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HANSARD Business of the HouseOn Monday, I was out in Meppershall, where residents are fed up with the condition of the main road through the village. As is the case in many villages, residents have been told…07 Mar 2024HANSARD Kinship Care StrategyI beg to move, That this House has considered the kinship care strategy. I could not be happier or more privileged to move this motion. There are so many campaigns that I am lucky…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Kinship Care StrategyAbsolutely. I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. She highlighted a really important point, on which I would be keen to hear from the Minister in his response, about how we…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Kinship Care StrategyIt has been a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am grateful for the wide range of contributions we have had from my right hon. Friend the Member for…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Kinship Care StrategyI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. I hope the Minister might be able to shed some light today on whether the Government will bring forward, with haste and urgency,…06 Mar 2024HANSARDPrimary CareMy constituents are fed up with battling to see a GP. I have been working hard across party lines with local councillors and the ICB, but I was surprised to hear from the Prime…05 Mar 2024HANSARDFarmingHaving grown up in the countryside, I have great memories of spending my childhood on my friend’s family farm mucking about on tractors and taking in all that our great…04 Mar 2024HANSARDPrivate Roads10. Whether he has had recent discussions with local authorities on adopting private roads on new estates.04 Mar 2024HANSARDPrivate RoadsAcross the country, homeowners in a state of adoption limbo are being left exposed to exploitative and often unaccountable management companies. Despite their warm words, sadly…04 Mar 2024HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillResidents of estates across my constituency are trapped in extortive relationships with unaccountable private management companies while their estates go unadopted. On Second…27 Feb 2024HANSARDCommunity Payback PilotsThese rapid-deployment community payback scheme pilots were supposed to pave the way for the accelerated roll-out of exactly the kind of swift, transparent restorative justice…20 Feb 2024HANSARDCommunity Payback Pilots5. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rapid deployment community payback pilots.20 Feb 2024HANSARDArmed Forces RecruitmentLocal service personnel routinely cite issues in service accommodation as a barrier to recruitment and retention, so I was disappointed to hear that the Government have no plans…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Police Grant ReportI start by expressing my thanks for the fantastic work undertaken by local police officers right across Bedfordshire. However, with the Conservatives’ own police and crime…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI am sure that fellow former teachers who are here today will have memories of the disappointment they felt when, after repeated delays and excuses, a student finally handed in…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsFrom unanswered emails to unreturned calls, it has been heartbreaking to hear from so many vulnerable constituents who are in a state of limbo and distress, and trying to chase up…05 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseHappy birthday, Madam Deputy Speaker. Families on Campton Fields estate in my constituency, like so many others across the country, have been left exposed to fleecehold by the…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Afghan Relocations: Special ForcesI think the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Sir David Davis) could not have put it better when he talked about the debt of honour we owe all those who served with…01 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsTowns and villages such as Maulden and Shefford in my constituency have seen their flood risk profile change dramatically over the years, partly owing to housing growth. How will…01 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstWith so many of my constituents waiting a long time to see GPs, any boost to primary care capacity must be welcomed, so I thank the Minister for today’s announcement. The GPs and…31 Jan 2024