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HANSARD Health Incentives SchemeLike my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris), I cannot oppose what the Minister tells us here today, but it is frankly on a very small scale. The point made…22 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021An important point in the debate about carbon capture is a recognition that yes, planting trees is excellent, and the Government’s ambitions will be really important if they are…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. This is not just about money, but about the transfer of technologies. One of the things we saw during the covid crisis was that we…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021That is another important point. I think the Minister will accept my saying: I have been a Minister; never trust a Minister—partly because one day they will not be, and it will be…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021I am genuinely grateful to the hon. Gentleman, because I was going to come to that point. He is right. Of course, as a homeowner, I have an incentive to make improvements in my…21 Oct 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House will know that a child born this week in my constituency will lose more days of education, probably have more ill health and will die younger than a child…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021The hon. Gentleman has the good grace to admit that, like me, he has not got a clue. However, we need to have an educated consumer and we need to change the way people see this…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021It is a pleasure, as ever, to serve with you as Chair, Sir Christopher. I thank the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne). In fairness, he tried to deliver a…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021I am genuinely grateful to the Minister for giving way. By the way, I was first elected in 1983 on what was euphemistically called “the longest suicide note in history”, so there…21 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I hope that the Minister does listen. Although the Government recognised that there was no need to use the exemption this year because of…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillLords amendment 43 addresses a real and important issue. Although I listened carefully to what the Minister said to the House, it simply did not go far enough. We know that the…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI have a simple question for my hon. Friend, following on from what my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) said. How do we differentiate between illegal…20 Oct 2021HANSARDCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Backlogs11. What recent estimate he has made of the size of backlogs in cancer diagnosis and treatment.19 Oct 2021HANSARDCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: BacklogsMy late constituent Anne began to suffer pain in April. She never had a GP visit. She had two visits to accident and emergency, which did not result in any treatment plan.…19 Oct 2021HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2021May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies? I would like to ask the Minister a series of questions, although I will allow him time to collect his…19 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. I thank the Secretary of State for his earlier response about my former constituent, Anne, but I did not detect that he mentioned the shortage of oncologists and radiologists…19 Oct 2021HANSARDAUKUSObviously we have an interest in maintaining a peaceful region in the Indo-Pacific, so I welcome this, but will the Prime Minister make something clear? He has described the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDFootball GovernanceThe Secretary of State will be fed up with congratulations soon, but let me add mine as well. She mentioned the question of ownership in football. She knows the north-west well…16 Sept 2021HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskThe tragedy of Grenfell was as a result of a specific type of remediation of those buildings. Other types of work have had a similar but different effect, such as the example I…14 Sept 2021HANSARD High Rise Social Housing: Reducing Fire RiskMay I say what a real pleasure it is to serve under you in the Chair today, Ms Rees? I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter) for a genuinely…14 Sept 2021