipbuilding5. What steps his Department is taking to support British shipbuilding.30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanI warmly welcome what my right hon. Friend has said. He is right to recognise that one of the long-term impediments to discharge is the disconnect between the NHS and social care…30 Jan 2023HANSARDBritish ShipbuildingI thank my right hon. Friend for that encouraging answer. He will know that offshore support vessels will be required for the Crown Estate offshore wind arrangements, for which…30 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Wimbledon is one of the best places for young diverse entrepreneurs to start up. The recent London Chamber of Commerce and Industry report suggested that there were problems…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Businesses16. What steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses.17 Jan 2023HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized BusinessesWimbledon’s clubs and pubs are at the heart of our community and, like my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds), several have asked me how the…17 Jan 2023HANSARDRoyal Mail and the Universal Service ObligationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ali, and to contribute briefly to the debate. I will read out two emails from constituents. One says: “My son was sent a…12 Jan 2023