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HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for bringing this debate to…05 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy constituent Matthew and his mum Catherine, alongside Emma Murphy and Janet Williams, have campaigned for many years to get compensation for families affected by the epilepsy…05 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasI want to clarify the point about empowering local councils to make a difference. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we need to remove the shackles from the funding packages that…05 Feb 2025HANSARDClosure of High Street Services: Rural AreasI absolutely agree. I am strong supporter of the Pharmacy First initiative, and it is essential that as a Government we look at ways to expand that scheme, so that more and more…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Unity ContractAs the final word comes back to the east midlands, I thank the Minister for her hard work. Many of my constituents in Rushcliffe work for Rolls-Royce and will wholeheartedly…24 Jan 2025HANSARDListed Places of Worship SchemeIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western, and I thank the Minister—a trained Anglican priest who, I am sure, has our best interests at heart—for tolerating the…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI wholeheartedly welcome the Government’s commitment to introducing a deposit return scheme. The policy is long overdue and will help us to tackle the rising tide of waste and…21 Jan 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillI rise to express my full support for the Bill, which would uphold our democratic principles by ensuring that absent voting is more accessible, consistent and secure across…17 Jan 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseSeveral homes in my constituency were badly flooded, with more than 500 homes flooded internally across the east midlands. I express my sympathy to all those impacted. It was…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI thank my right hon. Friend for his very measured statement. I have met dozens of constituents in Rushcliffe who I know will wholeheartedly welcome yesterday’s news. However, I…16 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth DiseaseAs the son of a farmer, I remember only too well waking up in the early morning and going downstairs to listen to Radio 4 in silence with my family as we heard about more and more…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for inviting me to speak. Like many colleagues, I stood on the banks of my local river, the River Trent, during the general election campaign, and…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Responsibilities of Housing DevelopersThank you, Mr Pritchard, for calling me to speak, whether I know my name or not. I congratulate the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore)—I do know where Keighley…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Responsibilities of Housing DevelopersIt is James Naish for Rushcliffe.11 Dec 2024HANSARD Responsibilities of Housing DevelopersIt didn’t sound like my name.11 Dec 2024HANSARD Project GigabitI thank the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) for securing this important debate. One of the very first pieces of casework I received after the general…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Financial Assistance to Ukraine BillI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Linsey Farnsworth) on her wonderful maiden speech—actually, I have actually shifted up to sit in her spot so that I can…20 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Several constituents have contacted me about the sentences being handed down to climate protesters, with some seeing these sentences as too long given the pressure on our…05 Nov 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI have visited Cotgrave community garden in my constituency several times, and it is doing a fantastic job of addressing food insecurity, promoting nutrition education and…31 Oct 2024HANSARD Fusion EnergyMy hon. Friend knows what I think about this topic as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on fusion energy. I want to highlight the fusion cluster of 200 businesses at…23 Oct 2024