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HANSARDInternational Rail Services: AshfordIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Helena Dollimore) for securing this important debate. I…14 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford, and to…16 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2025I thank the shadow Minister for his constructive tone in engaging with me on the important issue of aviation safety. He asked how the CAA will put the powers to use. It intends to…16 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Aviation Authority Annual Progress ReportThis Government are committed to accelerating the airspace modernisation programme, as a key enabler to unlocking economic growth through expanding the aviation sector. The…15 Sept 2025HANSARDUK Shipping Office for Reducing EmissionsIn March 2025, the Department for Transport published the maritime decarbonisation strategy, which set out the pathway for our domestic maritime sector to reach zero greenhouse…15 Sept 2025HANSARDAviation Sector SupportOur airports are gateways to the world for the British people and for investment into the UK from across the globe. The Government are committed to supporting the aviation sector…11 Sept 2025HANSARDIntegrated Public Transport Strategy: FerriesThank you very much, Mr Speaker. This year, our Department will publish the integrated national transport strategy outlining our long-term vision for transport in England. It will…11 Sept 2025HANSARDIntegrated Public Transport Strategy: FerriesThe hon. Member speaks with passion about the state of ferry services in his constituency. It is an issue that I am keen to engage with him on further; I know the former maritime…11 Sept 2025HANSARDAviation Sector SupportMy hon. Friend has championed Prestwick airport and the aviation sector in his constituency, and I agree with him that aviation is vital to the UK’s industrial and regional…11 Sept 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel IndustryThe Government are supporting the UK’s sustainable aviation fuel industry through the SAF mandate, the advanced fuels fund and new legislation introducing a revenue certainty…11 Sept 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel IndustryThe right hon. Gentleman will know that through the ATI programme, the Department for Business and Trade co-invests with industry in research and technology development in the UK…11 Sept 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel IndustryWhat an attractive proposition from my hon. Friend—and so early in my tenure in this position. He raises an incredibly important matter, and it would be remiss of me not to give…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Hallam (Olivia Blake) for securing this incredibly important debate. She…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsMy hon. Friend is right to point to the achievements of the last Labour Government in making progress on this issue. She is also right to hold my feet to the fire and say that no…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I gave prior notice, both to the Speaker’s Office and to the Member concerned, that I intended to raise this point of order. Yesterday,…14 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting)rose —01 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Q Chief constable, I have a question referring back to the issues you raised about rural crime. It is becoming a particularly pernicious issue for communities, especially when it…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to ask about the confidence that individual farmers will have in these measures. We are in an unenviable situation at the moment. Farmers in my constituency deal with…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for coming to give evidence today, Mr Durham. Rural crime absolutely blights communities across my rural North Yorkshire constituency, and a lot of the measures in the…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you very much for your evidence, Dr Newport. I want to look back to something that you said at the beginning of your remarks about encouraging citizens to use CCTV in…27 Mar 2025