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HANSARD TransportI listened carefully to the shadow Secretary of State’s opening speech, and was curious about his comments regarding investment in buses. Across Cornwall, we have seen the…05 Feb 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillI know from farmers in my constituency that there is an appetite to see a UK agriculture sector that delivers public good for public money. We will not solve our biggest…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Bovine TB: CompensationI agree, and I welcome that intervention. I believe that the Government pay the value of the meat as if it was to go into the food chain. My hon. Friend is right, and I know…29 Jan 2020HANSARD Bovine TB: CompensationI beg to move, That this House has considered compensation for bovine TB. I know that the Government recognise the contribution that small abattoirs make to the food and farming…29 Jan 2020HANSARD Bovine TB: CompensationI welcome that intervention. Both interventions are important. The previous Secretary of State requested a review of the compensation scheme and the eradication strategy. As far…29 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsHalf of the adult population in Cornwall, and 40% of children, have not seen an NHS dentist in the past year. Will my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, who is a friend of…29 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillIt is a great honour and privilege to speak about the NHS, which is a fantastic institution. There is no one in this building who has not had some experience of the NHS in some…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillThat is exactly the commitment made by the NHS plan: early diagnosis, followed by proper, wraparound support from not only the NHS but local authorities. The potential gains are…27 Jan 2020HANSARDA Green Industrial RevolutionIt is a great honour speak in this debate and to follow the maiden speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover (Mark Fletcher), but I do have to take issue with what he said…15 Jan 2020HANSARD Environment BillMr Deputy Speaker, I am not sure what your plans are in the next few weeks—you may be busy—but I want to invite you to west Cornwall, where you will find areas of outstanding…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker—and I thank the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) for her intervention. [ Laughter. ] For the Environment Bill, Rewilding Britain…28 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI agree, and I welcome that intervention. It is true that there will be some single-use plastic that we cannot avoid. If we go into a hospital, we will find items that are wrapped…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI will not criticise my own Government, but I learned home economics in school, which taught me what cauliflowers and so on look like when picked from the ground. There is a joke…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI can, but the clouds sometimes obscure it. On the Isles of Scilly, where it is 12 °C and warm and beautiful, there is no hiding the fact that plastic pollution is taking its…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI am not here to beat up the supermarkets, and if I have done so, I apologise. I welcome the intervention, and the hon. Gentleman is right: in Cornwall, we have an excellent…24 Oct 2019HANSARDTransport SustainabilityRoad improvements are a key part of making transport sustainable for the future. The A30 goes all the way from London to my home town of Penzance, and part of it runs through…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI commend my hon. Friend the Member for Honiton and Tiverton—24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI commend my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish)—Tiverton is obviously first—for securing the debate and for all he does with his Select Committee.…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI will not comment on Tiverton and Honiton again. I say that my constituency is the most beautiful because, apart from a short section that neighbours the constituencies of my…24 Oct 2019HANSARDPlastic Food and Drink PackagingI welcome that intervention, and the fact that we agree on that is brilliant. The hon. Lady is right: I always say to everyone who comes down, or who wishes to, that the sun…24 Oct 2019