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HANSARDBus Stop Safety6. What steps he is taking to improve bus stop safety.17 Mar 2022HANSARDSecond Homes: Devon and Cornwall13. What assessment he has made of trends in the level of second homes in Devon and Cornwall between 2010 and 2022.07 Mar 2022HANSARDSecond Homes: Devon and CornwallMore west country families are being turfed out of their homes through no-fault evictions, only to find those homes appearing on Airbnb a few days later. Every west country family…07 Mar 2022HANSARDFirearms and Hate CrimeI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit the keeping of pump action firearms in homes, with exemptions for professional pest controllers and farmers; to…02 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsMy party and the whole House stand with Ukraine. Putin’s attack on Ukraine is an unprovoked, unjustifiable outrage and all those responsible must be held responsible for their war…01 Mar 2022HANSARDFood and Farming: Devon and CornwallThank you for calling me to speak, Mr Betts. I thank the right hon. and learned Member for Torridge and West Devon (Sir Geoffrey Cox) for his speech. The Cabinet and the…23 Feb 2022HANSARDAutomotive SectorT9. Does the Secretary of State agree that Afghan families who have come to the UK want to participate fully in our economy? Will he therefore help to establish a funded scheme so…22 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActIt is good to see you in the Chair, Sir George. I thank the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) for introducing the debate so clearly. I am a trans ally. I…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI thank the hon. Member for agreeing that I am a massive gay. I appreciate that. There is a place and a need to listen to groups who feel that they are not being heard in the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActI am grateful to the Minister for giving way so late in his speech. I wonder if he could briefly mention non-binary people. It is a part of the debate, and has been discussed so…21 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn behalf of the prison officers I represent in Plymouth, I ask the Secretary of State: now that he has dropped his plans to close Dartmoor prison, what plans does he have to…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.08 Feb 2022HANSARDLaboratory Animals: Animal Welfare ActThe hon. Member’s intervention raises an interesting question. In Labour circles, animal testing is often viewed as a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLaboratory Animals: Animal Welfare ActIf we are to experiment on animals—I concede that, in a small number of circumstances, the technologies are not yet there to replace those procedures—then ensuring that they do…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLaboratory Animals: Animal Welfare ActIt is a pleasure to follow the pithy but powerful remarks from the hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire (John Nicolson). I thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsI beg to move, That this House has considered Government approval for the use of neonicotinoids and the impact on bees. It is good to see you in the Chair, Sir Roger. First, I…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsI thank the hon. Lady for summing up my entire speech in one pithy intervention. She is absolutely correct, and I will seek to explain why, using more words, over the next 10…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and I agree with what she says. Local government has a really significant role in nature restoration, and bee recovery in particular,…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention—perhaps less so for his bee-related joke, which I have managed to avoid in my remarks. He is right about the importance that bee…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBees: NeonicotinoidsI agree with my hon. Friend about how important bees are, but I also agree with her that people do not understand why this is happening. This emergency authorisation is important…02 Feb 2022