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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.03 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsFollowing recent knife crime incidents in my constituency and in the Medway towns, will my right hon. Friend meet me and our Kent police and crime commissioner, Matthew Scott, to…03 Jul 2023HANSARDRoad User Charging SchemesI thank my hon. Friend for the campaigning he has done against the expansion of ULEZ. Like him, I am Kent MP; he will know that KentOnline did a freedom of information request,…26 Jun 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeWill the hon. Gentleman give way?25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage Dischargerose—25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, but I would like him to outline when he or the Labour party realised that sewage was being put into rivers and seas. When was the Labour…25 Apr 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeDone.25 Apr 2023HANSARD Food Security and FarmingI am very lucky to be able to go to the local supermarket and buy the apples that have been farmed in my constituency, but, sadly, nearly 7,000 hectares of greenfield in my…19 Apr 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateIt is nice to see you back in your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank my right hon. Friend for his hard work—he has shown me the strength of the work he has been doing over the…29 Mar 2023HANSARDStrip Searching of ChildrenI, too, was worried and concerned about some of the things in the report, but I am pleased that the Home Office is taking steps and taking it incredibly seriously. In my…28 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. In 2015, my constituent’s brother was brutally and senselessly murdered. The perpetrators were convicted and sent to prison. One remains in prison serving a life sentence. The…28 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsFor more than two years, an illegal waste site has been operating in the village of Borstal. Tipper lorries with covered numberplates thunder to the site at all hours of the day…08 Mar 2023HANSARDAccess to Mental Health ServicesAnorexia affects many young people. One of my constituents had to give up work to look after her daughter, who was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and made a number of attempts to…07 Mar 2023HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingIn Kent, burglary has decreased by 41% and crime overall has decreased by 7%. I am pleased to report that by the end of next month, we will have 358 extra officers operating…06 Feb 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Improvement Plan 2023I, too, congratulate the DEFRA team, particularly my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, for bringing forward the environmental improvement plan, which is full of…01 Feb 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Kent and Medway integrated care board reported that we had an increase of over 230,000 in the number of GP appointments offered to patients between September 2020 and…24 Jan 2023HANSARDPostal ServicesSadly, a long-established post office will be closing in my constituency in November, owing to an expansion of the pharmacy there, which is a success story. Many businesses…17 Jan 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI thank my right hon. Friend for the measures he has outlined today, and I particularly thank him for his personal determination to find practical solutions to a very real…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI rise to talk about targets but also, because of the shortness of time, to highlight the plight of my constituency, where targets have been on the tongues of all my constituents…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is good to hear the policies that my right hon. and learned Friend is outlining. My constituency has a high housing target that is forcing the closure of a working port. How…13 Dec 2022