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HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI welcome the Secretary of State’s ambition in many of the areas she has set out, and particularly the “Geep Britain Working” initiative. As a Parliament, we must come to terms…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Storm BertI thank the Secretary of State for his statement. I also acknowledge the enormous work done by Philip Duffy in the Environment Agency. He came down to visit my constituents in…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseFollowing the Budget, Matthew Clover, from Salisbury Orthodontics, wrote to me. He said: “The recent Budget will hit dental care across this constituency. Dental practices are…21 Nov 2024HANSARD G20 and COP29 SummitsEveryone in the House welcomes high ambitions for our country, but given the complexity of delivering against the ambitious targets that the Prime Minister set out, there will be…21 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryMay I first commend the hon. Member for Gedling (Michael Payne) for his maiden speech? I think we can all agree that it was very moving, and that he does great credit to his…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryI think it is it is a good sign that there are fewer Members of Parliament in the Chamber, because it shows that there has been meaningful progress. I do not see tetchiness from…19 Nov 2024HANSARDFood BanksI represent Salisbury, where the Trussell Trust was founded. The hon. Gentleman is making an important point about the fact that the people who use food banks have many dimensions…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryI endorse what the Minister has said about the way in which IBCA has been set up. It seems to me an entirely sensible arrangement that respects the need to have some distance from…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Financial Services: Mansion House SpeechI warmly welcome much of what was announced last week—the work on listings, mutuals and the remit refresh—but I say to the hon. Lady and the Minister for pensions that there is…18 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareJulia’s House hospice does amazing work across Wiltshire and Dorset, but its chief executive Martin Edwards came to Parliament on Tuesday to tell me that the additional national…14 Nov 2024HANSARDFlood ResilienceMany of my constituents who live south of Salisbury are concerned about the interaction between flood risk assessments and new house building. Will the Minister assure the House…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Council TaxWill the Minister rule out additional council tax bands being among any changes that the Government make?14 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe hon. Gentleman is a serious individual on the Government Benches, and I respect him very much, but does he not understand that given the delicate set of constitutional…12 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsI welcome what the right hon. Gentleman is saying about mental health, but may I take him back to what he said about the Environment Agency? There is concern about the arbitration…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDefence: 2.5% GDP Spending CommitmentMay I commend to the Secretary of State the role of Ploughshare, which is used to deal with the increasing commercialisation of opportunities at the Defence Science and Technology…11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsMy right hon. Friend and I have been Treasury colleagues. Officials often put forward this reform in the run-up to fiscal events, and she, like me, has resisted them. Will she…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesI spent most of the past six years looking at Treasury figures and I have a great deal of sympathy for the hon. Gentleman. I fear he is a victim of a hit-and-run exercise by the…04 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)What a great privilege it is to be sitting on the Back Benches and able to make a contribution freely after 12 years on the Front Bench, as a Parliamentary Private Secretary or…04 Nov 2024HANSARDCabinet OfficeI turn to another area of national resilience. National security experts have been warning about the Chinese Communist party’s use of genomics companies to harvest DNA data…28 Oct 2024HANSARDStrengthening National ResilienceI turn to another area of national resilience. National security experts have been warning about the Chinese Communist party’s use of genomics companies to harvest DNA data…24 Oct 2024