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HANSARDDraft Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister will know from other Statutory Instrument Committees that I pay close attention to impact assessments, and on page 6 of the explanatory memorandum, it states: “An…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Transition Towns and Fossil FuelsDoes my hon. Friend agree that organisations such as like Plymouth Energy Community, which is crowd-funding solar panels to go on primary schools, have a huge rule to play not…18 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am interested in the parallel between the fees that the Minister has mentioned and the settled status application. On 21 January, the Prime Minister said: “I can confirm today…18 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is about cost.18 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FishingI thank the hon. Lady, who has a neighbouring constituency to mine, for that intervention. It is good that we have two MPs from the far south-west championing fisheries in this…13 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: FishingFirst, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby (Melanie Onn) on securing the debate. Her timing could not have been better, because this debate gives the…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Modern Farming and the EnvironmentI thank the hon. Member for Gordon (Colin Clark) for securing this debate, and for the thorough way he presented his speech. It is good to have such expertise in the Chamber when…12 Mar 2019HANSARDFree SchoolsInstead of increasing the number of free schools, will the Secretary of State look at how we could improve the quality of the free schools we already have? Plymouth School of…11 Mar 2019HANSARDRivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill (First sitting)The Opposition have no problem with any of the clauses. It would be good if the officials who beaver away behind the scenes could make the manuscript change to correct “2018” to…11 Mar 2019HANSARDRivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill (First sitting)The Opposition have no problem with the clauses that the hon. Gentleman has talked us through. However, we have one question about charges for non-rate payers: do businesses have…11 Mar 2019HANSARDRivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill (First sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that. It is worth saying that, even though the Committee has a south-west majority, those people with a south-west link, even if they represent a…11 Mar 2019HANSARDRivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill (First sitting)My hon. Friend is right and pre-empts one of my questions for the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome about how the provisions will work in coastal communities. From my reading of…11 Mar 2019HANSARDRivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill (First sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome for introducing the Bill. He spoke with detail and authority about its contents. I am pleased that we nearly have a south-west…11 Mar 2019HANSARD Regional Transport InfrastructureI will be brief, Ms Ryan. For transport, we in the far south-west need four things, plus one wraparound thing, which is to find our voice. I am disappointed that more of the…05 Mar 2019HANSARDInfrastructure Funding: Devon and CornwallAdded rail resilience at Dawlish is really important for the far south-west to keep our train line open, but so is added road resilience. Can the Minister set out what additional…05 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Conservation (Natural Habitats Etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Environment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I entirely agree. There is speed and pace to our considerations. In previous SI Committees, we have spoken about the importance of strong and robust pre-legislative scrutiny for…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Conservation (Natural Habitats Etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Environment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Could the Minister set out how any changes in format would work with the Republic of Ireland, given that Northern Ireland shares a land border with another EU member state and…04 Mar 2019HANSARDEurotunnel: PaymentI know that the Health Secretary dreams of being Prime Minister, but to his great surprise, and to ours, he woke up as the Transport Secretary’s fall guy this morning. Trying to…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Stronger Towns FundThe Secretary of State’s allocation of just £33 million over seven years for the 5.4 million population of the south-west is insulting. The far south-west and Cornwall in…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Conservation (Natural Habitats Etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Draft Environment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, I think for the first time. May I place on the record Opposition Members’ regret that the former DEFRA Minister, the…04 Mar 2019