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HANSARDPolice Powers to Suspend Driving LicencesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Neath (Christina Rees) for the way she introduced the debate and so clearly put…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice Powers to Suspend Driving LicencesI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. He underlines the fact that, when a petition reaches 100,000 signatures, that does not happen by accident. It happens because there…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesMy hon. Friend is exactly right. There is an energy around this policy area not only because it returns good outcomes but because it is the scene of so many good ideas and so much…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his enthusiasm. I am really passionate about this issue, and people in Plymouth that have invested are passionate too. It is not just about…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that. Long before I had grey hair and was elected to this place, I wrote an article for the Co-operative party about co-operative…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesThank you, Dame Angela. You will be pleased to hear that I will not inflict 20 minutes of Plymouth co-operatives on everyone. However, I would like to thank the hon. Member for…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCo-operatives and Mutual SocietiesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I hope that it will be, but I fear it may not. The challenge is that the future is very uncertain, especially for smaller credit…14 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestHomophobia is a lived reality for thousands of gay people up and down the country every single day. These avoidable murders of gay young men will be broadcast around the country,…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Lost Trawlermen’s Memorial DayIt is not just cross-Humber, as there is cross-Tamar support from Devon and Cornwall MPs. In Plymouth we have lost two trawlerman in recent years: one on the Solstice and one on…13 Dec 2021HANSARDAffordable Housing: Planning ReformIt is a pleasure to see the hon. Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas), who has called such an important debate, especially for the south-west. The holiday industry is important to…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraineRussia’s actions are deliberate, not accidental, and they are against a clear strategy and sequence. The threat to Ukraine’s sovereignty is clear, but so is the threat to our NATO…07 Dec 2021HANSARDUK-EU Fisheries AllocationsFishing in the Channel Islands is an important part of the sector; they are part of our big family that has been hit by a botched Brexit deal. I hope that the Minister responds to…30 Nov 2021HANSARDUK-EU Fisheries AllocationsI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this debate. There should be an annual fisheries debate in the parliamentary calendar, ahead of the…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Water Companies: Sewage DischargeIf the right hon. Member had waited for the rest of my sentence, she would have found that I agree with her about certain bits of that assessment, because on this issue we need a…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Water Companies: Sewage DischargeCan the Minister square these two challenges? She has told us that it is going to cost us £660 billion, but also that if water companies spend £144 million now, that is sufficient…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Water Companies: Sewage DischargeI am halfway through a sentence, but I am happy to give way.15 Nov 2021HANSARD Water Companies: Sewage DischargeThis has been a good debate so far, and one that has reflected the strength of feeling in all our communities, no matter which party represents them. I thank my hon. Friend the…15 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI will keep going, just because of the pressure on time. It is not just the Opposition who have concerns. Water UK and water companies tell us that they have concerns about the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillFunnily enough, that is a point that I was going to refer to the Minister, because there is no timetable—a really glaring hole in what has been published today. A progressive…08 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI believe that the public are seriously concerned about what has happened in the House over the past few weeks. They have been alerted and awakened to the volume of raw sewage…08 Nov 2021