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HANSARD Agriculture BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Angus (Dave Doogan), just as I did after his maiden speech. May I say that he needs to allow a little more of his Scottish charm to…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy right hon. Friend gave an excellent answer to our right hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark). The JCVI report is indeed most helpful and reassuring because…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Covid-19Does my hon. Friend think that what we were doing in March was very different from what the Government are dealing with today?28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19Since covid-19 began, sadly in Herefordshire we have seen 128 deaths and 1,008 people have tested positive. However, looking to France as an example of where we could be in just a…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19My hon. Friend is right, but everybody who takes the vaccine reduces the risk proportionately for everybody else. It is all about the R number, as he knows. That is why the…28 Sept 2020HANSARDEU Exit: End of Transition PeriodHow much does my right hon. Friend think the EU will lose in the event of no deal? Is not this figure not helped by senior Labour politicians suggesting that we might extend the…23 Sept 2020HANSARDEnd of Eviction MoratoriumI know that the Government are desperately trying to be fair, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and this is an absolutely clear example. My casework is full of…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Birmingham Attacks and Extinction Rebellion ProtestsI have spoken many times in this House about the importance of regulating the press and how important I believe climate change is. People like me are so put off by what the XR…07 Sept 2020HANSARD Points of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Thank you for your answer. You will be aware that 72 people tested positive in my constituency this weekend. I did apply for an…14 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI got covid-19 on the same day as my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister. Yesterday, I was given a free test by a company called Pyser Testing, which is an excellent company run…23 Jun 2020HANSARD Flood Defences: Tenbury WellsI would like briefly to share with the House the misery caused by the flooding in 2007, when the residents of Tenbury Wells were hit three times by something that was evil in its…03 Jun 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillIt is a pleasure to follow the maiden speech of my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Robert Largan). May I say to colleagues across the House that being angry with the public…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Educational SettingsThis Easter holiday was, for good students, their opportunity to revise, so we do not have a great deal of time to give proper guidance for A-level and GCSE students. How long…18 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirusToday, we had the first acknowledgement that there was a case in Herefordshire and yet I am still waiting to hear from the Government about the 70 children who are planning to go…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingMy council has had the same problem. I would ask the Government to think very carefully about training local authorities in how to manage the Bellwin scheme. Certainly,…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingI do agree. In my constituency, we have had the Holme Lacy Causeway inundated. We knew it would flood: it flooded last October, and it has flooded again. Nothing was done to…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingI am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for mentioning Tenbury Wells, which was in my constituency in 2007 when it flooded three times. The fact that somebody…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingHerefordshire was very hard hit. I want my local authority to focus on making good some of the terrible damage we have suffered, rather than getting its Bellwin application in by…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemI am really pleased that my right hon. Friend has grasped the thorny element of the agricultural sector; there are 20,000 seasonal agricultural workers in my constituency alone,…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillI do not for one second suggest that the hon. Gentleman is in any way dodgy, but does he not realise that while the points the hon. Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore) made are valid…03 Feb 2020