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HANSARD UkraineI am grateful for the hon. Member’s intervention, and I do tend to agree with him. As a country, we need to take stock of the freedom that Putin has been given over many years—not…22 Sept 2022HANSARD UkraineI agree with the hon. Lady. Our commitment to our allies in eastern Europe must be concrete and long-term, and we must also consider the tactics and strategies used by Russia in…22 Sept 2022HANSARD UkraineI am grateful for that intervention. The shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and International Development, my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and…22 Sept 2022HANSARD UkraineI agree with the right hon. Gentleman. Anyone who perpetrates war crimes against civilians must know that, in the 21st century, they will be prosecuted and followed in the pursuit…22 Sept 2022HANSARD UkraineI start by welcoming the wonderful news of the release of British prisoners of war overnight. It is welcome that they are returning home, but we recognise the pain and hurt of all…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenI rise to speak on behalf of people in Plymouth to express our condolences to the royal family on the death of the Queen. I have dated a lot of queens in my time, but I have only…10 Sept 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeIt was brown—I have picture evidence. None the less, progress has been made in those 20 years. We should not dismiss the fact that MPs of both parties have sought to make change…07 Sept 2022HANSARDSeven Principles of Public LifeIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate after so many brilliant contributions from my Labour colleagues. I hope the wide-angled camera that the parliamentary authorities use to…07 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022It is good to see you in the Chair again, Mr Dowd. On what could be the Minister’s last appearance in a statutory instrument debate I feel somewhat cheated on behalf of the…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022Indeed. What is the expectation about energy use in the MOD? I suggest to the Minister that now might be a good time for the MOD and the Treasury to get together to look at…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022The hon. Lady raises a good question about the spending strategy. One reason the Treasury is so reluctant to give the Ministry of Defence a longer running budget is that it has…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDraft Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2022I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention, because it allows me to talk about Government cuts to our tanks. I recognise what he is saying: this is not just about…06 Sept 2022HANSARDSewage PollutionLast year, South West Water dumped 350,000 hours of raw sewage into the rivers and seas around the south-west. It has just been handed a one-star rating by the Environment Agency…06 Sept 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryThere are 18,000 people on the NHS waiting list for dentistry in Plymouth; it is a real crisis. As a city, we have a cross-party plan for the new Cavell centre, a west end health…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAfghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyWe are now only a few weeks away from the one-year anniversary of the start of Operation Pitting, the evacuation from Kabul. A year on, thousands of Afghan citizens are still…18 Jul 2022HANSARDZero-emission BusesThe hon. Member is making a sound point. I am concerned that the lack of power connections, not only to bus depots but to our ports, means that many non-standard equipment—buses,…05 Jul 2022HANSARDZero-emission BusesI agree with the right hon. Gentleman. The cascading of older stock—be that train rolling stock or buses—to the regions means that, in many cases, they receive the poorer-quality…05 Jul 2022HANSARDZero-emission BusesI am grateful for that intervention, because it leads me to my next point, which is about how we create that infrastructure. It needs to be created against a plan, which is one of…05 Jul 2022HANSARDZero-emission BusesI think the right hon. Gentleman has been to Plymouth and has seen our hills. We certainly have a need currently for mixed-mode propulsion as a transition technology until we get…05 Jul 2022HANSARDZero-emission BusesIt is good to see you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. With your permission, I will talk about the bus service that covers my constituency and the one you represent. I thank the right…05 Jul 2022