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HANSARDObesity: Food and DietI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman—20 Jan 2025HANSARD Office for Value for MoneyI thank the hon. Lady for her skilful and professional chairing of the Select Committee. I think all Committee members were straining to find the substantive additionality of this…20 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Friday, I met the leader of Wiltshire council, who asserts that the way the Government have calculated the distribution of compensation between in-house and commissioned…20 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural and Business Property ReliefMy right hon. Friend is making a very clear case. Of course, there is massive agreement in the room. Does he recognise that with the uncertainty about the land use framework and…14 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I welcome the Government’s ambition in this space, but one area of significant challenge…13 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Finances: Borrowing CostsWhen the Chancellor set the envelope for spending for this Parliament, and said to the Treasury Committee on 6 November that she would not come back for more tax increases or more…09 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI too had a number of representations from constituents who were concerned about the purpose behind these changes. What additional information do they elicit to the local…08 Jan 2025HANSARDFloodingThe £13 million investment in the Salisbury river park scheme is a fantastic intervention, but I urge the Minister to continue working with the Environment Agency to find…06 Jan 2025HANSARDHealth and Adult Social Care ReformI would love to see a consensus evolve on social care. I welcome the Secretary of State’s appointment of Louise Casey and the talk about the balance between the individual family…06 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast year I visited the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Allerton project in Loddington. May I commend the contribution that it can make to defining sustainable…19 Dec 2024HANSARDFuture Earnings: Impact of Socioeconomic DisadvantageIn the City of London, one of the big remaining challenges is to ensure that the maximum number of people from the widest socioeconomic backgrounds can get into that industry.…18 Dec 2024HANSARDUnited Front Work DepartmentI acknowledge the transformation in the security threat that this country faces, and I urge the Government to move forward as quickly as they can with the implementation of FIRS.…16 Dec 2024HANSARD English DevolutionFifteen years ago, just before I joined this House, we saw the reorganisation of Wiltshire county council into the unitary Wiltshire council, and the abolition of several district…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFireworks: Sale and UseI thank my hon. Friend for introducing this subject. My constituent Annie Riddle has lived in the Harnham district of Salisbury for 34 years, and her four dogs have been left in…09 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe right hon. Lady will be aware from her constituency of the economic value that HOME has brought as a venue for theatre and the arts. In Salisbury, we have a new executive…05 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxIt is a privilege to contribute to the debate. I represent Salisbury and south Wiltshire, which has a large number of farmers. A large number of them visited me here in the House…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxLet me tell the Minister what concerns me most. There has not been an impact assessment, but if the major driver for the Government, whether we accept it or not, was to raise some…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxThe hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time. In view of the point that has just been made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (Sir…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsI recognise there are political differences across the House, but the hon. Gentleman surely has to be concerned about the overall impact of the decision on national insurance on…04 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf Wiltshire embraces the opportunity to join Dorset and Somerset in an elected mayoral authority, will there be local elections all-out in Wiltshire next spring?02 Dec 2024