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HANSARDChina and JapanIn the Prime Minister’s discussions on what he somewhat mildly describes as “areas of difference”, did he raise the discovery of kill switches and hidden comms devices in…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. Instead of constantly pushing back the closure date for RAF Halton in an era where we need to increase defence capability, will the Minister commit to keeping it open for the…02 Feb 2026HANSARD Women’s Safety: Walking, Wheeling, Cycling and RunningIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I congratulate the hon. Member for Lowestoft (Jess Asato) not just on securing this important debate, but on the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. On Friday, I met a constituent who has been told that she is losing all her child maintenance payments because her ex-husband simply told the Child Maintenance Service that he…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperThames Valley is already a large police force, where our superb police officers and staff struggle to balance resources effectively, even with local command units now across rural…26 Jan 2026HANSARDTransport Connectivity: Midlands and North WalesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) on securing this important…22 Jan 2026HANSARDBusiness Rates: Retail, Hospitality and LeisureThis morning I met Roly May, the landlord of the Russell Arms pub in Butlers Cross. Government Members might recognise it: it is the closest pub to Chequers, where they can drown…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSEND: High-quality School PlacesDoes the Secretary of State accept that cancelling an £18-million, purpose-built, 152-place SEND school in Buckinghamshire, due to open in 2028, and replacing it with just £8…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Digital IDThe Minister has been consistent this morning both in his defence of the indefensible and in avoiding putting a price on this scheme. He did not answer the question from my hon.…15 Jan 2026HANSARD Horse and Rider Road SafetyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. Too often when we talk about rural activities, too many dismiss them as relics of a bygone age. Those of us who…14 Jan 2026HANSARD Horse and Rider Road SafetyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point. She is absolutely right and I wish her a speedy recovery from her own horse-related incident. What might seem a minor lapse…14 Jan 2026HANSARDLocal Government FinanceThe Minister said in her statement that she did not want to look the other way, but in reality this Government are looking the other way when it comes to rural communities. I…17 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning ReformIf the Minister is serious about, in his words, “doubling down” on brownfield first, will he look again at the Campaign to Protect Rural England report, which was put together…16 Dec 2025HANSARDNATO Defence Expenditure Target2. What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of Exchequer on meeting the NATO target of 5% of GDP on defence expenditure.15 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Given that Germany has lifted its partial arms embargo on Israel, why do the UK Government persist with restrictions on defence export licences to our ally?15 Dec 2025HANSARDNATO Defence Expenditure TargetI am grateful to the Secretary of State for that answer, but it is curious to see what is and is not in the Red Book from the Budget we just had. Page 88 shows in intricate detail…15 Dec 2025HANSARD Network Rail Timetable Changes: Rural CommunitiesChiltern Railways serves my constituency and Buckinghamshire more widely, on both the Chiltern main line and the Aylesbury branch. The Aylesbury branch in particular is a very…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Network Rail Timetable Changes: Rural CommunitiesAs ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for securing this…09 Dec 2025HANSARDNet Zero Transition: Consumer-led FlexibilityI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, but the trains will continue to run 24/7, whereas we are talking about a system in which if renewable sources drop and the…09 Dec 2025HANSARDNet Zero Transition: Consumer-led FlexibilityAs ever, Mr Vickers, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. The Opposition have a deep and growing concern about the direction in which Ministers of this Government…09 Dec 2025