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The Treasury's a paradox. You have some of the very best and brightest officials in the Treasury, but you have too often a Treasury orthodox that's a dead hand on dynamic government.

The proceeds of this oil and gas coming ashore now can be invested for the future generations.

Gas from Jackdaw will be in our homes and businesses this month but it won't lower our energy bills this winter.

The UK faces an economic catastrophe and moral failure due to high levels of youth unemployment.

They have regulated themselves and they have their appeals process but we're giving it more meat now.

Investing in renewables would also bring household bills down substantially by breaking the link between gas and electricity prices in this parliament.

I have asked the Chancellor John Healey and Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh to look at whether we can remove standing charges from gas bills and to report back to this house at the earliest opportunity.

However, I acknowledge that, in advancing those arguments, my approach was sometimes overly robust and that my words or actions caused offence to colleagues.

They should never have had to wait this long for common sense to prevail.

Burnham said her party had "messed up" the original decision.

Kemi Badenoch accused the prime minister of "dithering" on Jackdaw and said a ban on new oil and gas licences should be repealed.

Refusing to turn up to sentencing is an insult to victims and their families, and offenders must face the consequences.

Criminals should not be able to pick and choose when they face justice.

You are the ones who enforce the law. You are the ones who ensure there are consequences for bad behaviour.

I think it is telling that for two years in a row, the Labour Government has not sent anyone to address this conference – not the policing minister, not the Home Secretary.

I am not scared to wade in, and I am not scared to back the police.

Too often these days, we fail to recognise sacrifice and service.

To deter war we must be ready for it, that means spending money now, not kicking the can down the road until it's too late.