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HANSARDSouth West Water: Brixham ContaminationThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I thank the Secretary of State and the Minister with responsibility for rivers, the Under-Secretary of State for…20 May 2024HANSARDSouth West Water: Brixham Contamination(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make a statement on South West Water and Brixham’s contamination.20 May 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillThe Minister will find in this part of my speech we will be agreeing vehemently, although the latter part of my speech might not be so agreeable. I am grateful to him for his…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillThe hon. Gentleman is right to make that point, and he has far greater expertise in this area than I, but I am saying that we can retain fixed-term tenancies, scrap section 21 and…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillI apologise for interrupting the hon. Gentleman. Given the important point he is making about redress for tenants and who they might go to, would he add any comment on consumer…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillI rise to speak to the amendments that stand in my name, as well as on a number of Government amendments. I feel that I should start by thanking both the Minister and the shadow…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillI thank my hon. Friend for making that point. It is one that I will come on to, in terms of both the impact that the Bill will have on the attractiveness of short-term lets and…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillWith the greatest of respect, I am saying that that is one of the reasons why I fear not having a minimum notice period. My constituency has the highest number of second homes and…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillI thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for being so generous in your explanation on that. The problem that I see with this Bill is that, while the intent to remove section 21 is a…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillMy hon. Friend is right to make that point. In essence, the Bill forbids a contract being agreed with a date on which the tenant would have to leave the property. The noble Lord…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillI come at it from a different angle: we are heaping so many rules and regulations on people, and making things so difficult, they are leaving the market as a result. This was one…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that point, and it comes back to the question of trying to incentivise long-term lets over short- term lets. In rural constituencies in…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will use my constituency as an example: I have seen a significant decline in the number of long-term lets over the last four-year period.…24 Apr 2024HANSARDGeneral Medical Council: Oversight MechanismsGood governance means ensuring transparency, and one concern of my constituents is whether GMC decisions can be appealed. Will the Minister reassure me that we can have better…23 Apr 2024HANSARDGeneral Medical Council: Oversight Mechanisms3. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of oversight mechanisms for the General Medical Council.23 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI am somewhat perplexed by this debate, and indeed by the Bill. I do not consider it to be enforceable, and I also think it fails to take into account the effective tax measures…16 Apr 2024HANSARDRNLI BicentenaryIf for no other reason, we can all rest easy: by frequently referencing the great work done by the stepmother of my hon. Friend the Member for North Norfolk (Duncan Baker), we…26 Mar 2024HANSARDRNLI BicentenaryI beg to move, That this House has considered the bicentenary of the RNLI. It is my honour and privilege to open and close today’s debate on the Royal National Lifeboat…26 Mar 2024HANSARDRNLI BicentenaryI thank the hon. Member for making that point. Especially in high-tourism areas and where there has been a dramatic experience post pandemic, the RNLI has seen more shouts—more…26 Mar 2024HANSARDRNLI BicentenaryWill my right hon. Friend give way?26 Mar 2024