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HANSARD COP30: Food System TransformationIt is great to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I am grateful to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Pippa Heylings) for securing this debate and for her excellent…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Security Update: Official Secrets Act CaseI share Mr Speaker’s fury about the collapse of this trial, as I am sure all Members do. It is a huge disappointment that this former Conservative party researcher has escaped…13 Oct 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Ben Goldsborough) for opening this…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainWill the hon. Member give way?08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI am really pleased with the way my hon. Friend is presenting the debate. Many of us agree with what he says about how the immigration debate is being utilised and weaponised, but…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainThe Minister is absolutely right that we are all here to respond to petitions that hundreds of thousands of people have signed. Does he think, as I do, that given the huge public…08 Sept 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureI share the Secretary of State’s despair at the fact that the consensus on these matters appears to be dissipating. Does he agree that this is incredibly damaging for investment…14 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for the fact she has listened this week, but she knows that many disabled people watching our proceedings today will remain very…01 Jul 2025HANSARD Flood Defences: ChesterfieldMy hon. Friend raises an important point. It is not one that I was planning to refer to, but I am sure that the Minister will respond to it because my hon. Friend is absolutely…24 Jun 2025HANSARD Flood Defences: ChesterfieldMy hon. Friend raises a very important point about the importance of plans and the issue of ensuring that children feel supported. The Minister and I are both former shadow…24 Jun 2025HANSARD Flood Defences: ChesterfieldI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of improving flood defences in Chesterfield. I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce the debate. Flooding is a…24 Jun 2025HANSARD Flood Defences: ChesterfieldThe hon. Gentleman is right that we need a holistic approach; I look forward to hearing what the Minister has to say on that. Whichever community they are in, flood victims do not…24 Jun 2025HANSARDHealth of the ElderlyOne of the most important things we can do to support the health of the elderly is to ensure that they can get to see their local doctor. It is great to hear the Health Secretary…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI absolutely recognise that my hon. Friend is coming from the right place on her amendment. I totally agree with her that a reform is needed, and she has raised some very powerful…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI have been down to the local Co-op in Chesterfield and met one of the shop workers, who faced a terrible attack. Luckily, the people were jailed, but in so many cases there is a…17 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI rise to set out the case for amendments 136 and 150 and new clause 62, in my name. I am very pleased to hear what the Minister has said so far. The Bill would tackle the…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI thank the Minister for the very open way in which he has approached this process so far. He is absolutely right that the Government made many positive changes and concessions in…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillDoes the hon. Member have any proposals?09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillObviously, the hon. Gentleman is a member of the party that was in power for the last 14 years. The result of that 14-year period is that we are a nation with a housing crisis and…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI thank the hon. Member very much for that intervention, and I look forward to hearing her speech in support of her new clause. I do think that has merit and is worth considering,…09 Jun 2025