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HANSARDUK-EU Relations12. What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on strengthening the UK’s relationship with the EU.02 Dec 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his observations. I also have constituents who have caring responsibilities and find themselves unable to fulfil those to the fullest capacity…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastI beg to move, That this House has considered the availability of driving tests in the South East. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mrs Harris. I…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastI thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have participated in this very important debate for our constituents. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bicester and…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastI absolutely agree. Rochdale undoubtedly has its charms and pleasures, but to be forced to go there to secure a driving test slot seems unfair to the individual involved.26 Nov 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his observation. He is right to identify that rural and semi-rural communities are particularly badly affected, because of the very often…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastI am incredibly grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that very important observation. The plight of bots stealing places from under people on a Government-registered system…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastMy hon. Friend’s constituents are clearly suffering from exactly the same challenges as mine in Surrey Heath. I will talk about some of the actions that have already been taken,…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastAs an MP for a rural constituency, I know that my hon. Friend’s constituents will feel that pressure with particular force. They experience exactly the same kind of employment…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDriving Test Availability: South-eastMy hon. Friend can always tempt me further north to his wonderful constituency. We have another example of a rural constituency where constituents feel this pressure acutely. That…26 Nov 2025HANSARD World COPD DayIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I congratulate my dear friend, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), on securing this debate and on his…20 Nov 2025HANSARDReducing Energy BillsThe National Audit Office recently reported that 98% of the 23,000 homes fitted with external wall insulation under the previous Government schemes are at risk of damp and mould…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles BillIn the months in which I was the Northern Ireland spokesperson for my party, I engaged with lots of veterans’ groups. Their members told me that they were very keen for this…18 Nov 2025HANSARDReducing Energy Bills13. What steps he is taking to reduce energy bills in Surrey Heath constituency.18 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseIn advance of this debate, my constituent Tony contacted me to say that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2019 but has only seen a specialist three times in the six years…17 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsI have had meetings with businesses and constituents in Surrey Heath who tell me that they have changed their decisions based on the speculation they have heard in recent weeks…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillAs my hon. Friend well knows, 94% of the UK’s biodiversity lies within the waters of our overseas territories. Just north of the Falkland Islands is the so-called blue hole, an…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Autistic Adults: EmploymentMy constituent John has experienced prolonged periods of unemployment —he has been employed for only four of the past 14 years—and I think his experience is redolent of that of…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBBC LeadershipEarlier this year, as part of the armed forces parliamentary scheme, I had the great privilege of visiting the 77th Brigade—the anti-Russian disinformation brigade of the British…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have been contacted by a Surrey Heath resident who has not just endured and survived appalling domestic abuse but is now enduring and attempting to survive the family court…11 Nov 2025