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HANSARD Funded ChildcareA report from the Early Education and Childcare Coalition last November found that only 17% of nursery managers said they could offer the extended entitlement, because of the…22 Jan 2024HANSARDRural ConnectivityThe shared rural network is key to improving mobile coverage in rural areas, but the maps showing the partial notspots certainly do not reflect the lived experience of my…10 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistryrose —09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryLike the Secretary of State, I represent a rural community, and the reason dentists are handing back their NHS contracts where I live is that they cannot recruit another dentist…09 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The Minister has frequently referred to a caucus of MPs who represent constituents along the River Severn. As the only non-Conservative, I…08 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateShrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has one of the most challenged A&E departments in England, for a number of reasons. In August last year, the Government awarded a grant of…08 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. The service family accommodation at Clive barracks in my constituency is concerning. A family who have severe health problems are living in a mouldy house. The Defence…08 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkThe Minister will be aware that the River Severn, before it gets to Shrewsbury, flows through North Shropshire. We experience severe flooding every year and have done for the last…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Service AccommodationIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Angela. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Alistair Strathern) not only on his election, but on his first…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Service AccommodationOn the point about bases that is to be closed, Clive barracks is due to be closed in 2029. Is there is a risk that, because it has a finite lifespan, we are not putting in the…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Service AccommodationMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. A mobilisation period under a contract is typically six to nine months. To my knowledge, it has been 18 months since that contract…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Sustainable Farming InitiativeOne issue that farmers in my constituency have raised is that existing schemes to help the environment are not eligible under the sustainable farm incentive, so farmers are…19 Dec 2023HANSARDCopper Wire TelecomsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Mundell. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing the debate, because…13 Dec 2023HANSARDCopper Wire TelecomsI will just highlight that point by drawing on personal experience. New security alarms do not rely on the copper network, for that reason, but they are reliant on a mobile…13 Dec 2023HANSARD Leasehold and Freehold Reform BillI have mentioned before that Liberals have been campaigning to end leasehold since the days of Lloyd George, so I am pleased to see this piece of legislation finally being debated…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyIn a rural area such as my constituency, where the town centres are small and spread out, one of the problems the police have is getting from place to place, partly because they…05 Dec 2023HANSARDLevelling-up FundWhitchurch in my constituency has not received any levelling-up funding, whether from the levelling-up fund itself, the towns fund or the future high streets fund. Now it has…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing her first Westminster Hall debate. She is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that bus services are important not only for getting…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportThe shared rural network is obviously designed to address that issue, but in many cases the equipment that providers have is not shared by other providers. Does the right hon.…28 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI draw hon. Members’ attention to the fact that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I am afraid that the autumn statement will have come as a disappointment…27 Nov 2023