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HANSARDSMEs: European TradeI always welcome the cutting of red tape and I await the details excitedly. My North Cornwall constituent, Hannah Willow, runs two art businesses. Prior to Brexit, around 30% of…21 May 2026HANSARDProcessed Russian Oil Products: SanctionsRocketing fuel prices are hitting rural families in constituencies like mine, but the answer can never be to play directly into Putin’s hands by weakening sanctions, just as…20 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.19 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsCornwall continues to face some of the UK’s worst legal aid deserts, with rurality and lack of transport adding to the postcode lottery. According to the Law Society, a third of…19 May 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will keep my contribution brief and speak once again on Lords amendments 98 and 98A, to allow other hon. Members to speak. Along with many of my constituents, I was very…27 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Successive Governments have handed public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds to the US tech firm Palantir, including the Ministry of Defence and NHS England, for a…23 Apr 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseSome of the most shocking stories that I heard during the general election campaign on doorsteps throughout North Cornwall were of people pulling out their own teeth because they…23 Apr 2026HANSARD Mountain RescueI fully endorse and support what my hon. Friend is saying. My brilliant Cornish search and rescue team have asked me to attend this debate to make exactly the same point, that if…22 Apr 2026HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWill the Minister give way?21 Apr 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Last week marked three years since the start of Sudan’s ongoing civil war, which has sparked a disastrous famine affecting an estimated 34 million people, while about 14…21 Apr 2026HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will briefly speak to Lords amendment 98. When it comes to regions such as Cornwall and my constituency of North Cornwall, this Bill neither respects nor gives due consideration…21 Apr 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillThis Bill returns to us from the other place, where my Liberal Democrat colleagues tabled a number of crucial amendments that come before us today, which concern changes to the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDRail Connections to London: Rural TownsI thank the Minister for giving way right at the end of the debate. My constituency does not contain a single mainline station. The six Cornish MPs would also love to meet the…23 Mar 2026HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: ProsecutionsFirst, can I ask the Solicitor General to please follow up on her kind offer to chase the Justice Minister responsible for legal aid, the hon. and learned Member for Finchley and…19 Mar 2026HANSARD Domestic Abuse Survivors: Government SupportI acknowledge and appreciate the Minister’s point about this not being the responsibility of the Home Office. I will say, though, that I excitedly awaited the VAWG strategy to see…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Domestic Abuse Survivors: Government SupportI completely agree; I have actually had some similar casework. I will come back to that point. In a deeply troubling case brought to me by a wonderful Cornish advice clinic, a…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Domestic Abuse Survivors: Government SupportI thank the hon. Member for that excellent point—I will come on to accommodation issues and the impact on children. I recognise that really important steps have been taken in…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Domestic Abuse Survivors: Government SupportI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for domestic abuse survivors. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship in this important debate, Mr…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Domestic Abuse Survivors: Government SupportI thank the Minister. Perhaps she can follow up on that point in her speech. I ask the Government urgently to reform evidence requirements for economic abuse in favour of more…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Domestic Abuse Survivors: Government SupportI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on being such a champion on this issue, and I completely agree with his condemnation of Travelodge’s frankly despicable response. His point…18 Mar 2026