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HANSARD NHSI thank my right hon. Friend for her support in ensuring that my community diagnostic centre in Rochester will have extra funding so that an MRI scanner can be secured, which will…23 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentThank you, Sir Philip, for calling me to wind up. I thank the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, my hon. Friend the Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley),…01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentI beg to move, That this House has considered the redevelopment of Chatham Docks Basin 3. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Philip. The debate over the future…01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentI am not too sure what the hon. Gentleman refers to.01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentI would like the hon. Gentleman to elaborate on which financial interest he thinks I have.01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentThank you, Sir Philip. The dockyard has stood proudly for 457 years as a symbol of Medway’s economic backbone and our local heritage. On the banks of the River Medway, the docks…01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentMy understanding is that there are other organisations operating within the port facility that want to stay where they are. Some have relocated because they unfortunately did not…01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentI think the hon. Gentleman is referring to Skipper (UK) Ltd, which I am still a director of—and which has no customers or interests in Chatham docks or any of the businesses that…01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. He is right that Medway Council is out of a local plan. The previous local plan, which is occasionally referred to regarding planning…01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentMy right hon. Friend is right that one concern around developments such as this is that the focus is on number and units of flats, as opposed to delivering the type of…01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentWill the hon. Gentleman give way?01 May 2024HANSARDChatham Docks Basin 3 RedevelopmentI am grateful to the shadow Minister. However, I would like to pull him up on the point he made about the nimby debate. I want to be clear that this is about the future and jobs.…01 May 2024HANSARDNet MigrationI welcome the measures my right hon. Friend has taken to tackle the levels of legal migration, but could he inform me what assessment he has made of the expected impact of the new…15 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsChatham docks support over 800 local, high-value jobs which are at risk because the owners are continuing in their pursuit to displace successful businesses, such as ArcelorMittal…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessI am incredibly grateful for the significant increase in the number of GP appointments offered to residents in my constituency. However, last week Aspire announced that it wishes…05 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationI thank the Home Secretary for his statement on the measures he will be taking to bring down the number, which is too big and unsustainable, particularly for communities in the…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Business Banking: Undesignated Client AccountsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. Something is going on, and it is worrying. Banks are there to help us with our personal finances, but they are also a key part of how…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Business Banking: Undesignated Client AccountsIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins, on an issue that is affecting many businesses across a number of sectors. It is an issue that is extremely…18 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Constituents and businesses are being impacted by illegal car racing and meets. The Labour council is dragging its heels on implementing a public spaces protection order and…18 Sept 2023HANSARDCombined Sewer OverflowsI welcome the work of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in this area. Despite what has been said today, we have to recognise that this is the first Government to take…13 Sept 2023