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HANSARDRetail Crime6. What assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of retail crime on high street businesses.30 Nov 2023HANSARDRetail CrimeIn recent weeks, I, like many colleagues, have visited shops in my constituency as part of USDAW’s—the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers—Freedom from Fear campaign. I…30 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023I understand the point that the Minister is making, but what does he expect to happen at the end of those three and a half years?28 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Gary, and I thank the Minister for his introduction. We are all aware that farmers and growers have been grappling with some…28 Nov 2023HANSARDBorder Target Operating ModelIt has been a very long wait to get border checks in place on the UK side. What evidence does the Minister have that EU businesses have the appropriate systems in place, including…23 Nov 2023HANSARDBorder Target Operating Model10. What recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the border target operating model on cross-border flows of goods.23 Nov 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ11. A few weeks ago, the world cringed at the Prime Minister’s fawning welcome for Elon Musk. This week, advertisers are fleeing Musk’s platform after his latest vile outburst.…22 Nov 2023HANSARDShort Sentence Suspension: Probation Service15. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the suspension of short sentences on the probation service.21 Nov 2023HANSARDShort Sentence Suspension: Probation ServiceSuccessive Conservative Ministers have allowed the criminal justice system to fall into its current parlous state, making many communities, including in Cambridge, less safe. Now…21 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLocal newspapers are under threat. When the community news project was introduced in 2018 for newspapers such as the Cambridge News, it was widely welcomed. The project was…16 Nov 2023HANSARDFood System: Health and SustainabilityTo maintain that healthy, sustainable food system, farmers need a level playing field, so when the right hon. Member for North East Somerset (Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg) made his recent…19 Oct 2023HANSARDCore School Budget AllocationsCambridgeshire schools are some of the lowest funded in England, and they will now receive £4.4 million less than they expected. The Minister will know that local authority…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Further and Higher Education Students: Cost of LivingIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir George, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield). He said almost exactly what I…19 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023On the costs, will the Minister clarify something? Many of these organisations seem to think that there will be a significant extra cost. Does she think they are wrong?05 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure, as ever, to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Davies. Also as ever, I am grateful to the Minister for her introduction. When we have two sets of acronyms that are…05 Sept 2023HANSARDAccess to WorkI think the Minister knows that the waiting times are too long for all applicants, but may I draw his attention to an event in Cambridge that I hosted earlier this year with the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDAccess to Work11. What steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for Access to Work assessments.04 Sept 2023HANSARDDraft Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Robert. I can confirm that we will not oppose this measure. I thank the Minister for his introduction, because we share the…19 Jul 2023HANSARDHigher Education ReformThe Secretary of State has confirmed that the Office for Students already had the powers to enforce on student outcome provisions, so this announcement is just narrow politicking.…17 Jul 2023HANSARDFood SecurityLast week, past failures caught up with the DEFRA ministerial team. First, the Climate Change Committee castigated them for lack of progress on agriculture and land use, and then…06 Jul 2023