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HANSARDFarmingIt is a pleasure to speak in this much-needed debate on farming, especially as I am the proud representative of what I believe to be the most rural Labour constituency in the…04 Mar 2024HANSARD Leasehold Reform and New HomesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris, and I thank the hon. Member for Harborough (Neil O’Brien) for securing this important debate. I want to focus on the…28 Feb 2024HANSARDRoad Safety: North YorkshireTo an extent, I agree with the hon. Gentleman’s sentiment: it is uncontroversial to have common-sense measures such as 20 mph limits in villages, outside schools and in urban…27 Feb 2024HANSARDRoad Safety: North YorkshireI am pleased to have the opportunity to use the first Adjournment debate that I have secured to speak about the crucial issue of road safety in North Yorkshire. I have now been in…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUK EconomyThe Chancellor said last May that he was comfortable with the prospect of a recession. Now that my constituents in Selby and Ainsty are suffering under that recession’s effects,…19 Feb 2024HANSARDGroceries Supply Code of PracticeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. I thank the Petitions Committee for selecting this debate, the hon. Member for Neath (Christina Rees) for securing…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I am proud to support the Bill and the Labour party’s amendments to add deer, alpacas and llamas to the livestock covered by the ban. However, I am conscious that the Government…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the upcoming business. Residents of the town of Sherburn in Elmet, in my constituency, have faced a wave of awful crime in recent…11 Jan 2024HANSARDSEND Provision and FundingI congratulate and thank the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Sir David Davis), a constituency neighbour of mine, for securing this debate on such an important…11 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryBefore I begin my remarks, let me just say how disheartened I am to see the Government Benches deserted in this crucial debate on the state of NHS dentistry; nowhere could the…09 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkBrayton, Tadcaster and Chapel Haddlesey in my constituency have all faced awful flooding in recent weeks. Residents were left in the lurch as agencies would not take…08 Jan 2024HANSARDConversion PracticesThe hon. Lady makes an important point about the timing and delay by the Government. As an LGBT young person, I feel genuinely privileged that I have not had to live through the…06 Dec 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportWill the hon. Gentleman give way?28 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportWill the right hon. Member give way?28 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportThe right hon. Lady is extremely kind for giving way, and I apologise for missing the opening remarks by the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Sarah Dyke). I want to build on…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportI thank my hon. Friend for giving way. Does she agree that although this is an important issue, a lot of the debate on flood risk in this country centres on the number of chimney…28 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI will make some brief remarks on the tone of the autumn statement and the expectations that it creates in contrast with the reality that so many face at home in Selby and Ainsty.…27 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn StatementIt is frankly embarrassing that the Chancellor and the Prime Minister have spent this afternoon celebrating inflation staying 2% above target, while families in Selby and Ainsty…22 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeIt would be remiss of me not to begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Michael Shanks) on a fantastic maiden speech. I remember saying…15 Nov 2023HANSARDDestitution: Children9. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of children experiencing destitution.13 Nov 2023