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HANSARDRiver Cherwell: Clearing Illegal WasteI am grateful to the Minister for sharing with the House this important step forward. We are talking about these issues going back to 2018, and it just worries me that if this had…06 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsFor my constituents back home in Newcastle-under-Lyme, a crime is a crime wherever it takes place. Can the Minister set out what steps she will take to ensure that rural crime in…05 Jan 2026HANSARD 15th AnniversaryI am grateful to the Chairman for the statement. A number of colleagues have found it quite frustrating when putting in debate applications that they have to get 15 Government…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationIn Newcastle-under-Lyme and in Staffordshire, there is real discussion about what the future may look like. It is clear that some things have to change, because councils are not…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyMerry Christmas to you, Mr Speaker, and all colleagues across the House. Before my election to this place, I spent five years in the shadow DEFRA team, working with my old boss,…18 Dec 2025HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentMadam Deputy Speaker, I wish you and yours and all colleagues a very happy Christmas. Christmas is a time for family and friends, merriment and relaxing, but it can also be a…18 Dec 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationIt is always important for Northern Ireland to be discussed on the Floor of the House—we are, after all, one United Kingdom—so I thank the shadow Secretary of State for securing…17 Dec 2025HANSARDQuarries: Planning PolicyThank you very much, Dr Murrison. I am grateful to the hon. Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) for securing the debate and giving me the opportunity to speak about…16 Dec 2025HANSARDAfrica: New Approach(Urgent Question): To ask the Foreign Secretary if she will make a statement on the Government’s new approach to Africa.16 Dec 2025HANSARDAfrica: New ApproachI am grateful to you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. I declare an interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for foreign affairs and co-chair of the…16 Dec 2025HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian SituationPeople in Newcastle-under-Lyme are watching this crisis unfold with horror, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (Seamus Logan) on securing…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Further to the question from my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (David Williams),…11 Dec 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Operation KenovaI thank the right hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson) for securing his urgent question. Like him and others across the House, I think today about the victims of…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the PastI thank my hon. Friend for her excellent statement on our important report on the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland. I want to acknowledge the Committee staff, Chloe and Joe,…04 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireAnd Newcastle-under-Lyme.03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireI am grateful to my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for securing this debate. I want to add my voice, and those of thousands of people back home in Newcastle-under-Lyme, in…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireI thank the Minister for acknowledging the points about Newcastle-under-Lyme and north Staffordshire. We are happy to host that meeting, so if he can let us know the best way to…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Advanced Ceramics Industry: North StaffordshireI want to add my voice to that of my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell). A bespoke ceramics strategy would do wonders for…03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. Many of the measures announced yesterday will make a real difference to the lives of the people I represent back home in…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who gives voice to the fact that we are one United Kingdom, and the same approach must be taken in Scotland as in the centre of our collective…27 Nov 2025