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HANSARD Business of the HouseCornwall has organisations like Young People Cornwall that deliver vital services in, frankly, substandard premises, and they are doing brilliant work with limited resources, but…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDHigh Street Shops: Illicit ActivityHotspot teams are looking at this issue in certain areas, but does my hon. Friend agree that it is also a problem in rural and coastal areas, such as mine in Falmouth? The problem…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDHigh Street Shops: Illicit ActivityThere are also situations where people try to report but are too scared or worried, so there needs to be some sort of process so that people can report without fear of retribution.17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARD Abuse of Customer-facing WorkersThis is a really important debate. In Falmouth and Truro, we have a lot of abuse of shop workers in connection with shoplifting. An issue in the past has been that people think…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. The King’s Speech contains proposals for an overnight visitor levy. The decision on whether to introduce it is to be devolved to mayoral strategic authorities and,…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDDefence Investment PlanThis Government are not year zero. The 2.5% target has not been hit since 2010—the end of the last Labour Government—and there has been an extra £11 billion since the end of the…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDNHS DentistryI thank the hon. Member for Yeovil (Adam Dance) and others for securing this important debate. Cornwall is a dental desert. Healthwatch Cornwall’s 2024 report found that every…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Rail FreightWe had a rail freight line going down to the docks in Falmouth, but it was closed about 20 years ago. I am trying to reopen it, and we are working with the docks and potential…03 Jun 2026HANSARD Seasonal Hospitality Businesses in Coastal AreasI thank the hon. Member for securing this important debate. On support for young people, I will be talking to the Skills Minister soon about what the youth guarantee scheme could…03 Jun 2026HANSARDArmed Forces BillWe discussed in the Select Committee that some people simply did not consider themselves veterans for certain reasons, including those she gave or because they had not served for…02 Jun 2026HANSARDArmed Forces BillI am proud to be a Labour and Co-operative MP for a Cornish constituency with a strong military heritage. More than 30,000 Cornish residents have served or are serving in the…02 Jun 2026HANSARDArmed Forces BillAs a fellow Co-operative Member, I agree that credit unions can do so much and are very important. I certainly agree that if members of the armed forces could be signposted…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the contracts for difference for geothermal and the fact that the Secretary of State has been down to see deep geothermal in Cornwall. A policy indication from the…02 Jun 2026HANSARDArmed Forces BillI agree. To support that, I would say that the MOD is updating and strengthening the statutory guidance—as far as possible, it should cover all parts of the United Kingdom—to…02 Jun 2026HANSARD Coastal Communities: Government SupportAgain, that sounds similar to Cornwall. Does my hon. Friend agree that speeding up a registration scheme for holiday lets would help to deal with all the second homes and holiday…01 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsCornwall has so much to offer the UK—critical minerals, floating offshore wind in the Celtic sea, defence, geothermal energy—but infrastructure, particularly ports and rail, will…21 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeIt seems clear that the lack of early-years intervention, the lack of SEND support and the cuts to youth services in the past 14 years have let down a generation of our children.…18 May 2026HANSARDGetting Britain Working AgainA big part of why I became an MP was for the young people in my constituency. I have a 20-year-old Cornish son, and I want young people to have the choice to stay and work in…14 May 2026HANSARDGetting Britain Working AgainThat makes perfect sense. Early years and education are pretty much the most important things that any Government can focus on, and I am so proud that that is what we are doing.…14 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Experts at Hand service and the £3.7 million that has been given to Cornwall to set it up. We struggle, however, to get occupational therapists, educational…20 Apr 2026