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HANSARDFlood ResilienceI welcome my hon. Friend’s answer. We talk a lot in this House about extreme weather and flooding, but we do not talk enough about the vital role that our internal drainage boards…14 Nov 2024HANSARDFlood Resilience14. What progress the floods resilience taskforce has made on protecting at-risk communities from flooding.14 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: Job CreationI am also delighted with my hon. Friend’s commitment to delivering clean energy jobs. It is important to constituencies such as mine in Peterborough, which could be the King’s…12 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: Job Creation9. What steps she is taking to support job creation in the renewable energy sector.12 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People Not in Education, Employment or Training3. What assessment she has made of trends in the number of young people out of work, education and training.11 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People Not in Education, Employment or TrainingThe DWP has described Peterborough as a national youth unemployment hotspot. In September, the youth claimant count was running at nearly double the national average. Places like…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI put on record that I am an officer of the all-party parliamentary group on farming. I also put on record my thanks to farmers who, through a torrid decade, have produced food…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanLast night, I spoke to constituents who support the provision of medical aid directly into Gaza and the west bank. They were angry and heartbroken, because after each of the…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Middle EastAs the Foreign Secretary knows, this is a critical time for the middle east. I think the House speaks as one with a message of ending the violence, releasing the hostages and…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseDavid Lowndes is a hero of ours in Peterborough. For 51 years, he has chronicled life in our city, as the snapper for the local paper. Just last weekend, in rain and shine, I met…24 Oct 2024HANSARD City and Town Centres: RegenerationIt is a privilege to serve under your chairpersonship, Mr Vickers. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North (Catherine Atkinson) for starting the debate. This is an…16 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Gentleman has forgotten to mention the onshore wind ban, which is really important. If he wants to celebrate his record, let us celebrate it in the full glare of light.…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for being kind to me in the first intervention that I have ever taken in this House, but I will stick to my point: that we could achieve so much more in…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I want to join in the conversation about community energy, which I know is very important to the county that the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire and I share. Lots of great…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)I share huge empathy with the sentiments behind the amendment, but I believe that the answer to home insulation sits not in the Great British Energy Bill, but in the wider clean…10 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Third sitting)The hon. Member sets great stock in saying what this Government might do. To give us context, can he tell us what his Government did? Did bills go up or down in his tenure as a…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Skills EnglandLet me put on record that I am co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on apprenticeships. In preparation for your speech, I totted it up and it seemed that Skills England…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Skills EnglandI apologise, Sir Christopher; this is my first such intervention in one of these debates. Since 1997, the average tenure for a Skills Minister has been 15 months—longer than Liz…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Skills EnglandWill the Minister join me in congratulating my constituent Grace Gourlay, who two weeks ago won the Peterborough Telegraph advanced apprentice of the year award for her work at…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI welcome very much today’s statement and the move to increase the number of film studios. The independent sector has the ability not just to tell our diverse stories but to…09 Oct 2024