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HANSARDUkraine19. What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of US foreign policy on Ukraine.02 Dec 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will speak to new clause 10(a) in my name. Devolution may be in the title of the Bill, but not everything in it lives up to that name. In many respects, the Bill actually takes…25 Nov 2025HANSARDSocial Housing: Local Authority FundingWe are facing a national affordability crisis, but handing out planning permissions like confetti did not bring down prices under the last Government and there is zero reason to…24 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025The Liberal Democrats largely welcome all the measures in this legislation. We also agree that it will be of great benefit. I am seeking clarity on just one thing: communications.…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Suicide: Reducing the StigmaAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group for rural business and the rural powerhouse, all too often I hear devastating stories of suicide in the farming community. Campaigns…19 Nov 2025HANSARDMyalgic EncephalomyelitisWill the Minister give way?19 Nov 2025HANSARD Land Use Change: Food SecurityIn my constituency of Horsham, the peaceful rural village of Cowfold has experienced a bewildering surge of applications for green energy projects. Locals could be forgiven for…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Land Use Change: Food SecurityIn relation to the intervention from the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner), the fundamental problem is that although successive Governments have said, “We favour…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseIn the interest of time, I will concentrate on PIP. The evidence of the past 10 years tells us that the PIP system copes very poorly with fluctuating neurological conditions. As a…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillThere has been great anxiety about the possible negative impacts on the environment of this legislation. Lords amendment 40 seeks to restore site specific protections for most…13 Nov 2025HANSARDRural Crime9. What steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of rural crime.13 Nov 2025HANSARDRural CrimeEarlier this year I carried out a survey among farmers in my constituency, who said that they did not bother to report over a third of rural crimes because they felt that not…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Carbon Budget Delivery PlanIt is estimated that we would have to plant a forest twice the size of Greater London to cancel out all the extra emissions created by the expansions of Heathrow, Luton and…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillEveryone accepts that we need to keep a handle on fraud, but the powers being taken in the Bill, including DWP access to people’s private bank accounts, go much further than…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Victims and Courts BillThis Bill’s support for domestic abuse survivors is very welcome, but it is only half the story. In Horsham, one of my constituents arrived at court to see her abuser stand trial,…27 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Support and AccommodationWe would all like to see an end to the use of hotels, which is both wasteful and very unpopular in local communities. However, would the hon. and learned Member agree that the…20 Oct 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillAs my hon. Friend says, sustainable aviation fuels are being used by the Government to justify major airport expansions. One such expansion would be at Gatwick, adjacent to my…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Housing Developments: Infrastructure4. What steps he plans to take to ensure that new housing developments have adequate access to infrastructure.13 Oct 2025HANSARDNew Housing Developments: InfrastructureIn my constituency, we have seen promises of new schools and clinics repeatedly broken, but in every case it was not the developer or local council that let people down but…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBaby LossI pay tribute to all the moving speeches we have heard so far tonight. There are few losses in life more devastating than that of a child—it is every parent’s greatest fear—but…13 Oct 2025