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HANSARDPlan for Change: Tracking DashboardGiven that the Government’s plan for change tracking dashboard is still in development, can I ask the Minister to include a column or facility to track all the U-turns—or, as the…10 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe backlog of cases in the Isle of Wight coroner service is the worst in the country, causing pain and distress to too many families, some of whom are waiting 800 days to find…08 Jul 2025HANSARDRoad and Rail ProjectsAs the Secretary of State knows, the biggest connectivity issue for the Isle of Wight is its ferry services. I welcome her engagement on that issue. Might she consider…08 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Accommodation15. What steps her Department is taking to reduce the use of asylum accommodation.07 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum AccommodationThe Government may not be buying hotels, but it is filling them up with asylum seekers. The number has gone up in the past year, not down, yet the Government say that they will…07 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I rise to talk briefly about floating bus stops and therefore new clause 47. Floating bus stops exist not least…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Seventh sitting)I will make a point that I have made before, following on from the shadow Minister’s description of clause 38 as revealing, and of the Bill as transparently not providing funding…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Does the shadow Minister agree that it is slightly ridiculous to expect cyclists to be able to recognise that somebody disabled is seeking to cross a cycle lane? That seems to…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for highlighting the cost risk for local authorities. He referred to the greater risk for small local authorities, of which my own Isle of…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I take the hon. Member’s point about joining up buses and trains. As I am on the Committee, might he also include ferries in that analysis?26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)Will the Minister give way?26 Jun 2025HANSARDTransport: Economic GrowthMy local economy on the Isle of Wight is entirely reliant on ferry services for the movement of people, the delivery of products and, in the case of tourism, for customers. Will…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)On my hon. Friend’s point about rural areas such as his constituency and my constituency on the Isle of Wight, it is difficult to move between towns. On the Isle of Wight, we have…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I agree with the hon. Lady, but of course, it is more complex than that. Obviously, a local strategy will and should sit at the heart of any decision making, but there are great…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It may be tempting to think that the shadow Minister was particularly detailed, lengthy and comprehensive in his earlier contribution, but from where I was sitting, he was all too…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The more I hear the shadow Minister unpicking all these issues, the more it transpires that the whole franchising model that the Bill offers to local authorities is really rather…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I was planning to say a few words about amendment 39, but the shadow Minister has really said it: it not necessary…26 Jun 2025HANSARDCriminal JusticeThe hon. Member referred to the early release scheme as temporary. Is she 100% confident that it is a temporary scheme, and that the Government will not release more prisoners…25 Jun 2025HANSARDCriminal JusticeMy hon. Friend talks about probation and prison places. Does he share my concern that it is all very well for the Government to announce £7 billion to deliver prison places by…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Department for TransportIt sounds as if the hon. Member is placing his faith in his new Reform county council. Is that really the case?25 Jun 2025