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HANSARDDecarbonising Rural TransportI reiterate the point made by the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Gavin Newlands) about grid capacity. Rural areas are being asked to look at replacing a lot of…07 Mar 2023HANSARDDecarbonising Rural TransportYes. Secondly, if someone cannot access a car because they are young, are prevented from driving by their health or simply cannot afford to run one, they become stranded on the…07 Mar 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) has already raised the issue of access to the alternative fuel payment and some of the chaos around its…02 Mar 2023HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords]I apologise to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and to the hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) for mishearing the names earlier. I add my support for Georgia’s law, and…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI recently had a meeting with headteachers from across north Shropshire, who were clear that they had two top issues: recruitment and retention of staff, and the fact that rural…27 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ10. Not only have the Government broken their promises on new hospitals; they have also broken their pledge to have 6,000 more doctors, with the number of qualified GPs having…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter IdentificationFor months and months, Members on the Opposition side of the House have fought the Government’s voter ID plans tooth and nail. We have warned that this is using a sledgehammer to…21 Feb 2023HANSARD Voter Identification(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities if he will make a statement on the roll-out of voter identification.21 Feb 2023HANSARDLocal Authority BudgetsShropshire Council has recently reported that it needs to find £10 million of cuts this quarter and £50 million in the coming years. Some 85% of its budget is spent on social…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLocal Authority Budgets11. What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of local authority budgets.20 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice ResourcesNorth Shropshire is obviously a safe place to live, I am very glad to say, but headteachers and health professionals have recently reported to me an increase in county lines…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Building SafetyThe statement today is a welcome, if belated, step in the right direction. We all agree across the House, I think, that leasehold is no longer a fit-for-purpose form of property…30 Jan 2023HANSARDUrgent and Emergency Care Recovery PlanThe urgent care and ambulance crisis has been brewing since autumn 2021 in Shropshire, and it has worsened since. Last week, a doctor went on the record to say that the emergency…30 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseNorth Shropshire is proud to be the home of RAF Shawbury and the Tern Hill barracks, but in the past week or so I have received a number of complaints from residents of those…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Ukraine UpdateI welcome the Minister’s statement. The Liberal Democrats join the Government and other Opposition parties in opposing this dreadful invasion. The Minister mentioned the Wagner…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Agricultural Transition PlanWe obviously welcome the aims and objectives of today’s statement, but it has been a tough year for farmers, with cuts to their basic payment alongside the increasing cost of…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionPeople who live in marinas and on houseboats are sub-metered, and in my constituency, they are often off the gas grid. Not only do they use prepayment cards—so they…25 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce: Retention and RecruitmentIn Shropshire there are 14% fewer GPs and 29% fewer GP partners than in 2019, yet in the period from April to November 2022, they provided 6% more appointments. It is this…24 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. I have been contacted by two separate disabled constituents who were previously eligible for the warm home discount. This year of all years, however, they have been told that…23 Jan 2023HANSARDHousehold Energy BillsThe alternative fuel payment scheme is being applied to people’s electricity bills where they have their own direct supply, but, for people in park homes or on houseboats without…17 Jan 2023