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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI associate myself with the words of the Chair of the Defence Committee on the need to get to 3%. Given that we are one of only two countries in the European continent to run a…01 Jun 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthDoes my right hon. Friend not agree that we are seeing not only young people let down, but the deeply immoral act of people being kept on welfare? In five or 10 years’ time,…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI am grateful to my right hon. Friend—forgive me, I should not call him that; he will be embarrassed. I am grateful to the right hon. Member for his point about the steel…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI am delighted to hear that we will be working more closely with the European Union. As the hon. and learned Lady may know, my wife, being French, will be particularly pleased…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthIt has been a pleasure to sit here for a number of hours and hear some views that are, frankly, special. Let me start with some of the factors that have been completely missed…18 May 2026HANSARDStrategic Defence Review: FundingIt is deeply unedifying to hear the Minister and others playing political games on a matter of national security. We can all look at the past; I can tell the Minister about the…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI am grateful to the Minister for his words; it seems that we rather agree. I agree with him that the problem with the defined-benefits system is that it is addressing—let us be…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI am grateful to the Minister, because this is actually becoming a debate in the Chamber, which is so rare. The Minister is absolutely right, but the reason why I link the two is…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension Schemes BillNot yet.15 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension Schemes BillOne of the challenges with defined contribution schemes is that so many of them are parcelled out in much smaller volumes than one would like, and when one compares them with, for…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI am grateful to be called to speak in this debate. Sadly, it reflects the interests of Members that so few of us are here for a debate about one of the most important elements…15 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle EastMay I quote the Prime Minister? He told us just a few moments ago that energy bills will “stay down until July”. He also correctly said that “we do not set the global price for…13 Apr 2026HANSARD Water Supply and Housing Targets: West KentI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her comments, which I completely agree with. I am sure that they have generated enormous response to her current petition, which is at…24 Mar 2026HANSARD Water Supply and Housing Targets: West KentI understand that the Minister is talking about very short-term interventions, but this is about 13,000 homes over a period running up to 2042. I was not going to be partisan…24 Mar 2026HANSARD Water Supply and Housing Targets: West KentIt is no surprise to me that this issue applies across the whole of the United Kingdom. I very much welcome the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. One thing that the Government have…24 Mar 2026HANSARDOil and GasThere seems to be a complete failure to understand how the gas market works. It works on piped gas, on local markets and on an integrated supply and consumption system, yet the…24 Mar 2026HANSARD Water Supply and Housing Targets: West KentI beg to move, That this House has considered water supply and housing targets in west Kent. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John—not for the first time or,…24 Mar 2026HANSARDPuberty Blockers Clinical TrialI will not. Whatever the views of people in this room, there is a second element that this Government must consider. We are already seeing honourable individuals like Keira Bell…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPuberty Blockers Clinical TrialIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. We should start off by recognising that the life choices that adults make, in whatever way they make them, are to be…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. I was wondering whether the Minister has had a chance to speak to her colleague the Housing Secretary about the different pressures that water is having on housing demand in…19 Mar 2026