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The controversial development west of Shetland is estimated to contain 300 million barrels of oil.
Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox have been suspended over insults against Ava Evans on Wootton's show.
The PM is accused of recklessness after a new oil field is approved but he says he is being pragmatic.
Party drops promise to remove some charity tax perks but says it will implement VAT on fees.
The Lib Dem leader launches an all-out attack on the Tories' NHS record in his conference speech.
Sir Ed Davey makes it clear who the Lib Dems are targeting at the general election - but will it work?
The former prime minister's plans at his new home had been threatened by the presence of great crested newts.
The UNHCR denies that the international asylum system is no longer fit for purpose.
Labour mayors are meeting in Leeds to urge PM Rishi Sunak to stick with the HS2 link to Manchester.
Grant Shapps is criticised for banning armed forces from giving evidence to select committee inquiry.
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No, I do not think it means we should do nothing. I think that if we believe, as I think many of us do, that we should control the illegitimate supply of nitrous oxide, we should look at existing...
If the House divides this evening I will be voting against the measure for the further reasons I am about to outline. I think it would be helpful to remind the Minister what the ACMD actually...
I am aware that it takes some time to compile ACMD reports. The reason is that the ACMD likes to look at the evidence in the round. There are a number of issues to look at here, such as harms of...
It is a pleasure to follow the SNP spokesperson, the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss). I do not disagree with much of what she said. I believe the Government will achieve very...
I do not wish to be disobliging to the Minister, but the ACMD was very clear that it did not believe that the medical harms of nitrous oxide pose anything like the significance of those caused by...
I draw the House’s attention to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: until recently, I was an acting consultant addiction psychiatrist. On the point about...
I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for highlighting the role of local authorities in determining some of the lower-output solar farms. East Suffolk Council is run by a Green-Liberal Democrat...
There is a problem in Suffolk with solar farms being proposed, but very few of them have used that final mechanism that my hon. Friend has outlined. In a lot of cases I can think of in my...
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. On the point about local planning authorities having the power to look at and consider individual planning applications for solar farms under...
I thank the hon. Member for giving way. She is making a good speech, and I congratulate her on securing the debate. One area that the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has focused...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timescales are for introducing the social care cap.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 196522 on Racial Discrimination: Education, what steps her Department takes when schools teach...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing levels of theft from shops.
Of course it is right that we discuss investment in our rail network in the north and the midlands, but we also have to have a discussion about East Anglia. Time and again, Ely North junction and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to assess the age of every person that arrives in the UK illegally on a small boat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in what timeframe parents can expect to hear whether their child’s school is affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process her Department has put in place for identifying schools at risk of closure due to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken with the Secretary of State for Education to increase the number of Combined Cadet Forces in state schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help promote careers in (a) carpentry, (b) brick laying, (c) roofing and (d) other trade industry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to strengthen relations with the Republic of Cyprus.