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HANSARDShort-term Lets: RegulationDoes the hon. Lady agree that this is about the politics of justice, not the politics of envy? It is not just an issue of the taxation of furnished lets. There has been an…12 Sept 2024HANSARDShort-term Lets: RegulationThe Minister mentioned the contribution that self-catering short-term lets make to local economies. Hotels, purpose-built short-term chalets and so on also make an important…12 Sept 2024HANSARD NHS: Independent InvestigationI welcome the report. The previous Government left this Government with NHS and care services in the worst crisis in their history. The Secretary of State led by emphasising the…12 Sept 2024HANSARDShort-term Lets: RegulationI thank the Minister for giving way one more time. On the point that the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth (Jayne Kirkham) made earlier about small business rate relief, could…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Housing: Cornwall and the Isles of ScillyIt is a pleasure to have the opportunity to raise the rather grave issue of providing affordable housing in the housing emergency-ridden communities of Cornwall and the Isles of…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Housing: Cornwall and the Isles of ScillyI entirely endorse the sentiment of what the Minister is trying to do, but this is about practicalities. There are enormous opportunities for unscrupulous developers to use the…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Housing: Cornwall and the Isles of ScillyOn the C5 category, and further to the excellent point that my hon. Friend the Member for North Cornwall (Ben Maguire) made, the last Government tinkered with this, announcing and…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Housing: Cornwall and the Isles of ScillyThe hon. Member anticipates many of the subjects that I will be coming on to, which are about the delivery and streamlining of planning and so on. Part of my background is not…09 Sept 2024HANSARD Housing: Cornwall and the Isles of ScillyOkay, on both points.09 Sept 2024HANSARD Housing: Cornwall and the Isles of ScillyAm I giving way on “beautiful” or “remarkable”?09 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Reform: Fiscal StepsThe Minister knows that the planning system is built on the ability to make millionaires at the stroke of a pen as a result of passing planning permission, which does not…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Building HomesI strongly endorse the sentiment and purpose of the Secretary of State’s policy statement. She will be aware that, as others have said, the planning system is fuelled by greed,…30 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.25 Jul 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the Secretary of State for his response. Given that it is the Department’s responsibility to investigate waste, will it also investigate the impact? My inquiries…25 Jul 2024HANSARDUrgent and Emergency CareA decision by the Conservatives two years ago means that the urgent treatment centre at the West Cornwall hospital in Penzance is now closed at night, and that has put pressure on…23 Jul 2024HANSARDEconomy, Welfare and Public ServicesOn the effective use of public funds, is the Chancellor aware not only of the alleged corruption in the way that covid aid was distributed, but of the large number of tax…22 Jul 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon ScandalI was privileged to be one of those MPs who, a decade ago, was campaigning on this issue in Parliament with the now Lord Arbuthnot and campaigning on cases in my…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Health Services: Rural AreasThe Minister has committed the new Labour Government to address those issues, but will she specifically address the matter of the two coroners’ reports into avoidable excess…17 Jul 2024HANSARD Health Services: Rural AreasI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I apologise to him for being caught out by the early start of this Adjournment debate. Does he agree that it would be really…17 Jul 2024