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HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeBefore I answer my hon. Friend’s question, I welcome him to this Westminster Hall debate. I appreciate that he cannot speak this afternoon because he has yet to make his maiden…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeLocal district councillor colleagues would certainly be concerned if an unhealthily high number of HGVs used existing roads. Clearly, the existing roads would not be sufficient to…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I will be pleased to ask my team to share the data with him. Perhaps we can consider what further surveys we might wish to do jointly,…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeThis is one of our core problems—the lack of Government guidance on where these logistics parks or nationally significant infrastructure developments should be located. I would be…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeSadly, I have not yet visited that particular locality, but my constituents do visit. I look forward to being taken there by my hon. Friend to celebrate his maiden speech, once he…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeI am not aware of specific plans for counteracting that. Constituents are certainly expressing concerns about those things, and rightly so. Earlier, I mentioned nearby Magna Park,…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I mentioned a moment ago, at times the existing infrastructure is already at capacity. For three or four years we have been discussing…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeI entirely agree. Government policy is to reduce HGV traffic by moving freight off our principal road arteries and on to rail, but the concern about this specific proposal is that…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Hinckley National Rail Freight InterchangeI beg to move, That this House has considered the proposal for the Hinckley national rail freight interchange in South Leicestershire. It is a pleasure to serve under your…11 Feb 2020HANSARDAndrey Lugvoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2020I have a specific technical point. I would appreciate it if the Minister gave it consideration and perhaps wrote to me afterwards. As a lawyer who has read the schedule referring…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that the best way in which our governing party can face the electorate is to say clearly to them that the best way of delivering Brexit is with the deal…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?29 Oct 2019HANSARDThe EconomyMay I add my congratulations to my right hon. Friend on his election to what is one of the most important Select Committees of this House? Does he agree that in addition to the…24 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the Addressrose —14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the Addressrose —14 Oct 2019HANSARDDebate on the AddressI congratulate the leader of the Conservative party, our Prime Minister, on delivering an excellent Queen’s Speech—one of many over the years, I trust. He said, rightly, to the…14 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUI welcome the Minister’s report and the detail that he has provided. I have a simple question for him. He knows that I have been campaigning for citizens’ rights. In the event of…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerOn Monday there was a welcome announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care that, for up to six months, certain British citizens living in the EU—about 180,000 retirees…25 Sept 2019HANSARDOfstedAt the last Ofsted inspection, Red Hill Field Primary School was marked as good. The school is celebrating its 35-year anniversary this Friday. What message does the Minister have…09 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019I welcome the Chancellor to his position. The leaders of Conservative-led Blaby District Council and Harborough District Council, both in my South Leicestershire constituency,…04 Sept 2019