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HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesHawkhurst parish council and Southern Water recently came to see me to complain about a number of developers in my constituency who have mixed surface run-off with foul water,…13 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillDoes the Minister find it strange that in a debate on a Bill so important to Reform UK—indeed, it is the party’s raison d’être—80% of Reform UK MPs have left the Chamber and are,…12 May 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillWill the shadow Secretary of State give way?12 May 2025HANSARD Defence Sector FinancingThe hon. Member is speaking eloquently about the need for joined-up financing and fundraising for defence, but the other side of that issue is clarity about what the Government…07 May 2025HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryThis is perhaps a question for the Minister for the Armed Forces, who I notice is also on the Front Bench. On the buffer zone, can the Minister state categorically that it will be…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Royal British LegionI noted when I spent time with the RBL in Tunbridge Wells that there has been an age shift, and that it is the old and the bold who are manning the barricades, as I am sure that…01 Apr 2025HANSARDSupport for UkraineAs the Foreign Secretary knows, we have substantial engagement with, and deployment to, Estonia. Talk of peace in Ukraine is of course welcome and Britain should play its role in…01 Apr 2025HANSARDSupport for Ukraine16. What steps his Department is taking to support Ukraine.01 Apr 2025HANSARD Bosnia and HerzegovinaOne detects the hand of Russia here, much as one does across the entire periphery of Europe, from the High North, Ukraine, the Balkans and the Caucasus, which the Chair of the…31 Mar 2025HANSARD UK-China RelationsThere are well-documented links between Russia and China. It is publicised and well-known that China buys Russia’s oil and all the rest of it. We are fighting Russia at the moment…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Resettlement of Ukrainians: CoatbridgeAs the Minister knows, last month the Ukrainian permission extension scheme came into force, offering a further 18 months in the UK to our Ukrainian friends. Will she shed some…26 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipMarvellous! Ladies and gentlemen, that was a perfect example. I could list example after example of small business owners who say, “You know what? We have had to stop 20% of our…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. We are at a key geopolitical moment, which encompasses both economic issues and security and defence issues. Britain…24 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentIs one of the main causes of child poverty not the two-child benefit cap that the Conservative party introduced and the Labour party is continuing?19 Mar 2025HANSARD National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe shadow Minister has mentioned cafés, and when we have been debating this point previously in the House, I have mentioned Basil’s café in Tunbridge Wells. It now informs me…19 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Kent county council plans to introduce 10,000 on-street car chargers over the next decade. To put that in context, Kent has a population of 1.6 million people. At this rate,…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillOn Friday, I visited Kent college in my constituency, which has recently instituted a ban. Phones are collected in the morning and put into pouches, and at the end of the school…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillCould the shadow Minister describe Liz Truss’s growth test?12 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12 March.12 Mar 2025HANSARD Housing Development Planning: Water CompaniesMy hon. Friend has just said that a lot of sewerage is unadopted. Say it was built in the 1800s by public subscription and nobody has adopted it since. That allows water companies…12 Mar 2025