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HANSARD Level 7 ApprenticeshipsLike my hon. Friend’s constituency, West Dorset is rural and has no university, but we have a further education institution in the shape of Coastland college’s Kingston Maurward…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. I recently met the Water Minister to discuss the Independent Water Commission’s recommendation that we adopt pre-pipe solutions to prevent rainwater further overflowing our…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaThe hon. Gentleman is talking about young people and farming. Those two issues overlap in rural areas such as mine. Our child and adolescent mental health services are centralised…19 Nov 2025HANSARD Land Use Change: Food SecurityI will happily answer the question, drawing on my experience in solar: it is because the amount of money for the export does not make rooftop solar viable on a commercial scale.…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Land Use Change: Food SecurityI congratulate the right hon. Lady on securing the debate. The issue about the number of farms above the £1.5 million mark is that 30% of British farms made no money last year.…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure Billrose —13 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way. He will know that West Dorset is home to a number of our rare and precious chalk streams, including the Frome and the Wraxall brook. Does he…13 Nov 2025HANSARDWater Sector ReformIn West Dorset, overloaded sewers and outdated infrastructure cause repeated sewage spills. Rainwater enters combined systems, overwhelming capacity and causing them to overflow.…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Carbon Budget Delivery PlanIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) on securing this important debate. I am delighted…12 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ7. Jhoots Pharmacy has been responsible for repeated closures, leaving staff unpaid and residents without access to vital medicine. Unfit pharmacy owners such as Sarbjit Jhooty,…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Alcohol Duty: UK Wine SectorThe hon. Member is making a fantastic speech, and I agree with everything that he is saying. West Dorset is blessed with 11 fantastic small vineyards. For most of them, the…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Rural Railway Stations: Step Free AccessI share my hon. Friend’s frustration but would like to say what a luxury it is to be so far down the line with an Access for All bid. Despite having £100,000 pledged by Dorset…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Due to the rural nature of West Dorset, SEND children face difficulty accessing education. I have casework of a young girl with a stroke whose transport was withdrawn two days…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessI wonder whether the root of the solution is for local authorities and schools to have mandatory minimum purchases from local producers, thereby giving local farmers a supply…05 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsOn business rates, coastal communities such as West Dorset are heavily reliant on hospitality for providing jobs—over 6,000 locally—and it is vital to our tourism economy. The…04 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance ReductionsI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of planned reductions in Official Development Assistance on international development. It is an honour to serve under your…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. In her speech this morning, the Chancellor said that she must make necessary choices ahead of the Budget. Will those choices once again come at the expense of rural…04 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance ReductionsI thank the hon. Member, who is my colleague on the Foreign Affairs Committee. His background and expertise in this area is unrivalled, and I agree 100% with his sentiment; it is…04 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance ReductionsI agree 100%. What is so wonderful about Britain is how, time and again, communities step into the void left by Government spending, but we cannot rely entirely on the charity and…04 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance ReductionsI agree 100% with my hon. Friend. Purely on a value-for-money basis, it is wiser to spend money where people are, to prevent them from getting on the road, than to try to house…04 Nov 2025