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HANSARD South East Water: Disruption of SupplyThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Herne Bay and Sandwich (Sir Roger Gale). I thank the Minister for her approach…03 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026The Minister is talking about low risk and high risk, and I welcome her comments. Can she give categoric reassurances that the Department and all the enforcement agencies can…03 Jun 2026HANSARDEnvironmentAL Audit CommitteeAs shadow DEFRA Minister, I congratulate and thank the Chair of the Committee and his cross-party Environmental Audit Committee for this excellent and timely report. As he has…23 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentWe have heard a lot from Labour Members today about process, but will the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister please tell my constituents, the House and the country why on earth…21 Apr 2026HANSARD Coastal ErosionI congratulate the hon. Member on her powerful contribution, and also congratulate the cross-party EFRA Committee on its thoughtful and thought-provoking report. Coastal…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEhlers-Danlos Syndrome and Craniocervical InstabilityI thank the hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury) for securing this important debate. I apologise, Ms Furniss, that I was not in the Chamber for the beginning of it; my…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEU-UK Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement: NegotiationsStakeholders have expressed alarm about the fact that the Government’s guidance for businesses on the UK-EU SPS agreement, published last week, has legislation in scope on the use…19 Mar 2026HANSARD Student LoansI have been contacted by many students in Epping Forest who are deeply concerned about their future debt and by many graduates who are worried about ballooning debt on these plan…18 Mar 2026HANSARD Environmental Protection and BiodiversityIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff) on securing this important…03 Mar 2026HANSARDVeterinary Surgeons Act 1966I declare a professional and personal interest as a veterinary surgeon and a fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. I welcome the fact that the Government have…05 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ8. For months, our communities in Epping have been deeply distressed by the Bell hotel reopening as an asylum hotel. My thoughts remain with the victims of the sexual assaults,…04 Feb 2026HANSARD Agricultural Sector: Import StandardsI start by thanking the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire (Sam Carling) for securing this debate and opening it so excellently. It has offered Members from across the…22 Jan 2026HANSARDFishing IndustryI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. When requests like this come in, we have to take a very logical view across the United Kingdom and the UK Government have to be…22 Jan 2026HANSARDFishing IndustryI congratulate my friend the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael), the Chair of the EFRA Select Committee, on securing this vital debate. I have a huge amount…22 Jan 2026HANSARD Agricultural Sector: Import StandardsI thank my hon. Friend for his very kind intervention. He proudly stands up for that important institution, which I know the Minister has visited, as has the Minister in the other…22 Jan 2026HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Act 2025: EnforcementIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan, and to speak in this important debate on the enforcement of the Water (Special Measures) Act. I thank the…20 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksMy hon. Friend is making a powerful statement about the impact on animals. I thank the petitioners in Epping Forest who have signed the petition, including the Redwings Horse…19 Jan 2026HANSARDPrimary Care in Epping Forest: House Building TargetsAs my constituency neighbour, the Health Secretary will be aware that Chigwell parish has no GP surgery of its own, requiring many of my constituents to travel to his constituency…13 Jan 2026HANSARDPrimary Care in Epping Forest: House Building Targets11. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government’s house building targets on the availability of primary care services in Epping Forest constituency.13 Jan 2026HANSARDWater Supplies: East GrinsteadMay I, from this side of the House, offer my sincere condolences to the Minister and her family for their sad loss? Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting the urgent question from my…12 Jan 2026