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HANSARDRail Services: Open Access OperatorsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) on securing this important debate on open…06 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasOn banking hubs, it has not come up in this debate that we are losing banking services that are open five days a week for a banking hub that, in the case of Whitby, is only open…05 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point about independent businesses. Surely he agrees that they need somewhere to…05 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasI would like to give my time to somebody else. I have intervened on the subjects I wish to speak about.05 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. The UK has the world’s largest deposits of polyhalite, which is used as a low-carbon fertiliser but is not on the Government’s list of critical minerals. The extraction of…30 Jan 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyThe manufacturer Alexander Dennis proudly builds innovative British electric buses in Scarborough—I think this might be a case of a “build, baby, build British buses.” Does the…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Residents in Grosmont in my constituency have had a van parked in the street processing raw sewage, with a pipe left open in the street, for months between the processing of the…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesThe creative industries are rightly a priority for our Government, and I warmly welcome the Minister’s speech, as will our creatives in the coastal communities of Scarborough and…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Arrangements: Presumption of Parental InvolvementI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. I pay tribute to the incredible campaigning work of Claire Throssell MBE in the face of unimaginable grief. My…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Education, Health and Care PlansIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I congratulate the hon. Member for Chelmsford (Marie Goldman) on securing this debate. In my constituency, more than 100…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth23. What steps she has taken to help increase economic growth in North Yorkshire.21 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthThe bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis builds innovative electric buses, employing 800 people in Scarborough. The Chancellor has spoken about the need for public procurement to…21 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth DiseaseI welcome the urgent question, as the news is a worry to farmers in my constituency. Is the Minister able to share with the House more details about the funding available from his…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouthshire (Catherine Fookes) for securing this important debate. The…15 Jan 2025HANSARDSixth-form College Strikes: SussexI thank the hon. Member for raising this issue, which also affects Scarborough sixth-form college in my constituency. There are high levels of deprivation in parts of Scarborough,…13 Jan 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls12. What steps her Department is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls.13 Jan 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsNorth Yorkshire is the largest rural county in the country. Behind the beauty of the villages and hamlets in my constituency of Scarborough and Whitby lies an ugly truth: on…13 Jan 2025HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this important debate, and I thank the hon. Member for Wimbledon (Mr Kohler) for securing it. I am grateful that the…13 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI warmly welcome the Bill and the Secretary of State’s commitment to tackling the SEND crisis in our schools—a crisis that developed over more than a decade of neglect, and which…08 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fifteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and to my membership of Unison and the Writers’…07 Jan 2025