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HANSARDBuckinghamshire Council: FundingMulti-year funding settlements can help councils such as Buckinghamshire to prepare for the future and ensure the continuity of local services, but that approach was not…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsEast West Rail promises to be hugely transformative for Bletchley, positioning the town as a key economic hub, not only between London and Birmingham but between Oxford and…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsReturning to rural crime, I pay tribute to the work that the Thames Valley police rural crime taskforce is doing for rural communities and farmers in the Buckingham and Bletchley…17 Nov 2025HANSARDFlood Resilience: Buckingham and Bletchley1. What steps she is taking to improve flood resilience in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.13 Nov 2025HANSARDFlood Resilience: Buckingham and BletchleyI thank the Minister for her response. Last winter’s floods exposed how years of under-investment by the previous Conservative Government had left Buckingham’s flood defences…13 Nov 2025HANSARDRegional Economic Growth: Pension FundsThe establishment of the Sterling 20 sends a strong signal that this country is serious about mobilising more of its own domestic capital into productive domestic assets. As the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundNot the Opposition Benches.22 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Social Housing: Buckingham and BletchleyThe on-time, on-budget delivery of 183 new council homes for local families on the Lakes estate in Bletchley is a good demonstration of what Labour can achieve in local…13 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Social Housing: Buckingham and Bletchley12. What steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to build social housing in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.13 Oct 2025HANSARDGovernment Debt Interest PaymentsThe trust of financial markets depends not just on the policy of the Government today, but on whether we keep that trust tomorrow. The Opposition squandered that trust when they…09 Sept 2025HANSARDNATO Defence Spending TargetBritain’s commitment to the 5% NATO target clearly sends a strong signal of our resolve, but that pledge must command public confidence that the money will be spent wisely. Can…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank the Minister for his statement. I welcome this industrial strategy, which—as my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) said—demonstrates how closely aligned a strong…08 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Schemes Bill (First sitting)Q I have a short question about scale tests. Both organisations have reflected a concern that the drive to consolidating may be undermining smaller schemes. How can we ensure that…02 Sept 2025HANSARDCapital and Export Finance: SMEsInnovative high-growth companies, such as Envisics in Bletchley, are developing and exporting world-leading technology-driven products but face difficulties securing the domestic…17 Jul 2025HANSARDCapital and Export Finance: SMEs9. What steps his Department is taking to ensure that SMEs in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency can access capital and export finance as part of the UK’s recent trade…17 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. The Government’s £500 million investment to support under-represented entrepreneurs was hugely welcomed by business leaders in my constituency, but access to capital is only…17 Jul 2025HANSARDFinancial Services ReformI thank the Minister for her statement and commend the work that she and the Chancellor have done on the wider Leeds reforms. I want to pick up on the forthcoming campaign to…16 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillAs I have said, I think that larger funds can manage risk better and deliver better outcomes for savers, which means that they can take greater ownership of how they spend their…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Stakeholders and firms that I have spoken to—in the local government pension sector, the private sector and the City of London—are unanimous…07 Jul 2025HANSARDPension Schemes BillI am probably a parliamentary oddity, given that I have been looking forward hugely to rising to support the Bill—and what luck to follow such a colourful and interesting speech…07 Jul 2025