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HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate the hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon), not only on bringing this issue to the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDSocial Housing SupplyOver the last 10 years, under the previous Government, £500 million of taxpayers’ money was handed out to second and holiday homeowners in Cornwall alone, while only half that…02 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillContrary to what the media are saying, today’s decision is not about bringing this Bill into law; it is about allowing it to go to the next stage. People may have misgivings, but…29 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. It is also a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn), who gave what I…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI should have intervened earlier. The Minister is making a strong point. On the back of that, all we have to do is talk to the pollack fisherman in Cornwall to find out how they…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryThe hon. Gentleman seems to be implying that the fishing industry is resistant to any conservation measures and would resist the proposed management measures that inevitably have…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI will come to that in a second. The nature of what happens off the Cornish coast, and certainly in the south-west and other areas, is that pollack is caught in a multispecies…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryWell, he died a fish, and we are very saddened by his demise. I should reflect, as we certainly did in those days, on the risk that people take to put fish on our table, of which…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent case. On his point about multi-annual quotas, does he not agree that ICES very carefully presents its advice in a manner that actually…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Sewage Discharges: South WestMy hon. Friend is making an excellent case. Certainly in my own constituency, further west than his own, in west Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, there have been 18 discharges…27 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsDoes the Minister agree that the cold-blooded slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent people in Gaza cannot be justified as self-defence? Does he also agree that—contrary to…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillIf the Minister is looking for other methods by which public finances could be effectively deployed, will he look carefully at the last decade, during which small business rate…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent case. Along with the point I made in my previous intervention about the opportunity for abuse under the rates relief system, particularly by…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessIn Cornwall, only 25% of delayed discharges from hospital are because of lack of social care packages, with the remainder involving the significant degree of support needed from…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceI welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, and particularly the sentiment about putting passengers first and getting a grip. Those who are served by Great Western, which runs…11 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I have three minutes and three quick points, on which I hope I have the attention of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. My first point relates to the NHS. I welcome the…05 Nov 2024HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Rural AreasTo reinforce the points made by the hon. Members for Truro and Falmouth (Jayne Kirkham) and for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon), and by my hon. Friend, this is not purely down…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I do, although that is rather rich of the right hon. Gentleman when he knows that he and his party left the country in this state. Another issue is the housing emergency, which we…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Will the Secretary of State give way?05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I will, although the right hon. Gentleman has only just walked into the Chamber, so I think it is rather cheeky of him.05 Nov 2024