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HANSARD Road SafetyI will—it would be a pleasure.07 Jan 2025HANSARD Road SafetyHappy new year, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am grateful for the chance to have this debate, and I thank the Minister for her attendance and for her work on tackling this issue,…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Road SafetyI agree 100% with my hon. Friend. She has framed her example tremendously well—the greatest fear that most of us have is that combination of primary schools, unsafe roads and…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Road SafetyI agree fully with my hon. Friend, and there is no conflict between a vision zero approach and the community-led approach I am talking about. The issue is that while vision zero…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Road SafetyMy hon. Friend makes that vital point extremely well. I will touch on it again later, but young drivers are an important topic that merits a debate in its own right. On feeling…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Road SafetyAbsolutely. That is the essence of what we are talking about. Given that average speed data is a blunt tool anyway, we should ask ourselves who knows best: the people who live on…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Road SafetyThere is no doubt that speed limits are a crucial part of this work, as long as they are targeted and appropriate. However, I cite the need for effective enforcement, because if…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Road SafetyI thank the hon. Member for making that point. How we value road safety interventions must recognise the full gamut of those impacts. Far too often, we use narrow measures of…07 Jan 2025HANSARD English DevolutionI hugely welcome the White Paper. For us who are in the frontline trying to deliver services to our residents under the dysfunctional two-tier system that exists in Lancashire,…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseSmall businesses are at the heart of our local economies, and they are crucial to our ambition to deliver sustained growth. Last weekend, it was great to meet so many inspiring…12 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the light of today’s very important announcements about the mission milestones, could we hear a bit about the important work of the mission boards, which have led us to this…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Improving Public TransportI congratulate the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) on securing this important debate. It was a pleasure to hear the maiden speech of my hon. Friend the…05 Dec 2024HANSARD Plan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentI welcome each and every one of the milestones, and the real, tangible difference that they will make to the lives of my residents in Rossendale and Darwen. Each is a crucial step…05 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxA range of reliefs, benefits and rights create an ability, in most cases, to avoid tax. Let us take the seven-year rule. It is a tapered rule, so after four years, the liability…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxWill the hon. Gentleman give way?04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxThe NFU said that farms may be affected by the policy—that is the language that it used—taking no account of estate planning or any other mitigations that people might use. As the…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxAs someone who lives on a farm, which is surrounded by farms, and whose family has farmed, and diversified, for generations, I add my voice to all those who have paid tribute to…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxIt is amazing; one of my colleagues talked about “the green fields opposite” in reference to the empty Conservative Benches. Given that background, it is no surprise that farmers…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI very much welcome the Government’s recent introduction of respect orders, which are much needed. Indeed, in my constituency of Rossendale and Darwen, we have recently seen a big…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI wish to associate myself with all the warm tributes paid to John Prescott today. He really was an inspiration to so many of us. A great many residents in my constituency rely on…21 Nov 2024