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HANSARD Somerset Council: Funding and GovernanceI am so sorry, Mr Pritchard. After all these years, I should know better. I do apologise. That partnership will be crucial. It matters more than anything. I look forward to…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Somerset Council: Funding and GovernanceMy hon. Friend is making very powerful points. I have been trying to work out how long it is, but I have worked with Bill Revans, the leader of the council, for over 25 years, and…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Somerset Council: Funding and GovernanceMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful point. I think what he is getting around to is levelling up. Somerset has not done very well out of levelling up, and my hon. Friend and I…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Somerset Council: Funding and GovernanceYes, I know. I do apologise. Minister, we need to sort this now, and that conversation is crucial. We need to keep this going as much as we can. We need to take it forward in the…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Somerset Council: Funding and GovernanceThank you very much, Mr Pritchard.30 Jan 2024HANSARD Long-term Plan for HousingI must say to the Minister that we have been here before with housing targets; I seem to remember Mr John Prescott—Lord Prescott—putting this forward. One of the problems we have…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Mid Devon Council: Financial SettlementI beg to move, That this House has considered the Mid Devon Council financial settlement. May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your leadership, Dame Angela? It is also…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Venezuela: Threat to Guyana(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office if he will make a statement on the urgent threat posed to Guyana by Venezuela…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Venezuela: Threat to GuyanaI will try again, Mr Speaker. I am delighted to hear that the Minister is going to Guyana, which is an important part of the family of the Commonwealth. I am also deeply pleased…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI suspect that my right hon. Friend has not been invited to the social event of the year, which is Councillor Rachel Gilmour’s yuletide knees-up in the village of Bampton in Mid…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Water Companies: Executive BonusesI have been here for quite a long time, and the situation has been the same for the 23 years for which I have been a Member. I accept that things have got worse. What I suspect we…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI rise yet again to bring to the Leader of the House another tale of woe, incompetence and financial stupidity from Mid Devon Liberal Democrats. The elected idiots have driven the…16 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI wonder whether we could have a debate in Government time about Liberal Democrat councils—something we could spend hours on. The Government have very kindly given Mid Devon…19 Oct 2023HANSARD South West Water: Environmental PerformanceI give way to the Member for the women’s auxiliary ballerina corps.19 Sept 2023HANSARD South West Water: Environmental PerformanceI beg to move, That this House has considered the environmental performance of South West Water. I am delighted to have secured this debate on South West Water, Mr Hollobone.…19 Sept 2023HANSARDSchool Building ClosuresI thank the Secretary of State and the Minister for Schools for all their hard work, but I ask the Secretary of State to do something from the Dispatch Box. Haygrove School in my…19 Sept 2023HANSARD South West Water: Environmental PerformanceMore to be pitied than scolded, Mr Hollobone. I would say to the hon. Member that he must listen to what Members in this House say. We are not complete morons. I have laid out why…19 Sept 2023HANSARD Libya FloodsThis is an awful situation, and both Front Benchers have got it absolutely right. One issue is that Libya is a country that has such an appalling history. When we give money, as a…14 Sept 2023HANSARD Voter Identification SchemeOne of the problems was that people took ID that had run out, such as driving licences and passports. Does the Minister agree that if a document has recently run out, as long as…14 Sept 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI want to draw the attention of the Leader of the House to a kamikaze council, which I am afraid is wasting lots of public money. Six years ago, Mid Devon District Council started…14 Sept 2023