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HANSARDNew Developments on Green-belt LandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi) on securing the debate and on her…12 Oct 2022HANSARDNew Developments on Green-belt LandI refer back to the countryside charity CPRE’s research. It examined a 10-year period of the release of green-belt land and found that about 41% of applications to build on the…12 Oct 2022HANSARDSewage DischargesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. Over the summer, we saw multiple news stories reporting that water companies were pumping sewage into the sea. There…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateI note the Secretary of State’s comments about hospital discharge. As she will know, the Government legislated through the Health and Care Act 2022 for a process known as…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionMy constituents will be extremely alarmed to hear the Minister’s remarks about the exploitation of dangerous fossil fuels. They have made it abundantly clear to me that they care…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessCare homes in my constituency are facing soaring energy costs, as I am sure the Secretary of State will be aware. Care homes look after frail and vulnerable people, and it is…22 Sept 2022HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I have the great pleasure of representing Wirral West, which forms the north-western part of the Wirral peninsula. The…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesI do not have enough time, so I will carry on. I ask the Minister to respond to that point. The Government recently published their storm overflows discharge reduction plan, but…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLiverpool Port Access: Rimrose ValleyMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech on behalf of his constituents. As he says, looking after wildlife is important because we know that nature needs to be supported.…07 Sept 2022HANSARDAvanti West CoastOne of my constituents has written to me to describe the chaos that she is experiencing. She travels on Avanti west coast to London for work on a fairly frequent basis. She…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy UpdatePeople are really frightened about how they are going to get through this winter. One of my constituents, who is a widow with long-term health issues, has written to me to say…05 Sept 2022HANSARDWar in Ukraine: UK Farming and Food ProductionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson) on securing this debate and on…20 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThis is a Government in whom I can have absolutely no confidence. This morning, I attended a meeting with members of the Criminal Bar Association and listened to junior criminal…18 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Single-use Plastics) Regulations 2022My hon. Friend is making a really good speech. I have been impressed by the enthusiasm of schoolchildren in my constituency of Wirral West, where they are learning about plastic…14 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyThis is a situation that my constituents are desperately worried about. We know that ambulance waiting times were not being met before the pandemic, so this problem has a long…13 Jul 2022HANSARD150th Open ChampionshipThe hon. Lady is making an excellent speech, and I congratulate her on securing the debate. Next year, the Open will head back to Wirral—specifically to my constituency of Wirral…13 Jul 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentThe Minister will be aware that our constituents contact us about extremely important matters when they have explored every other avenue to get a resolution to their problems, and…07 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance and Emergency Department Waiting TimesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing this important debate and on her speech. The…06 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance and Emergency Department Waiting TimesWill the Minister give way?06 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance and Emergency Department Waiting Timesrose —06 Jul 2022