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HANSARDEngagementsQ11. In the past few weeks, I have spoken to five people from my rural North Devon constituency who have been forced to remove their own teeth with pliers or with amateur surgical…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Armed Forces DayI welcome the Minister’s opening speech; as a member of the Defence Committee, I look forward to scrutinising the detail of his remarks. I wish to say a brief word of thanks to…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Floating Solar PanelsI am really happy to join this debate, which is not only amusing, but very educational. For me, it is a matter of great concern for this country to conserve the water supply we…26 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandI thank my hon. Friend for securing the debate. Patients in Lynton, one of the remotest communities in North Devon, will soon have access to a GP, but that only happened because…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI thank the Minister for agreeing to visit North Devon district hospital very shortly, and I look forward to welcoming her to my constituency. Despite some welcome extra repairs…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Swimming FacilitiesI thank the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East (Joe Robertson) for securing this debate, which is important to my constituents in North Devon. I will briefly raise the case of a…04 Jun 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingLast week, I visited many retail businesses in North Devon that are suffering from prolific shoplifting. This is a big problem across the country. Will the Home Secretary explain…02 Jun 2025HANSARD Government AnnouncementsI am sure the Sunday papers would like to thank the Government for advance sight of their upcoming statement. I am a member of the Defence Committee and I ask the Leader of the…02 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewMuch of the new hardware pledged today will not be delivered for some years and will not be effective without the personnel to operate it. What more will the Government do right…02 Jun 2025HANSARDFuture of Public LibrariesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Jonathan Davies) for securing this important debate, and all hon. Members…14 May 2025HANSARD Trade NegotiationsOne area that is important to this country and worth billions of pounds is defence. What changes will the deal bring to the proposed defence industrial strategy for the big primes…08 May 2025HANSARDHospitalsLaying in an operating theatre, a patient at North Devon district hospital in my constituency can take great comfort in knowing that they are surrounded by some of the most…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Since the Prime Minister and I last spoke, more than 6,000 people have signed an open letter to the Health Secretary in support of North Devon district hospital, which faces a…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for securing the debate. My constituency covers nearly 1,100 sq km, which raises some unique…12 Mar 2025HANSARDRural CrimeSadly, in the last week my constituency has suffered a spate of rural break-ins on the edge of Exmoor, and a quad bike and a chainsaw were also stolen from sheds in West Anstey…27 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ5. As my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey) said earlier, last week North Devon district hospital got the devastating news that investment would be…29 Jan 2025HANSARDApprenticeships20. What plans she has for the future of apprenticeships.27 Jan 2025HANSARDApprenticeshipsBack in the autumn, the new Government announced plans to reduce the financial support available for level 7 apprenticeships. Does the Secretary of State understand that…27 Jan 2025HANSARD New Hospital Programme ReviewMy constituents in North Devon were let down by the previous Government, and they will be utterly dismayed to find that the remotest hospital in England has been passed over again…20 Jan 2025HANSARDLocal Government Reorganisation: DevonObviously, any reorganisation will impact council finances. My constituency of North Devon has coastal towns with real pockets of remote deprivation, isolation and poverty. Now…20 Jan 2025