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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. My right hon. Friend the Minister for Immigration will know that Portland port, although in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax), is…22 May 2023HANSARD Council Tax and Stamp Duty AlternativesThank you so much for calling me to speak in this very important debate, Mrs Harris. I pay tribute my excellent colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Barrow and Furness (Simon…17 May 2023HANSARD Council Tax and Stamp Duty AlternativesWill the Minister consider reviewing that for the Dorset Council area so we have fairness for our constituents?17 May 2023HANSARD Post Office Executives: BonusesThe Post Office came to this place a few weeks ago to try to influence many of us to say how great it is. I met the chief executive, Nick Read, who is clearly a liar, because what…10 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ8. The Conservative police and crime commissioner in Dorset has delivered 174 new police officers, quadrupled the rural crime team and made Dorset the sixth safest county. Given…03 May 2023HANSARD Asylum Seeker Accommodation: South DorsetAs my right hon. Friend will know, my neighbouring constituency is in many respects—although not entirely—affected in the same way as that of my hon. Friend the Member for South…26 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. In recent times, we have had a good number of fatal road accidents in West Dorset: on the A3066, at Mosterton; on the A30 between Sherborne and Yeovil; and on the A35. A year…20 Apr 2023HANSARDRail ServicesI warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, the Rail Minister and the leadership team of Network Rail on bringing this prolonged period of industrial action…20 Mar 2023HANSARD Equipment Theft (Prevention) BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (Greg Smith) and wish him a very happy birthday. I say to other Members of the…03 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsCould the rail Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman), tell me the benefits that my constituents will see with the recent award of the South…02 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportThe right hon. Gentleman mentioned Gwent, Merseyside and some other constabularies to support his narrative, but does he agree that those constabularies already receive the…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend and neighbour the Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax), and not just today. We repeat this debate year after year; I followed him last…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportAs always, I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but the reality is that we are playing years and years’ worth of catch-up, because the overall police funding…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportNo.08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention; I do value the points she has made in response to some of the things I have said, and I agree with her to an extent. In West Dorset—it…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI am sorry, but I have already given way once to the hon. Lady, and I need to respond to the points that she has made. It is frustrating for me to look at the per capita funding…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI do not like to criticise the hon. Lady’s constabulary, but I can tell her that, clearly from my experiences, it has not been following the crime to Dorset, because that has been…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportThat is indeed the ideal situation—that the police stem the issue at the root. I agree with some of what the hon. Lady has to say, but the reality, from what I can see, is that…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Grant ReportIndeed, but it is worth noting that my point, which I will make again, is that when it comes to per capita funding for the police, Dorset has been historically at the bottom of…08 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Government Financerose—08 Feb 2023