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HANSARDGas-fired Power StationsThe National Energy System Operator’s clean power 2030 plan relies on unabated gas power stations, without a clear plan for their decarbonisation after 2030. The forthcoming…06 Jan 2026HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: RepealAbsolutely. My hon. Friend is right. All those algorithms now have hidden interests, which are sometimes just to increase use, but I think we all strongly suspect that they may…15 Dec 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: RepealThe Minister describes the review of the Act and how we have a rapidly growing list of potential harms. It strikes me that we are up against a very agile and rapidly developing…15 Dec 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: RepealThank you, Mr Pritchard. I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Tom Hayes). I was fortunate enough to meet the Worcestershire youth cabinet, which is based…15 Dec 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: RepealMy hon. Friend is, of course, right. If we regulate for safety, we do not need to worry about the ecosystem needing good actors to displace it. At the same time, however, those…15 Dec 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: RepealIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. At its birth, the internet was envisaged as a great advancement in a free society: decentralised, crowdsourced and…15 Dec 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: RepealI thank my hon. Friend for his remark. He is entirely right. In my own experience of engineering products, very critically, for safety, it was incumbent upon us to be fully open…15 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyAs the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on family hubs, I am pleased that Best Start family hubs are at the heart of the strategy, and that the strategy values a fresh…08 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill my hon. Friend give way?01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThis Budget is designed to address the issues that people in Worcester really care about. The first is the cost of living. We will see a typical household energy bill reduction of…01 Dec 2025HANSARD Warm Homes PlanThe hon. Lady rightly points out the importance of health in this debate. We face a crisis of warmth, but also a crisis of damp in our housing stock. In a building, ventilation…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Pride in PlaceThe people of Warndon in Worcester feel immense pride in their identity, and they know that for far too long they have been unheard, let down and left behind. This commitment of…15 Oct 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillI will speak to new clause 1. Context is important, as this Bill is a first step on a long pathway to decarbonising aviation. At the moment, SAF components are blended with…15 Oct 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillI thank the hon. Member for giving way. I would like to speak to his comments and those of the Father of the House about the impact on consumers. In Committee, the Government made…15 Oct 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillWill the hon. Member give way?15 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stuart. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for introducing the debate so well and…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I take this opportunity to welcome the Minister to her place. I am pleased that she mentioned the importance of…15 Sept 2025HANSARDBus Services2. What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services.11 Sept 2025HANSARDBus ServicesWorcester has been let down on transport. Our evening and weekend buses have been decimated, leaving our roads congested, our air polluted and our city centre cut off. I thank the…11 Sept 2025HANSARDHydrogen Supply ChainsThe hon. Member is entirely right. Ammonia is a very important part of the future energy mix. It is interchangeable bidirectionally with hydrogen and it is a very compact energy…09 Sept 2025