Speeches by Hobhouse.
Every Hansard contribution by Wera Hobhouse this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 601–620 of 911 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2025 | Ethnic Minority People: Discrimination “As well as overt discrimination, there are many hidden ethnic disparities, particularly in healthcare. Mortality rates in maternity services are four times higher for black women and twice as high for Asian women. What discussions is the Minister having with the Department of Health and Social Care to address those hug…” crimeculture-communitylabour-market | 55 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “Given the number of faulty smart meters, do you believe that they have reduced incidences of wrongful back billing, or simply introduced new technical errors?” | 25 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “That is a high number.” | 5 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “If the display does not work, that is a transparency issue: if I think this is what I've consumed and the energy company records something entirely different, that is just not acceptable, is it?” | 34 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “Do you think that it is because of the smart meters that companies can now back bill, when in the past they would have written the bills off?” | 28 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “Do you think that it is because of the smart meters that companies can now back bill, when in the past they would have written the bills off?” | 28 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “Thank you for coming to give evidence. We have already heard you say that the number of back billing is in the low thousands, but the impact on those who are at the other end and are being back billed is quite high, therefore it is important that we raise all these questions. Why do you think that so many energy suppli…” | 129 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “But it is often the customers who have the responsibility. It seems that there is an imbalance, because it is the customers who pick up that a bill is not accurate. They even have to query when something has been billed incorrectly.” | 42 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “Given the number of faulty smart meters, do you believe that they have reduced incidences of wrongful back billing, or simply introduced new technical errors?” | 25 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “That is a high number.” | 5 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “Do you think that it is because of the smart meters that companies can now back bill, when in the past they would have written the bills off?” | 28 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “Thank you for coming to give evidence. We have already heard you say that the number of back billing is in the low thousands, but the impact on those who are at the other end and are being back billed is quite high, therefore it is important that we raise all these questions. Why do you think that so many energy suppli…” | 129 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “If the display does not work, that is a transparency issue: if I think this is what I've consumed and the energy company records something entirely different, that is just not acceptable, is it?” | 34 |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 737) “Thank you for coming to give evidence. We have already heard you say that the number of back billing is in the low thousands, but the impact on those who are at the other end and are being back billed is quite high, therefore it is important that we raise all these questions. Why do you think that so many energy suppli…” | 129 |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Regulatory Environment “Since leaving the European Union, we have been diverging progressively and passively —not making an active decision to diverge because it is good for us, but because we cannot keep up with the number of regulations coming through the European Union. That has been particularly disadvantageous for energy trading. What co…” economy-jobsenvironment | 66 |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Business of the House “Rental income from social housing is currently 16% below inflation. Homes for the South West, which includes Curo in my constituency, is under a contractual obligation to do repairs while also building new homes under increasingly stretched grant funding systems. It makes doing both nigh impossible. May we have a debat…” fiscal-policyagricultureeconomy-jobs | 71 |
| 13 Mar 2025 | NHS England Update “I declare an interest as the vice-chair of the newly formed all-party parliamentary group on emergency care. A&E staffing across the country is dangerously low, especially at night, putting unacceptable pressure on staff, who warn persistently about the risks to patient safety. Hundreds of keen applicants are being…” healtheconomy-jobslocal-government | 89 |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “The incentives are big enough for the landlords to come in?” | 11 |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “Before I move on to my section about the community energy sector being more attractive to investors and going a bit more into the detail, I want to go back to what you said, Helen, about the regulatory changes. One of the known barriers to community energy is the high connection cost to the transmission network, when c…” | 167 |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Energy Security and Net Zero Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 394) “The incentives are big enough for the landlords to come in?” | 11 |