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HANSARD Finance BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. It is absolutely by putting in place the measures for transition that we will meet net zero. If we continue with business as usual and…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. The whole argument is that we will continue to rely on oil and gas for the time being, but unless we start to change something,…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillIndeed. I could not agree more and I thank the hon. Gentleman for clarifying the figures. That is why something needed to change and something needed to give. I repeat that I hope…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillI rise to speak briefly in support of new clause 2. I welcome the Government finally scrapping the unfair investment allowance loophole for the oil and gas giants, which the…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillI have a very simple question to ask the right hon. Gentleman: does he believe that climate change is happening and that we need to get to net zero by 2050, or does he believe it…10 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAvon and Somerset police is doing an excellent job at Bath Christmas market, challenging any individual seen behaving inappropriately towards a woman or young female. What more…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe oil and gas giants were making eye-watering profits when the Conservative Government finally introduced a levy, although it had a loophole that let the oil and gas companies…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillDoes the hon. Lady not recognise that we are in a transition period, which we need in order to get to net zero? Of course, we need to protect jobs, but the transition to net zero…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPlanning Committees: ReformIt is not local planning authorities that stop house building, but land supplies and land banking, as we have already heard this afternoon. In Bath and north-east Somerset alone,…09 Dec 2024HANSARDTeacher Recruitment and RetentionSome 9,000 women in their 30s left teaching in 2022-23. This is the single biggest age group leaving teaching in Bath and across the country. Will the Government improve maternity…09 Dec 2024HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI thank my hon. Friend for his powerful speech. Does he agree that a lot of problems have arisen from the poor funding of local authorities, where building control services have…02 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI appreciate that the hon. Gentleman talks to us as a medical professional and we need to listen to his views. But is it not true that any medical assessment is an approximation;…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIs it not the case that the conversations that patients will have with doctors will bring out whether they have been coerced or are suffering intolerably? The criteria are about…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Billrose —29 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI have already mentioned this morning that Bath is a city of music. Today marks the release of “Love is Enough”, a Christmas song written by six young carers and performed by Bath…28 Nov 2024HANSARDCreative IndustriesBath is a city of music, but so many of the musicians in the city and across the UK face enormous bureaucratic barriers when they want to perform in the EU. Can the Secretary of…28 Nov 2024HANSARDStellantis LutonThe Electric Vehicle Association says that 14 non-governmental organisations, think-tanks and campaign groups are advocating for upholding the ZEV mandate. We have just seen the…27 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI do not know whether the Secretary of State will still be in the Chamber when I talk about Spice-spiked vapes. I see a gap in the Bill: it does not talk about refills. The…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillWe should also look at online sales. A lot of young people purchase products online. May I ask the Minister what the Bill says about that?26 Nov 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Billrose—26 Nov 2024