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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I welcome the Bill that the Secretary of State introduced this evening. It has the potential to transform public transport for communities across the country, especially in South…02 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I completely agree with my hon. Friend’s overview. The new bus services that councils look to put in place must link people with services such as GP appointments. With that in…02 Jun 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Colne Valley (Paul Davies) for securing this important debate. Over the…21 May 2025HANSARD Sanctions Implementation and EnforcementToo often, sanctions evasion happens via our British overseas territories, particularly through secretive havens such as the British Virgin Islands, and a lack of public ownership…15 May 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ3. Found in my constituency, Durdle Door is one of the most iconic bathing sites in all the country. Last Friday, I was joined at Durdle Door by my hon. Friends the Members for…14 May 2025HANSARDSerious Fraud Office: Tackling Economic CrimeI thank the Solicitor General for her answer. Since their introduction in 2015, deferred prosecution agreements have resulted in the SFO raising some £1.7 billion in fines, yet…08 May 2025HANSARDSerious Fraud Office: Tackling Economic Crime9. What steps her Department is taking to support the Serious Fraud Office in tackling economic crime.08 May 2025HANSARD Energy ResilienceI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. The Dorset clean energy super cluster, in my constituency, has proposals for fixed and floating offshore wind, carbon…06 May 2025HANSARDWaste IncineratorsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker) for securing this important and timely debate.…03 Apr 2025HANSARDCommunity HospitalsI, too, pass on my best wishes to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). In South Dorset we urgently need to restore clinics and shift services back into our community…25 Mar 2025HANSARDCommunity Hospitals1. What steps he is taking to shift care from major hospitals into community hospitals.25 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ12. South Dorset is ready to play its part in making Britain a clean energy superpower, but after 14 years of Conservative failure, there are many untapped opportunities on our…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. The previous Government failed to build much-needed new school buildings at Dorset studio school, and failed for years to open the proposed Osprey Quay special school for…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Political Finance RulesI beg to move, That this House recognises that loopholes in regulation allow for opaque funding of political parties; expresses concern over the prevalence of substantial…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Political Finance RulesI thank all Members for a thoughtful and constructive debate. I thank the hon. Member for North Herefordshire (Ellie Chowns) and my hon. Friend the Member for North East…06 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Eden Portland is an exciting proposal for my community and, much like the Eden Project in Cornwall and Morecambe, it would be a hub for education and ecology. If delivered, it…03 Mar 2025HANSARD High Street Rental AuctionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Jessica Toale), a fellow Dorset Member of…26 Feb 2025HANSARDBritish Virgin Islands: Illicit FinanceThe BVI will soon close the consultation on its proposal to grant only limited access to a register of beneficial ownership. That proposal means that it will be virtually…25 Feb 2025HANSARDBritish Virgin Islands: Illicit Finance3. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by the British Virgin Islands to tackle illicit finance.25 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Today we learned not only that Yevgeny Prigozhin, a sanctioned warlord, used frozen funds to make legal threats to silence a British journalist, but that the enablers of this…28 Jan 2025