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HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and to support my neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster). Across south Devon, we have been dealing with this…23 May 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningWill the hon. and learned Lady give way?23 May 2023HANSARDBuses: FundingI shall not take it personally that I think mine is the only constituency that the Minister has not visited. He is welcome whenever he wants to come down. We have launched a bus…17 May 2023HANSARDAntisocial Behaviour in Town CentresMy hon. Friend is being gracious in giving way again. I have set up a police hub initiative in my constituency where the police use local spaces to enhance visibility. That…26 Apr 2023HANSARDAntisocial Behaviour in Town CentresMy hon. Friend is making a good speech and giving us an A to Z of road names in his constituency. Does he agree that tackling the list of problems he faces in Keighley, which I…26 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeWill the hon. Gentleman answer my question now?25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeThe hon. Gentleman has made the fatal error of thinking that we are supporting the water companies, when we are holding them to account. That is exactly why we have threatened…25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. The Opposition have attempted to pretend that the Government do not care about sewage, or about water companies being held to account,…25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeMy right hon. Friend is making an extraordinarily important point about finding a balance between attracting investment and ensuring that work is delivered to address the problem.…25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeThe Secretary of State has just mentioned the important issue of water companies producing plans. Can she reassure me, and all the people of the south-west and south Devon in…25 Apr 2023HANSARDDartmoor National Park (Access)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for a scheme to incentivise owners of land within Dartmoor National…19 Apr 2023HANSARD Farming on DartmoorThank you, Mr Hosie. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I fear that if I were in the dock and my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Torridge and West…18 Apr 2023HANSARD CPTPP: Conclusion of NegotiationsIt is always funny hearing the Opposition speak about our trade deals, because since they last brought the issue to the House, we have signed a memorandum of understanding with…17 Apr 2023HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that. We have accepted in many instances the terms of the World Trade Organisation and the carve-out measures within them, so we are…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI congratulate the hon. Member for Harrow West (Gareth Thomas) on taking such a great deal of time to find some contention in a single amendment that adds only the word…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Shellfish AquacultureI am sorry, but I will be brief. It is worth being clear on this, because there is not a broad amount of disagreement in this debate. We have not lost that market. Current export…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Shellfish AquacultureThis has at times been quite a weird and tangential debate but, as I think I said in my opening remarks, it has not really been a debate—it has been a moment of violent agreement…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Shellfish AquacultureI beg to move, That this House has considered shellfish aquaculture. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. As treasurer of the all-party parliamentary…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Shellfish AquacultureI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I know how hard he works on behalf of the aquaculture businesses in his area, but also that he sees the wider picture across…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Shellfish AquacultureThe Chair of the International Trade Committee is more than welcome to come as well. On the basis of cross-party co-operation I am happy to invite the shadow Minister, the hon.…15 Mar 2023