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HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyThis is about choices. We cannot forever get stuck in the past, as we have just heard. We need to look forward to the future. Investment in renewables is the only way I can see as…05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyI thank the right hon. Member for his intervention, because it goes to the core of the argument. There are already models, and they have been around for some time. The idea of…05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyIs it not absurd that a lot of tidal power projects are rejected on the basis of cost, yet nuclear is the most expensive way of producing energy?05 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyI congratulate the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mick Whitley) on securing the debate. Energy security is as important as ever in the face of the climate emergency and the need to…05 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingI want to thank the tireless campaigners, especially Pauline Carroll from our local Bath branch of Dignity in Dying, who has taken me on a journey over the past five years. Due to…04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Since Brexit, many UK companies have stopped exporting to the EU altogether, whatever the Minister is trying to sell us. The situation has become even worse for many of my…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateResponse Rescue International, a charity that trains dogs to recover human remains following natural or manmade disasters, wants to provide services to the people of Ukraine.…16 Jun 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Royal College of Emergency Medicine has published a report, “Tip of the Iceberg” indicating that waiting times in accident and emergency and access to emergency care are a lot…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorI also refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I welcome the reforms that are being proposed today. However, a lot more needs to be done to protect…16 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Six days ago, the Government approved an application to draw gas in Dunsfold in Surrey, although the council had refused the application twice. Does the Minister agree that…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesIs it not the reality that the person who most wants this strike to go ahead is the Prime Minister?15 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyI totally agree. We have to say this again and again: this is not about professional medical treatment and therapy. The conversion therapies that need to be banned are…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyIs the hon. Member not making a mistake by confusing what we are here to discuss banning? We are here to discuss banning pseudo-practices. We are not aiming to ban NHS therapies…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyAt last the Government have proposed, and will bring forward, a conversion therapy Bill. I welcome that—it is progress. After all, I tabled a private Member’s Bill to ban…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyI totally agree. What is damaging about all these practices is that they have an outcome before they even start. That is why they are so damaging.13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyWe are having a good debate, but can the Minister confirm that conversion practices are those that are aimed at a certain outcome? What he is describing—an open conversation to…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseSome 85,000 households in England live in park homes. In Bath, residents in Quarry Rock Gardens are worried about soaring costs. These residents face minimum protections from…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy07 Jun 2022HANSARDRenewable Energy1. What plans he has to support the development of the renewable energy sector.07 Jun 2022HANSARDRenewable EnergyI wish Alex a happy retirement; where would we be without Hansard ? Ofgem’s remit is a real barrier to increasing grid capacity, as it is currently impossible to make anticipatory…07 Jun 2022