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HANSARDDraft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2025It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Stuart. I thank the Government for bringing forward this important statutory instrument, and I compliment the…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Future of Thames WaterI have to finish—I only have a certain amount of time. Can the Minister outline what action the Government are taking to help find a market-based solution for a Thames Water…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Future of Thames WaterIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) on securing this important debate.…06 Jan 2026HANSARD Animal Welfare StrategyThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. I know that you are an animal lover, as indeed we are as a nation. As a veterinary surgeon, I have animal health and…18 Dec 2025HANSARDDEFRA Policies: Impact on Farming CommunitiesMerry Christmas to you and your team, Mr Speaker. The Government must enact policies that benefit farming communities. They have a chance to do that now with another critical…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare Strategy(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the Government’s animal welfare strategy.18 Dec 2025HANSARD Grassroots Cricket ClubsIt was a great privilege to serve under the captaincy of the hon. Member this summer for the Lords and Commons cricket team, in our valiant defeat against Marylebone cricket club.…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Grassroots Cricket ClubsThe hon. Member is talking about sporting and cricketing heroes. Kids need to be able to look up to those role models and heroes. There is no doubt that broadcasting deals have…16 Dec 2025HANSARDSeasonal WorkEpping Forest is home to some wonderful pubs and hospitality businesses, such as The Bull and the Queen Vic in Theydon Bois, the Theydon Oak, and Mila in Loughton. I hope he will…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillThe shadow Secretary of State talks about passengers being at the heart of the Bill. He earlier raised watchdogs and dogs not having teeth. As a veterinary surgeon, I am very…09 Dec 2025HANSARDDraft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. These draft regulations seek to lay the legislative foundation for the transfer of many of the powers currently…09 Dec 2025HANSARDDraft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025As I mentioned, the Budget document talked about a consultation on this going into 2026. I raised with the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the…09 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDMy constituents in Epping Forest are deeply concerned about the prospect of digital ID cards. Many have written and spoken to me, and over 5,600 have signed the petition. Rather…08 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsThis development is cynical and scandalous, and completely ignores the democratic rights of the people of Essex and beyond. This Labour Government are botching and rushing local…04 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal MediaI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this vital debate. In my constituency, we are fortunate to have excellent local media, such as the Epping Forest Guardian newspaper and…03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThis Budget is entitled “Strong foundations, secure future”; sadly, it is anything but, with weak foundations and an insecure future. For all this talk of fair decisions, this…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPackaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityThe Minister is talking about economic viability. I mentioned that the Government said in the Budget yesterday that they will consult on the EPR scheme, and she has repeated that.…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPackaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on securing this critical debate. As chair of the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDNew Hospital ProgrammeAs my constituency neighbour, the Health Secretary will know that both his constituents and mine rely heavily on the Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow and Whipps Cross in…25 Nov 2025HANSARDNew Hospital Programme7. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to deliver the new hospital programme on maintenance costs across the NHS estate.25 Nov 2025