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HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesI agree that my hon. Friend shares many of the same difficulties and challenges that I face in West Dorset. I will be pleased to articulate further why I agree with him. The fact…13 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesMy hon. Friend is taking the concluding words of my speech out of my mouth. If a customer went to the ticket office, where the regulations require that the cheapest ticket is to…13 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesI wholly agree with my hon. Friend that there is a lack of understanding about this issue, and I shall look to expose that later in my speech. I refer the House to my entry in the…13 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesI will address those points later, if the hon. Gentleman will allow me. Moving staff from being solely behind the ticket office window to being more visibly present on the…13 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesI beg to move, That this House has considered railway ticket offices. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. We know that the future of railway ticket…13 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesWill the hon. Member give way?13 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the absence of any Ofsted oversight or regulation of multi-academy trusts, will my right hon. Friend tell me what mechanism is in place for a school to escalate concerns over…17 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. My right hon. Friend will know from my constant lobbying of him that it is my belief that the revenue support grant mechanism is inherently unfair and means that rural…10 Jul 2023HANSARDBishops in the House of LordsI will give way in a moment. Many members of the Church of England, and not just residents of my constituency, have been in touch with me about this debate. That is not because…06 Jul 2023HANSARDBishops in the House of LordsI am sorry; I wanted to give way to the hon. Member, but I think you are prompting me to finish, Mr Davies. I will happily speak to the hon. Member afterwards.06 Jul 2023HANSARDBishops in the House of LordsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as churchwarden for my home…06 Jul 2023HANSARDRoad Fuel PricesThe good people of Bridport and Dorchester in West Dorset have had to pay up to 20p a litre more than those in towns not far away. The Liberal Democrats have been silent about…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Williams-Shapps Plan for RailIt is a pleasure to take part in this debate; I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes (Martin Vickers) on it. I am delighted to follow the chairman of the Select…14 Jun 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandMy hon. Friend gives me no chance to do anything other than agree. He is right. I hope the Minister is hearing loud and clear from the south-west that we cannot go on with this…24 May 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandI beg to move, That this House has considered the provision of NHS dentists in the South West. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. I am grateful to…24 May 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandI very much appreciate what the Minister is saying about the plan for dentistry going forward. The last time I brought up the issue was in July 2022, almost a year ago. We had…24 May 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I wholly agree with him that reforms are needed urgently, which is the main point I will be sharing with the Minister towards the end…24 May 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for her kind intervention, and I wholly agree. Her constituency of North Devon is not dissimilar to mine; we share many challenges and many wonderful…24 May 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandI thank my hon. Friend the Minister for his kind response, not just to my contribution but to that of every Member here today. I reiterate that we are in a position of quiet…24 May 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his short and succinct intervention, as ever. He is absolutely right and confirms that this issue needs to be addressed across the United Kingdom,…24 May 2023