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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The River Severn and the River Vyrnwy are in flood again, and the Minister will know that this is the fourth year in a row we have seen flooding, with record flooding over the…12 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillI rise to speak to new clauses 4 and 6, which I tabled, and to support new clauses 2 and 3, which were tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim…10 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling Up: Cost of Living in Rural AreasHappy new year, Mr Speaker. As the Minister just said, it is well documented that the cost of living crisis is affecting rural parts of Britain to a much greater extent because of…09 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling Up: Cost of Living in Rural Areas22. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department’s levelling-up agenda on the cost of living for people in rural areas.09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresOne of the key issues in Shropshire is a shortage of staff across every discipline and at every level. It is one of the reasons for the horrifying ambulance wait times that I…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI rise to speak to new clauses 20 and 40 and amendment 5, in my name. We all recognise that the UK has a housing crisis, with shortages of social, private rented and affordable…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Council TaxIn mid-October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stood here and warned us that eye-wateringly difficult decisions would need to be made by the Government to stabilise public…12 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth InequalitiesIt is well documented that people in rural areas have worse health outcomes than people in urban areas. One driver is that the most vulnerable people lack access to the services…06 Dec 2022HANSARDState Pension Age: Women Born on or after 6 April 1950Last July the pensions ombudsman concluded that the Government had been too slow to inform many women that they would be affected by the rising state pension age. Along with the…05 Dec 2022HANSARDState Pension Age: Women Born on or after 6 April 195014. If he will take steps to compensate women born on or after 6 April 1950 affected by changes to the state pension age.05 Dec 2022HANSARD Finance BillThank you for your flexibility in allowing me to speak this afternoon, Dame Rosie. I rise to speak to amendment 2, tabled in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for…30 Nov 2022HANSARDAvian Influenza OutbreakAs the representative of a constituency that has a large number of intensive poultry farms, and as someone who has kept a backyard flock and been the financial controller of a…30 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillHigh streets and market towns in constituencies such as mine are really struggling. Local residents are shopping less because of the cost of living crisis and businesses cannot…23 Nov 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI appreciate the points that the Minister makes, but they are tinkering around the edges of the existing system. We are asking for root and branch review of how business rates are…23 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have been proud to support a very good levelling-up bid in Oswestry in my constituency. With North Shropshire being such a large rural area, public transport is a really…21 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementI recently did a 12-hour shift with west midlands ambulance service. Every paramedic I spoke to told me that the current crisis in response times was because of bed-blocking,…17 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing StandardsI welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and send my deepest condolences to Awaab’s loved ones. Will the Secretary of State acknowledge that an overall chronic shortage of…16 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsI draw the House’s attention to my declaration of interests and the fact that I am a residential landlord. We have discussed the cost of living on many occasions in this place,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentI beg to move, That this House has considered local consent for fracking. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I thank colleagues who have sponsored the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDFracking: Local ConsentI thank the Minister for that intervention, but I was referring to Back Benchers in my previous comment. The former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial…15 Nov 2022