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HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The Crown Estate has started to consult, and is publishing plans before it takes decisions about where to put floating offshore wind stations, for example. Can the Minister assure…06 Feb 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The Crown Estate, until now, has made decisions on the leasing of the seabed based mainly on price and cost and nothing else. This Bill will change that by asking commissioners to…06 Feb 2025HANSARDSupport for Female Offenders4. What steps her Department is taking to support female offenders.28 Jan 2025HANSARDSupport for Female OffendersGaie Delap, the mother of a constituent of mine, was recalled to prison just before Christmas, despite complying with her curfew conditions, because the Government’s electronic…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesFrom murals on beachside walks to a thriving Cornish film industry, and from a town-council-owned art gallery, theatre and library, to live music, including the biggest…27 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Procurement: Reform15. What steps he is taking to reform public procurement.23 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Procurement: ReformI am so pleased to hear about the national procurement policy statement next month. As well as encouraging buying British, there are huge opportunities to use procurement to…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Certificate of Common SponsorshipI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan) for securing a debate on this issue. We both attended Unison’s lobby of Parliament last year, and met migrant…22 Jan 2025HANSARDHouse Building TargetsWe have a number of schemes for social housing in Cornwall that rely on the affordable homes programme that ends in 2026. Can the Secretary of State confirm that there will not be…20 Jan 2025HANSARDSmall Music Venues5. What steps her Department is taking to support small music venues.16 Jan 2025HANSARDMarine Renewables IndustryI have a question about the Crown Estate and the devolution of it. How would that work in the Celtic sea, where Cornwall would obviously benefit a great deal from some of the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDSmall Music VenuesI have a number of crucial small venues in my constituency, including the Cornish Bank, the Chintz Bar, the Old Bakery and the Princess Pavilion, to name just a few. They are…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMarine Renewables IndustryI thank the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for securing this important debate, which is of great interest to me as an MP from Cornwall and co-chair of…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Does the hon. Member agree that it is lucky that within six months we will have the Cunliffe review, which will look in great depth at ownership, regulation and everything to do…16 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Is it not the case that the water companies used to have more power to object? Did they have a veto which the previous Government removed? Do they now have to cope with whatever…16 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthCould the Secretary of State update the House on what recent discussions he has had with the Executive about steps to increase revenue, in order to help to deliver longer-term…15 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth9. What steps his Department is taking to help grow the economy in Northern Ireland.15 Jan 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The review will be very wide ranging. We are talking in great detail about the regulators’ powers, and there are four regulators. I assume—I think the Government have made this…09 Jan 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [Lords]I represent Truro and Falmouth, which has huge potential to benefit from floating offshore wind. With Falmouth docks and our position in the Celtic sea, if the build-out of the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [Lords]Clause 3 covers this: “The Commissioners must keep under review the impact of their activities on the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom.” This has been…07 Jan 2025