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HANSARDHome Insulation Schemes8. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government-funded home insulation schemes.04 Feb 2025HANSARDHome Insulation SchemesFurther to the questions raised by the hon. Member for Shipley (Anna Dixon) and several other hon. Members, I, too, have picked up numerous cases in my constituency of…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Rural Housing TargetsWell—29 Jan 2025HANSARD Rural Housing TargetsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds) on securing this important debate. It is…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Rural Housing TargetsThe right hon. Gentleman has not mentioned the rural exceptions policy. He is talking about rural housing, but to achieve the outcome he is describing, surely he should be…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Rural Housing TargetsI beg your pardon, Ms Jardine—I ran away with myself. As far as my hon. Friend’s question is concerned, a range of reasons make it extremely difficult to deliver on rural…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Rural Housing TargetsOn greenfield development, whether it be in the green belt or outside it, rural housing developments often take place in green locations. In the light of that, will the Minister…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillYes, of course I agree. I am a strong supporter of the Bill and want it—certainly its intent—to proceed as rapidly as possible, and for us to make progress in all the areas that…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Climate and Nature BillIt is a pleasure to support my hon. Friend the Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) and the excellent work she has been doing in advancing the Bill. Indeed, for many years I…24 Jan 2025HANSARD Education, Health and Care PlansI must congratulate my hon. Friend on her preparation for this debate, which has attracted so many people to Westminster Hall today—except, of course, from the party that created…22 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewI sympathise with the Secretary of State for having to pull these projects out of the fire of non-funding, and I thank him for the announcement on the women and children’s…20 Jan 2025HANSARD Health and Social Care: Winter UpdateI accept that the Government are clearly not the architect of the current unacceptable state of affairs. However, may I encourage the Secretary of State to reflect again on our…15 Jan 2025HANSARDRailway Services: South-WestMy hon. Friend is making an excellent case. Penzance, west Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are all in my constituency, so I know that if there are problems on the link at…14 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ9. Over the past 10 years, more than £500 million has been handed to holiday home owners in Cornwall through various tax loopholes, while local families are being evicted from…08 Jan 2025HANSARDNorthern GazaThe Netanyahu regime continues to seek to justify its cold-blooded slaughter of Palestinian people behind the dishonest façade of self-defence. While the Minister asserts that the…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Winter PreparednessIn the far west of Cornwall, in a medical emergency we cannot look for additional support from the north, west or south, because it is sea. The urgent treatment centre at Penzance…18 Dec 2024HANSARDOld Oak Common StationMy constituency, which includes Penzance station, will be deeply affected. We are five hours away from Old Oak Common and will experience much of the pain with no gain. Just a…17 Dec 2024HANSARDOld Oak Common StationMy hon. Friend is making an excellent case, as did our hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Max Wilkinson). Of course, his constituency of Honiton and Sidmouth is three and a…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Community Pharmacies: Devon and the South-westFurther to the point made by the hon. Member for Exeter (Steve Race), is that not the nub of the argument? If the Government are to make the three shifts—including, importantly,…17 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionI am grateful to the Minister; it is enormously helpful to hear her respond to these matters. She will have picked up the question I raised earlier about the national wealth fund…03 Dec 2024