"Merry Christmas to you and all in Parliament, Mr Speaker.
What work is the Attorney General undertaking through their superintendence of the Crown Prosecution Service and in collaboration with the Home Office to reduce delays in prosecutions for rural crime and to ensure that prosecutors are equipped to support effective …..." Claire Young - View Speech
"In the light of the strategy’s departure from decades of shared assumptions, will the Government revise the 2025 national security strategy, and if not, why?..." Claire Young - View Speech
“like ‘War of the Worlds’, it just kept getting bigger and bigger”.
Those are just a few of the words that my constituents in the village of Pilning have used to describe a gigantic new warehouse being …..." Claire Young - View Speech
"Residents of Pilning woke up one day to find piling work taking place on the edge of their village for a massive, stadium-sized warehouse, which they have dubbed the mega-shed. It now looms over their homes. Not only is it over 20 metres high, but the land on which it …..." Claire Young - View Speech
That this House has considered consumer-led flexibility for a just transition.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. We have a problem in this country—one that is hitting all our constituents in the pocket, while wasting electricity and pushing up carbon emissions. …..." Claire Young - View Speech
"I absolutely agree, and I am coming to those points.
The Government have set out a clean flexibility road map, and E.ON has found that 84% of people want more control over energy, so what is the catch? It might be said that this is all well and good for …..." Claire Young - View Speech
"I will not test everyone’s patience either. I thank everyone for their contributions. Between us, we have highlighted not just the potential for lowering bills but, as the hon. Member for Washington and Gateshead South (Mrs Hodgson) explained, the benefits for local economies through the generation of good, clean energy …..." Claire Young - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. Some 4,497 of my constituents signed the petition, and I thank the many who took the time to write to me to explain their concerns. They believe that a mandatory digital ID threatens our right to privacy while doing …..." Claire Young - View Speech
"The theme of today’s debate is fairer choices, so I want to look at whether the choices made yesterday really were fairer.
On energy bills, I welcome the removal of the main green levies from electricity bills. They created a perverse disincentive to switching away from gas, at a time …..." Claire Young - View Speech