Speeches by Morello.

“The hon. Gentleman will be pleased to know that the answer is in my speech. We have made substantial progress on decarbonising our power grid: a decade ago, just 6% of our energy came from renewables, and today, the figure stands at 42%. That is a national achievement we should be proud of, but we must go further, not …”

“I should declare that prior to entering this House, I spent the better part of a decade working in renewable energy finance. While I would not claim to be a solar expert, I could certainly write a whole speech debunking things that have been said today. For the record, solar panels have a lower carbon footprint per uni…”

“Will the right hon. Member give way?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) on securing this important debate. She has been an advocate for carers throughout her parliamentary career, and I thank her for all her hard work. Unpaid carers are the backbone …”

“I thank the hon. Lady for securing this debate. Like her, I have heard from the British Beer and Pub Association, and I have also heard from several of the pubs in my constituency of West Dorset. The British Beer and Pub Association has said that the increase per bottle on beer and cider will be between 5p and 7p. That…”

“Thank you, Ambassador. The Israeli invasion of south Lebanon depleted Hezbollah. Their attacks on Iran attacked the source of money for Hezbollah. I understand that the Lebanese army is now operating in south Lebanon. Have the Government seen any evidence that Iran is rearming Hezbollah? Can you speak to the Lebanese a…”

“I totally take your point, Ambassador. A lot of these things are interlinked, in terms of political stability in Lebanon, the IMF releasing funds and international investors and donors looking to rebuild. They are going to want to know that Israel is not going to continue to bomb Lebanon and destroy anything you build.…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (John Milne) on securing this important debate. In West Dorset we face growing housing challenges. Young families are struggling to find homes in villages where they were raised, key workers cannot aff…”

“The Foreign Affairs Committee recently heard from the Falkland Islands Government about the urgent need for the UK Government to use the EU-UK reset as an opportunity to remove the detrimental post-Brexit tariffs on Falklands exports. What discussions has the Secretary of State had with his Department and European coun…”

“T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

“I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. On the point about new developments, does he agree with the Liberal Democrats that making the water companies statutory consultees in the planning process would mean that developers cannot build where the infrastructure cannot account for the new houses?”

“On the point about reuniting families, the shadow Minister seemed to be utterly bemused as to why so many migrants and illegal immigrants are male. I wonder whether my hon. Friend is aware of the Doctors without Borders report that showed that a large number of sub-Saharan African women were being injected with such hi…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford (Josh Dean) for securing this important debate. It should not be controversial to say that children and young people deserve an equal start in life, regardless of whether they grow up in a city, suburb or smal…”

“Too many disabled people in West Dorset are living in fear: fear that the PIP support they rely on will be taken away or that loved ones might not qualify. In recent weeks, I have heard from 190 constituents each sharing their distress about the plans. One of my constituents, Barbara, is 65. She has lived with juvenile…”

“Professor Whitman, the same question: does the UK have to choose between US and EU foreign policy priorities when it comes to Russia and China?”

“I would like to go back to Dan’s point about the EU versus the US, and potential relationships. We have heard in previous evidence about the potential economic benefit of a UK-US trade deal versus closer alignment with the EU, which is no doubt arguable one way or the other. In terms of the timeframes, you have talked …”

“Just to expand on that slightly, yes, there is AI and defence co-operation, but when it comes to defence, national security and especially foreign policy, we have a Trump Administration that has signalled a radical shift in its relationship with Russia and its expectations for what allies do around China. In terms of t…”

“In rural areas such as West Dorset, public transport is limited. Unfortunately, a car is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Our current approach to parking is outdated and increasingly unfair. At Dorchester South station, a lack of parking provision has become a source of real frustration, with drivers forced to park in …”

“I agree with all the points that my hon. Friend has made so far. This morning, I spoke to the headmaster of the Thomas Hardye school in Dorchester in my constituency. His previous job was at a London borough school in Croydon, where on average he received £10,000 per pupil; in West Dorset, that figure is £5,000. Does m…”

“I agree 100% with my hon. Friend’s point. I have no doubt that in her constituency, as in mine, there is a similar problem: when the Government talk about a fully funded pay increase, it is based on a school average. In many rural places, we do not have the average because we have smaller class sizes, or we have single…”