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HANSARD English DevolutionThe Minister has just concluded the Greater Lincolnshire devolution deal, which I welcome and support. As he will know, there were two unitary authorities in the north of the…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Building HomesIn reply to an earlier question, the Minister spoke of streamlining the planning system. In my 26 years as a councillor and 14 years in this House, I have heard successive…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker. During the last Parliament, I initiated a Westminster Hall debate about the growing evidence that bright LED lights on vehicles were resulting in more road…12 Dec 2024HANSARDSteel Industry: South YorkshireAs the Minister knows, it is not just South Yorkshire that is facing difficult decisions about the steel industry. I thank her for our recent meeting about the future of…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlanning Committees: ReformThe Minister speaks of mandatory training for councillors, but it has been tried before. It sounds like an effort by central Government to make councillors think more like…09 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is growing concern among constituents that planning decisions are being swept aside because of the Government’s new planning reforms. What assurance can the Minister give…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseEarlier this week, along with Members across the House, I attended the drop-in session organised by the Royal National Institute of Blind People. One of the stands at the session…28 Nov 2024HANSARDHistoric Church Preservation: NorthumberlandIt is not just in Northumberland where there are many historic churches. The village of Ashby cum Fenby in my constituency has recently shown that the local community will come…28 Nov 2024HANSARDCondition of Local RoadsJohn Prescott was a towering figure in the politics of the Humber region, and I associate myself with the words of sympathy to his family. Roads in my constituency are under…21 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseLast week at my surgery in Barton-upon-Humber, two constituents, the parents of a young man who died suddenly from a cardiac arrest, pointed out that between 12 and 20 young…21 Nov 2024HANSARD National Insurance Contributions: HealthcareEarlier this week, I received a letter from the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire air ambulance, a charitable healthcare provider. The national insurance changes will add £70,000 a…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of the Post OfficeOne of the post offices on today’s list of potential closures is in Grimsby, where many of my constituents work and run businesses. The Minister rightly says that Crown post…13 Nov 2024HANSARD Breast Cancer: Younger WomenI will call Vera Hobhouse to move the motion, and I will then call the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the…12 Nov 2024HANSARD Tackling Image-based AbuseOrder. Interventions are supposed to be short. May I ask the hon. Member to conclude hers?12 Nov 2024HANSARD NHS Dentistry: South-westI remind Members that if they wish to speak, they should bob. If they could limit their contributions to an absolute maximum of four minutes, we will probably get everyone in. But…12 Nov 2024HANSARDTransport Infrastructure Projects: Elizabeth LineI remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. If Members restrict themselves to speaking for about five minutes, we should be able to accommodate…12 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I am afraid that, for those of us who can remember the 1970s, we appear to have gone back in time, with a Labour Government increasing borrowing, increasing spending and, of…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesReference has been made to rural crime. May I suggest that a whole new definition of “rural crime” is the proposals contained in the Budget? The Labour party has yet again shown…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAlthough yesterday’s announcements may dampen businesses’ expansion plans, many businesses in my constituency and elsewhere find it difficult to expand because of national grid…31 Oct 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLast Friday, along with the hon. Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn) and council leaders, I met National Highways specifically to raise the issue of the A180,…31 Oct 2024