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HANSARD FloodingThe hon. Gentleman has made some excellent points. In my constituency, which, like his, floods frequently, people are cut off for days on end. Even when their houses are dry, they…06 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceMy constituent’s daughter is a young lady who has missed out for more than a year on child maintenance payments, because her father changed jobs and the Child Maintenance Service…05 Feb 2024HANSARDChild Maintenance Service3. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in collecting child maintenance payments.05 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstThe community pharmacy in Wem in my constituency has struggled to find a full-time pharmacist, relying instead on locums. That means that opening times are erratic, people cannot…31 Jan 2024HANSARDSEND Places: GloucestershireThere are only three specialist schools provided by the state in Shropshire. Two of them are—29 Jan 2024HANSARDSEND Places: GloucestershireJust as in Gloucestershire, we are short of specialist schools—two of our three are rated as inadequate and need improving. The most vulnerable children are unable to go to school…29 Jan 2024HANSARDAccess to Telecommunications Networks BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Second time. The Access to Telecommunications Networks Bill seeks to ensure that, wherever someone lives, they can choose which…26 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseAt the beginning of the month, I had a meeting with a veteran who came to my advice surgery, who was gay. In what was a genuinely upsetting and moving meeting, he described the…25 Jan 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayDoes my hon. Friend agree that the answer is for people to engage with the lived experience of Jewish people and to understand the profound effect that it has on their lives? My…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Importers of short-life items in my constituency, such as seed potatoes and chilled equine semen, are worried about impending import controls. Will the Minister meet me, and…25 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationI thank the shadow Minister, the Minister, the SNP spokesperson and all right hon. and hon. Members for contributing to our debate on this important issue. I also thank the…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationSuffolk is famous for its spectacular medieval church towers. We are perhaps not so well blessed with those structures in North Shropshire, but I think it is a fair point. Easing…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationI thank the hon. Gentleman for that point, and I will come on to it. The importance of mast and equipment sharing is that hopefully we can streamline the process to upgrade the…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Obviously we want to improve the signal, but not blight the countryside with big, ugly lattice masts. A key ask of the debate is that…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationI am pleased to hear that it is going well. Ensuring that we get to that stage across the country is what I hope this debate will achieve. A survey for the Country Land and…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationThe hon. Gentleman is entirely right that progress in rural areas is so slow that we end up with yesterday’s technology. I will come on to that towards the end of my speech. The…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationI agree with the hon. Gentleman entirely. We have spoken about public transport a lot, which is related to this problem. In rural areas like ours, when people are working they are…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationI beg to move, That this House has considered the implementation of the Shared Rural Network. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Dame Maria. My Liberal Democrat…24 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. I thank the hon. Member for Neath (Christina Rees) for opening the debate and outlining the issues so eloquently. I…22 Jan 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeI am sure the Minister understands as well as everyone else does that it is very important that the regulations take effect before farming businesses go out of business. The…22 Jan 2024