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HANSARDShelton Road Planning Applicationrose—22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream EnvironmentsI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. We are reviewing the position on national parks and the designations that we make around the country. I have asked for the Chilterns AONB to…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream Environmentsrose —22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream EnvironmentsThe point is well and emphatically made: that is absolutely right.22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream EnvironmentsI think the points made by colleagues across the House have been very accurate in that we are busy lecturing other people around the world about how they should save their…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream EnvironmentsYes, very much so. Both the Chess and the Misbourne, at times in the past, flowed really well and invited people in during the hot weather, such as we are going to experience this…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream EnvironmentsI like the cut of the hon. Gentleman’s jib, as they say. I am going to get on to HS2—I tried to get on to HS2 earlier, but I was admonished—because it is important. I want to make…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream EnvironmentsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western). When I was growing up politically, one of my great mentors was Sir Keith Joseph. He said that…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream EnvironmentsIt is always a great pleasure to welcome my hon. Friend to Chesham and Amersham, particularly at the invitation of Paul Jennings. Does he agree that Paul Jennings is one of the…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream EnvironmentsI am afraid my hon. Friend is right. I came into the House at the same time as my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for North East Hertfordshire (Sir Oliver Heald), in…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Degraded Chalk Stream EnvironmentsMy point of order was not a spurious one. I wanted to inquire whether the Secretary of State for Transport had indicated that he was going to make a statement on the escalating…22 Jul 2019HANSARDShelton Road Planning ApplicationMay I continue?22 Jul 2019HANSARDShelton Road Planning ApplicationOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Mine is an entirely separate point of order. It is based on rumour and press comment recently. It will not have escaped your notice, Mr…22 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCI think the hon. Gentleman is very much mistaken on my support for HS2. [ Laughter. ]15 Jul 2019HANSARDBBCI remind colleagues that there is a possibility of votes in the main Chamber during our proceedings, in which case I will suspend and we will have to return. This will be the last…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillDoes the right hon. Lady agree that the Department for Transport needs to update its national rail travel overview survey report, on which so much of its planning is dependent? It…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillAs my hon. Friend knows, I take a personal interest in this matter. I am sorry that I have not been here for the debate, but my parliamentary duties elsewhere have prevented me…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI apologise for missing the start of the Minister’s speech. I was chairing a debate in Westminster Hall. Can the Minister assure me that the property registers and the holdings of…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Information Disclosure: Pre-trial Abuse of Process HearingsI am grateful to the Minister for the way in which she is responding. She mentioned that it is important to maintain trust in the regulatory bodies. In the light of the…22 May 2019HANSARD Information Disclosure: Pre-trial Abuse of Process HearingsIn the context of the debate, the hon. Gentleman makes a very valid point. My constituent, Mr Perry, was heavily involved in the case of Caldicott School, which was heard in…22 May 2019