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HANSARDService AccommodationEveryone who serves our country should live in a decent home, but last month, the independent Kerslake commission’s report on armed forces housing found that the majority of…20 May 2024HANSARD Under-10-Metre Fishing Fleet: South-WestIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate, Ms Rees, and I congratulate the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double) on the way in which he introduced this debate. I…15 May 2024HANSARDUkraine and GeorgiaI thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this urgent question. It is 811 days since Putin began the full-scale illegal invasion of Ukraine. Russia has…15 May 2024HANSARD War Graves WeekI am grateful for that intervention. I am not certain that this is the precise moment when I should be going into the finer details of wreck protection and the debate around that,…14 May 2024HANSARD War Graves WeekI am grateful for that intervention and the way in which the hon. Gentleman remembers those who died in the Dogger Bank. In 2008 HMS Kent placed a memorial next to where HMS…14 May 2024HANSARD War Graves WeekIt is a privilege to speak in this debate, particularly as we approach the 80th anniversary of D-day in June and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Legacy of Liberation…14 May 2024HANSARD War Graves WeekI thank the hon. Member for that intervention, and I think that telling our story, and telling the story of all those who served and gave their lives for the freedoms we enjoy, is…14 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseDerriford Hospital in Plymouth has declared five critical incidents already this year. Despite the heroic work of dedicated NHS staff, it has some of the worst performance on…09 May 2024HANSARDDraft Armed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment) Rules 2024The Opposition have no major problems with these proposed amendments to the armed forces rules, but I have a few questions for the Minister in relation to them. I think we all…08 May 2024HANSARD Tamar CrossingsWill the hon. Lady give way?07 May 2024HANSARD Tamar CrossingsWill the Minister allow me to come forward with my view now?07 May 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThis was a Budget for job preservation—the preservation of the jobs of Conservative MPs in marginal seats. It is the epitome of short-termism and sticking-plaster politics. It was…06 Mar 2024HANSARD South West WaterI am not a huge fan of the Environment Agency—I like the people who work there, but there are just not enough of them. Certainly, since 2010, Environment Agency funding has been…05 Mar 2024HANSARD South West WaterThank you, Mr Henderson. It is good to follow my fellow Janner, the hon. Member for East Devon (Simon Jupp), who brought forward this debate. The performance of South West Water…05 Mar 2024HANSARDNeonicotinoids and other PesticidesI do not quite buy the Minister’s argument. Will he reflect momentarily on the other uses of neonicotinoids in our wider economy, including in flea treatments? I recognise that he…05 Mar 2024HANSARDNeonicotinoids and other PesticidesI support what my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) said. The Minister set out the reasons for Cruiser SB’s authorisation. Could he be equally clear about the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDNeonicotinoids and other Pesticidesrose—05 Mar 2024HANSARDNeonicotinoids and other PesticidesI am grateful for that intervention. I am not a doctor, so I will not try to butcher a health analogy that might be shot down. I think the hon. Member for Central Suffolk and…05 Mar 2024HANSARDNeonicotinoids and other PesticidesOne advantage, or disadvantage, of having spoken in and called debates on the use of neonics is that I have listened to a number of Ministers cycle through the arguments for why…05 Mar 2024HANSARDNeonicotinoids and other PesticidesI agree with the Minister about the thresholds, but they do not detract from the fact that the Government have effectively established a baseline that they will authorise…05 Mar 2024