Edward Mountain: I am pleased to give an overview of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee’s scrutiny of the 2023-24 budget. The main backdrop to our work has been the committee’s inquiry into the role of local government and its cross-sectoral partners in financing and delivering a net zero Scotland. That was the inquiry’s title, which is almost as long as the inquiry was. It started in November...
Lord Winston: ...that may be harmful to the planet, the environment or human health, or harmful to microorganisms and viruses, or perhaps even promote viruses. It seems to me the Bill has been produced for one main reason: the notion that we would take back control from the European Union—this was originally part of the legislation which was prevented for us going forward. It seems to me that the Bill...
Lord Winston: ...that may be harmful to the planet, the environment or human health, or harmful to microorganisms and viruses, or perhaps even promote viruses. It seems to me the Bill has been produced for one main reason: the notion that we would take back control from the European Union—this was originally part of the legislation which was prevented for us going forward. It seems to me that the Bill...
John Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the main reasons given by nurses and doctors are for leaving NHS employment.
John Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what main criteria are considered when hiring NHS medical staff other than their medical qualifications.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 93457 on Ukraine: Armed Conflict, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Russian (a) main battle tanks, (b) armoured fighting vehicles, (c) fixed wing aircrafts, (d) helicopters, (e) unmanned aerial vehicles, (f) ships, (g) artillery systems, (h) multiple-launch rocket systems and (i)...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January to Question 118815 on Challenger Tanks, how many main battle tanks he plans to upgrade to Challenger 3 each year until the completion of the upgrade programme.
Philip Dunne: It is a great pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Maldon (Sir John Whittingdale), who is a great expert on Ukraine in this place. In fact, the only time I have visited Ukraine was when we went to Kyiv together—over a decade ago, I regret to say. This is the first time I have spoken in a debate on Russian grand strategy, so I do not have the pedigree of most of the other...
Philip Dunne: It is a great pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Maldon (Sir John Whittingdale), who is a great expert on Ukraine in this place. In fact, the only time I have visited Ukraine was when we went to Kyiv together—over a decade ago, I regret to say. This is the first time I have spoken in a debate on Russian grand strategy, so I do not have the pedigree of most of the other...
Bill Kidd: ...into awareness on the ground, as 84 per cent of firefighters frequently or sometimes do not know how to use respiratory protective equipment well enough, despite inhalation and ingestion being main routes for cancer to develop. More needs to be done to incorporate the report’s suggestions so that that statistic is reversed. Facilities must also be in place on site for cleaning and...
John Mason: ...that, in recent years, Labour has repeatedly told us in budget discussions that we should be funding local government better. Broadly, that means giving the NHS less, because those are our two main areas of expenditure in Scotland. Therefore, Labour cannot have it both ways.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Challenger 2 main battle tanks are available for operational deployment.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Challenger 2 main battle tanks have been upgraded to Challenger 3 as of 9 January 2023..
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the training time is for personnel to operate a Challenger 2 main battle tank.
John Redwood: ...to move people on from hospital as soon as it is safe to do so, and of course we need more capacity in social care, but I say to Ministers that it would be great to have a bit more capacity in the main hospitals to give us extra flexibility and take some of the pressure off. Could not some of the extra £20 billion, £30 billion, £40 billion or £50 billion that has been found in recent...
John Redwood: ...to move people on from hospital as soon as it is safe to do so, and of course we need more capacity in social care, but I say to Ministers that it would be great to have a bit more capacity in the main hospitals to give us extra flexibility and take some of the pressure off. Could not some of the extra £20 billion, £30 billion, £40 billion or £50 billion that has been found in recent...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) in service date and (b) out of service date for the upgraded Challenger 2 main battle tanks.
Stephen Kerr: ..., I refer members to my entry in the register of members’ interests. This is a subject area that is very important to me personally. To that extent, I must say that I probably agree with what John Mason said earlier: I think that many of us would rather have been at the carol service tonight. Sadly, as has just been illustrated, there is sometimes too little joy to the world, and...
Jim Shannon: It is a real pleasure to speak in the debate because I obviously have a particular interest. I commend the hon. Member for Carlisle (John Stevenson) for leading the debate so knowledgeably and for setting the scene so well. What a pleasure it is to follow my friend and colleague, the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster). The tag team is back together—I follow him or he follows me—and I...
Richard Holden: ...it at that point, we can perhaps take it further from there. Those were the three points raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes South. I want to touch on a few more points. One main point was the concern, expressed by many hon. Members including the hon. Member for Weaver Vale (Mike Amesbury), about the potential for port hopping. The key thing is that the Secretary of...