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HANSARD World Health: 25-Year Environment PlanAgain, I welcome that intervention. Social prescribing has proved to be a fantastic way of treating people that hopefully moves them away from medicine and drugs. In my…09 Apr 2019HANSARD World Health: 25-Year Environment PlanThat is all part of the agenda on climate change and caring for our environment, so that we can all enjoy it. I am glad that schoolchildren who care about our planet can take…09 Apr 2019HANSARDFurther Education FundingIn Cornwall tomorrow there is a meeting with parents and people with special educational needs because they are being told that their days will go from five days to three. As my…02 Apr 2019HANSARDFurther Education FundingWill my hon. Friend give way on that point?02 Apr 2019HANSARDSchools and Hospitals: No-idling ZonesAir quality around schools is a concern, and in my constituency and west Cornwall we are working up a plan to plant 20,000 trees with our school children by the end of 2020 to…28 Mar 2019HANSARDNHS Workforce2. What steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS has the workforce that it needs to meet the objectives of its 10-year plan.26 Mar 2019HANSARDNHS WorkforceI thank the Minister for that response. In Cornwall, we have set up the Health and Social Care Academy, and we use the apprenticeship levy to enable local people to train within…26 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for York Outer (Julian Sturdy) on securing this fantastic debate. The Children and Families Act 2014 refers to identifying children and…20 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth Inequalitiesrose —20 Mar 2019HANSARDHealth InequalitiesI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Telford (Lucy Allan) on securing the debate. This is such an important subject. A Cornish MP absolutely understands health…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsThe Minister is absolutely right about FE colleges, but in Cornwall we have found that they have had to reduce the days for young people with special educational needs from five…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsNo, honestly, I am not going to give way. I have seen difficult situations and the real challenges that children, parents and teachers face. We have a decision to make, as a…20 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ11. In Cornwall, we want to be as environmentally friendly as possible. In fact, we want to be carbon free by 2030. For me, this means improving the quality of our homes, making…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsI will not, because we are really short of time. There is no getting away from it: this is about funding. My hon. Friend the Member for York Outer was right to talk about policy…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Disability Assessment ServicesI am sorry that I did not make it quite as plain as my hon. Friend did, but that was the point that I was trying to make. I am fortunate that in my office I have a member of staff…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Disability Assessment ServicesI am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate, Sir Christopher, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Gillian Keegan) on securing it. I know…13 Mar 2019HANSARDApplication of the Family TestAbsolutely. It was really good to have a debate in the main Chamber recently about the work of voluntary organisations in supporting families in that very situation. The…13 Mar 2019HANSARDApplication of the Family TestI thank my Cornwall colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double), for securing this really important debate. It is good that we continue to…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Disability Assessment ServicesThat is fair. I sit on the Select Committee on Work and Pensions with other colleagues in the Chamber, and we hear such examples all the time. I met the individual I am talking…13 Mar 2019HANSARDEngagementsThis week marks the beginning of Brain Tumour Awareness Month, and I bring the House’s attention to the event that is happening immediately after Prime Minister’s questions in…06 Mar 2019