Speeches by Dickson.

“3. What recent progress the child poverty taskforce has made on publishing a child poverty strategy.”

“The Government’s very welcome decision to end the two-child cap on benefits will, alongside free school meals and breakfast clubs, transform the lives of 2,500 children living in my Dartford constituency, and contribute to our manifesto goal of tackling child poverty. Will the Secretary of State tell the House when mor…”

“As others have said, given that the “Economic and fiscal outlook” contains highly sensitive information on which billions of pounds can be traded, and given that the investigation report makes it clear that this was not the first time that confidential information had been released before a fiscal event, does the Minis…”

“One of the things the Chancellor was clear about in her speech was the way we need to continue to build capital investment to improve the long-term growth rate of the economy. Does my hon. Friend agree that projects such as the lower Thames crossing, which will hugely reduce congestion and poor air quality in my consti…”

“On behalf of my constituents, I congratulate the Prime Minister on demonstrating UK leadership by supporting the Ukrainian Government and President Zelensky in turning the 28-point peace plan, which very much appears to have been authored by Russia, into a much more acceptable 19-point peace plan, which clearly needs t…”

“I thank the Secretary of State and the Minister of State for Housing and Planning for visiting Ebbsfleet Garden City in my constituency last week. Does the Minister agree that, with an additional 10,000 homes to be built in Ebbsfleet over the next 10 years, to create great places to live we have got to build schools, m…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her excellent speech. I have heard her talk glowingly about her boys to me and to others, and she is doing them real justice in her speech. I believe she is absolutely right to welcome the men’s health strategy, which was published yesterday; it is a fantastic document and road map for us. Do…”

“I have a couple of quick questions on environment and financial inclusion. We know that the crypto industry is responsible for nearly 100 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year, 0.2% of overall global carbon emissions, which seems a lot for one part of one industry. Professor Yüksel Ripley, do you have any evidenc…”

“That is very helpful.”

“I have one quick question on financial inclusion. Can you see any scenario in which crypto increases financial inclusion and access to financial services for those who are currently underserved?”

“I do not know whether other members of the panel have any comment on that, but that is useful.”

“We were told by the last panel that the better processing power and use of renewables would help bring that carbon footprint down. Do you agree with that? In the future, will we see that number, nearly 100 million tonnes of carbon per year, come down?”

“Can we expect to see that global carbon emissions number come down?”

“We clearly need to see that number come down. It is nearly 100 billion tonnes per year. Can we expect to see it come down with some innovation and change?”

“On the environmental cost of crypto, it has been observed that crypto is responsible for something like 100 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year. That is 0.2% of overall global emissions, so that is one part of one industry creating an awful lot of carbon emissions. What work is being done to reduce the carbon foo…”

“My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. She mentioned the Parkinson’s group in her constituency. In my constituency, the wonderful Mervyn Dunkley, Jane Hua and their team run brilliant weekly Parkinson’s move and shout classes at the Fairfield leisure centre in Dartford for people living with Parkinson’s disease.…”

“A mansion tax has been ruled out, I think, by the panel, and we all want stamp duty to go. We have Professor Leunig’s idea of an annual property tax, but we all think there are lots of problems with council tax. Do you think there are actually any property taxes that we ought to be entertaining? We are ruling a lot out…”

“Ms Willis, it passes your earlier tests of being easy to collect and hard to avoid, and it raises some revenue. Again, do you feel that this is something the Chancellor should consider?”

“Mr Donnell, what effect do you think a levy would have on the housing market?”

“One hundred and sixty thousand homes would be over £2 million, and a 1% levy on a home that cost £3 million might get you £10,000 a year, so 1% on the £1 million. Would those not be reasonable numbers, ultimately, for the Treasury?”