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HANSARDBBC LeadershipThe BBC is unique and special, and it is ours. Yes, it is absolutely a part of the national conversation—but, importantly, it is also a part of the regional and local…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Royal Mail: Universal Service ObligationIt is also important to get letters into the postal service in the first place. In Bidwell West, which is in my constituency, residents face a 30-minute walk to the nearest post…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseA year ago, I delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for quieter fireworks, keeping the whoosh but getting rid of the bang. This year, fireworks night falls on a…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Connected and Automated VehiclesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for West Bromwich (Sarah Coombes) for securing this important debate. I have no doubt…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsAs Britain faced peril in world war two, Winston Churchill took a radical step: he changed the clocks to shift extra daylight into the evenings. As the clocks go back this…22 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewRegarding the new airports national policy statement, can the Secretary of State clarify whether “airports” is in the plural? If so, will she be looking to change the planning…22 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsA new school has been in the offing in Bidwell West for almost a decade now. The independent council promised me that places would be available from September 2027, but now…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Tree Maintenance: Guidance to Local AuthoritiesWith so many new-build estates that are home to young trees, where watering and aftercare are so essential, does the right hon. Member agree that any new guidance should have a…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseSadly, last week in my constituency there was yet more flooding. This follows on from a very dry period and the hottest summer on record. Clearly, the weather is changing. Would…11 Sept 2025HANSARDRegional Transport InequalityI strongly believe that a regional geography is the right scale to make substantial public transport improvements. That is why I back this Government’s devolution agenda as the…11 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Does the Minister agree that extending the Dunstable-Luton busway on to Leighton Buzzard and then Bletchley would be a real boon to more fully link the area into the…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]My amendment 66 and new clause 46 are not intended to change Government policy, nor to bind the hands of locally elected mayors or transport authorities—quite the opposite.…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Neurodivergent People: EmploymentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Ely and East Cambridgeshire (Charlotte Cane) on securing this debate. Our…09 Sept 2025HANSARD Living Standards: East of EnglandContinuing on the theme of averages, as council areas get bigger, the averages are skewed a little. Within my area, which is already in a large unitary authority, life expectancy…03 Sept 2025HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentAlthough some people will be hoping for a summer that is hot, hot, hot, many workers will not be doing so, because, although we rightly have legal protections against the cold in…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI am pleased to hear that my hon. Friend gets to visit lots of primary schools. During the debate I have heard about so many schools all over the country. However, the people of…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeI welcome that, through Best Start, Central Bedfordshire is getting funding for a family hub for the first time. Will the Secretary of State explain how this will be linked to…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Department for TransportI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I know she is normally a champion for trains in her constituency, so I welcome her branching out into buses. The Campaign for Better…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Department for TransportI thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing this debate to take place. I very much welcome the investment in transport—especially public transport—in the spending…25 Jun 2025HANSARDFarmed Animals: Cages and CratesIt does not seem very long since we were last here talking about eggs and chickens, although I imagine it would feel much longer if we were stuck in a cage only the size of an A4…16 Jun 2025