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HANSARDClean Power by 2030The Secretary of State recently approved a 524-hectare solar farm in Lincolnshire—a farm linked to Dale Vince, a £5.4 million donor to the Labour party. The public have a right to…04 Feb 2025HANSARD Energy Development Proposals: Mid BuckinghamshireThe proposed energy developments will create a strain on our valuable farmland in Mid Buckinghamshire and across Buckinghamshire more widely. Many parts of the county are on a…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Energy Development Proposals: Mid BuckinghamshireMy hon. Friend is making an excellent point about the shocking amount of development that is happening, and it is not just about energy; he is also making an excellent point about…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I hope that the House will join me in offering thoughts and prayers for victims and their families following the collision this morning when an…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?30 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I would like to speak to amendments 2 and 3, tabled in my name. Amendment 2 would further strengthen the Bill by making it a criminal offence for water companies to fail to report…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend raises an excellent point—the previous Government put in place monitoring for all waterways so that we can hold water companies to account. He mentioned the…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Green Belt: Basildon and BillericayDoes my right hon. Friend agree not only that the Mayor of London has been given subsidies for Transport for London and has wonderful transport infrastructure links, but that he…17 Jan 2025HANSARD Education Provision: South BuckinghamshireI thank the hon. Member for always making such excellent contributions to every Adjournment debate. He is a true champion for Back Benchers. The people who lost out in the school…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Education Provision: South BuckinghamshireI am grateful to have secured this debate on this important topic for my constituents, and to the Minister for her attendance. I am also delighted to see the hon. Member for…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Education Provision: South BuckinghamshireThe way that the hon. Member and I have been working cross-party is an example of how to move forward past council boundaries. I just point out to the Minister that Burnham is a…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Education Provision: South BuckinghamshireI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent intervention. That example is the gold standard of what we would like to do to ensure that there is SEND provision and comprehensive…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Provisional Local Government Finance SettlementWill the Minister set out how he expects local authorities such as mine in Buckinghamshire to absorb with such little notice multi-million pound impacts from significant changes…18 Dec 2024HANSARDNew Energy Infrastructure: Community Benefit SchemeCommunity engagement and funding are important. With large-scale solar farms planned for agricultural land, does the Secretary of State think that there are any circumstances in…17 Dec 2024HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I welcome this Government’s continuation of the previous Government’s monitoring plans, and the fines that we had asked to be imposed upon water companies. I am the MP for…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Puberty-suppressing HormonesMay I thank the Secretary of State for a very nuanced, well thought out and genuinely moving statement? He will very rarely hear me praise those on the Labour Front Bench, so he…11 Dec 2024HANSARDClimate Change: International LeadershipWhen I asked the Secretary of State about the appointment of Rachel Kyte as his international climate envoy during our last questions session, he failed to say whether Quadrature…12 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) (No. 3) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. The Opposition support the draft regulations. I am happy that they address the technical changes needed to complete…05 Nov 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House may be aware that the Deputy Prime Minister has called in a planning application for the Marlow film studio, which had already been rejected by thousands…17 Oct 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceMy husband is a full-time carer for his mother, who has had three strokes. By looking after people in their homes and saving lives long term, carers make very large savings for…16 Oct 2024