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HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I would like to make a couple of additional points, adding to the really important comments made by the Minister…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026I do not believe that democracy is changing it. It is fundamentally the incentives of certain local politicians to do this when they can have a veto power over a development that…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026I thank the shadow Minister for making that point because it was the last point I was going to briefly make before wrapping up. This is the key point: it adds not only…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026I have taken up too much time; people really want to get off. We all accept that we should be focusing on smaller sites because, as the Minister set out, the bigger sites should…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026To prove that point, the hon. Gentleman would need to prove that the types of applications currently going to either officers or planning committees are effectively random, but…30 Jun 2026HANSARDEast Midland Railway CollisionI join the Secretary of State in offering my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the driver, Shaun Burton. I thank her, the Rail Minister and staff at East Midlands…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastEconomic policies introduced by the previous Government piled more and more pressure on my generation, adding to intergenerational unfairness, and nowhere is that more clear than…03 Mar 2026HANSARD Representation of the People BillI do not think I will get the time to say this at the end, so I want to put on the record that the Government should set up a national commission to look at our voting system.…02 Mar 2026HANSARDWoodland CreationI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of woodland creation. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I am grateful for the opportunity to…11 Feb 2026HANSARDWoodland CreationI thank everyone who has contributed, including my hon. Friends the Members for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (Alex Mayer), for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury), for Thurrock (Jen…11 Feb 2026HANSARD Business RatesI welcome the engagement from the Minister and today’s fantastic announcement, and invite him to come and have a pint at the Dolphin in my constituency, where I used to pull…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationI should make it clear that local elections will be going forward in full in Milton Keynes and that I look forward to continuing to work with my brilliant, hard-working Labour…22 Jan 2026HANSARDLocal Elections: CancellationLocal elections will be going forward in full in Milton Keynes this year, and I look forward to continuing to work with my brilliant hard-working Labour councillors. The ongoing…19 Jan 2026HANSARDNew TownsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (Katrina Murray) not just for securing this debate, but for her passionate and moving speech. I will start by…15 Jan 2026HANSARDNew TownsI thank the Minister for being generous with his time and for reinforcing the Government’s strategic direction, which I think most of us agree with. As we move on to the next…15 Jan 2026HANSARDPlanning ReformI thank the Minister for the statement, and for the support for getting our housing market going again, particularly when it comes to brownfield sites; proposals for many of them…16 Dec 2025HANSARDNHS: Winter PreparednessI thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for his hard work in trying to bring an end to these unacceptable strikes. When such strikes happen, particularly at this time…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Oxford to Cambridge Growth CorridorIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) on securing this debate. The limited time…03 Dec 2025HANSARDAccess to Nature2. What steps she has taken to improve access to nature.13 Nov 2025HANSARDAccess to NatureI welcome the comments about Milton Keynes, the largest economy in the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, and we are very excited about the upcoming forest. The Wetland Arc, led by the…13 Nov 2025