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HANSARD Elderly and Vulnerable People: Loneliness and IsolationI beg to move, That this House has considered loneliness and isolation in elderly and vulnerable people. Imagine a room of people of all ages and demographics. In this gathering,…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Elderly and Vulnerable People: Loneliness and IsolationI support that, and my hon. Friend is right to refer to our report from the EFRA Committee. In my constituency, we have a number of community-led bus schemes. Douglas Woolcock,…06 Dec 2023HANSARDDental ServicesI welcome the guidance that ICBs have received. Cornwall ICB has committed to ringfencing money for dentistry next year, but the truth is that, before it took on that commitment,…05 Dec 2023HANSARDRural Councils: FundingI thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) for giving a great opportunity to speak in support of our local rural areas and councils, and for raising this…29 Nov 2023HANSARDCOP28I welcome that two of the 34 new landscape recovery schemes are in west Cornwall and on Scilly, and I credit the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Farm Cornwall, the Duchy, other…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Housing in Tourist DestinationsI appreciate the warning, Sir Charles; I would never want to interrupt the flow of the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). I commend my hon. Friend the Member for St Austell…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is a joy to have the opportunity to speak in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, because I can see the direct benefit that it will have for West Cornwall and the Isles of…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Sites of Special Scientific InterestI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, which I welcome. To be clear, the West Penwith moors SSSI was and is welcome; the problem is how Natural England has gone about it…18 Sept 2023HANSARD Sites of Special Scientific InterestMay I start by thanking Mr Speaker for permitting me to bring this debate to the House? Sites of special scientific interest make an important contribution to the Government’s…18 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesI congratulate my good friend the Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) on securing the debate. My constituents do not have to use the train. They choose to, to avoid congestion;…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Veterans: HandforthMy right hon. Friend raised the armed forces covenant. She is right to raise those concerns, which will be relevant to all armed forces veterans. In my constituency, despite the…06 Sept 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsI hear that, and I do not have an answer—thankfully, I am not the Minister.19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsI hope not. I am arguing that there is a real danger—as happened with onshore wind, and I do not object to onshore wind in the right place—that we create a situation where these…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsMy hon. Friend is exactly right. I wanted to come to that, which is why I was hesitant about appearing to take a view different from the rest of the room. That is the thing: it is…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsI might come across as taking a slightly different view, but that is absolutely not why I am here. I represent a beautiful part of the world. There is not a massive amount of…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Planning and Solar FarmsI hear that. We were and perhaps still are hopeful that the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill will address some of the opportunities relating to the inspector. The call for…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Freehold and Leasehold ReformI certainly find little to disagree with in the speech made by the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) and I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford…05 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandI thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) for introducing this debate. Nearly a year ago, I introduced a debate in this place on the same subject. The then…24 May 2023HANSARDFixed-term Energy Contracts: Hospitality IndustryNo hotel, pub or guesthouse can do its job without the support of the laundry sector, which is feeling the pain of high energy bills, often fixed at the wrong time. I hear what…23 May 2023HANSARDShort-term Holiday Lets: PlanningI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) for securing the debate and ensuring that a Minister from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will…23 May 2023