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HANSARDIndustrial StrategyFor 14 years, businesses in rural communities such as my constituency were ignored and neglected by the Conservatives in government. Will the Minister elaborate on how the…31 Oct 2024HANSARDLiving Standards1. What steps she plans to take to help improve living standards.29 Oct 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsThe Conservatives oversaw a living standards disaster. In places such as Hexham, Prudhoe and Throckley in my constituency, people saw hardly any improvements to their incomes in…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Water Companies: Regulation and Financial StabilityDoes the shadow Minister not feel embarrassed that it was his Government who beggared the Environment Agency and weakened regulators to the point where we had sewage flowing into…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorThank you, Madam Chair; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, and I thank the hon. Member for Mid Leicestershire (Mr Bedford) for securing a very important debate. My…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Business Property Relief and Agricultural Property ReliefI congratulate the hon. Member for Gordon and Buchan (Harriet Cross) on securing this debate. We have already spoken briefly in an all-party parliamentary group meeting about the…17 Oct 2024HANSARD Business Property Relief and Agricultural Property ReliefI take the right hon. Gentleman’s point. I am glad that the last Government learned some of the lessons of the Australia trade deal and implemented them. It is important that we…17 Oct 2024HANSARD Business Property Relief and Agricultural Property ReliefI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his highly unusual intervention. I will make a brief university point and say that it is highly unusual to have a Mansfield College MP…17 Oct 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMany of my constituents are frustrated by rip-off car parking companies such as Hozah, which issue threatening letters and fines to people who have, in many cases, followed or…17 Oct 2024HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareI want to speak about some of the challenges I experience when I am out in my constituency. Whether before the election or since, whether I am out in Throckley in the western…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Gaza and LebanonI have been heartened to hear the Minister’s call for a ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza. Can she assure me and my constituents that we are evaluating and exhausting every available…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Estate Adoption: North-east EnglandTo pick up some of the points made by my hon. Friend about estate adoption, in particular in areas such as Medburn, Corbridge and Hexham in my constituency, residents contact me…15 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ13. In my constituency of Hexham, frightened parents and families are having to fight tooth and nail and to travel extremely long distances to secure fair treatment and full…09 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Accessible transport is a major challenge for my constituents, especially accessing rail stations on the Tyne valley railway line. Will the Minister work with the Department…09 Oct 2024HANSARDWarm Homes PlanI thank the Minister for her answer and for her commitment to the warm homes plan. I congratulate her on the announcement over the conference recess to end the scandal of cold,…08 Oct 2024HANSARDWarm Homes Plan7. What steps he is taking to introduce his warm homes plan.08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityI congratulate the hon. Member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (David Chadwick) on such an impassioned maiden speech, and I wish him the best of luck in his naming battles, as…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Rural DepopulationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz; I will be brief. I applied to contribute to this debate because I wanted to speak not just about my experiences, but…11 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentThe Government the hon. Gentleman supported were responsible for driving living standards down, in the first Parliament on record in which that happened. Does he not agree that it…10 Sept 2024HANSARDSEND ProvisionI thank the Secretary of State for her answers so far. People in my constituency of Hexham—one of the largest constituencies in the country—routinely tell me of the struggle they…09 Sept 2024