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HANSARDSmall Towns: Transport LinksThe Minister mentions the new pilots, and I place on the record my thanks for the fact that Cumberland is one of those areas. Is he aware that Cumberland council is already using…03 Jun 2026HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I thank the hon. Member for Tiverton and Minehead (Rachel Gilmour) for securing this important debate. I also thank the…02 Jun 2026HANSARD Preparedness for National EmergenciesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) for bringing us this important debate. In…02 Jun 2026HANSARDCommunity PharmaciesIn the meantime, ironically, the shop next door, a former pharmacy, has been refurbed and opened as yet another barber’s and mini-mart. It is simply not good enough. That is why I…02 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillJust before my right hon. Friend moves away from the single patient record, may I highlight the challenge remaining in cross-border communities such as mine in Cumbria? My…01 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Carlisle is a great city. It is not, however, Leeds, Newcastle or Manchester. The challenges that hospitality businesses face in constituencies like mine are different. In the…21 May 2026HANSARDNew Developments: Unadopted Roads and Public AmenitiesMy hon. Friend touches on a key point that a group of residents of Moorside Drive in my constituency have recently spoken to me about. For well over a year, they have been trying…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressI agree with much of what the hon. Lady is saying, but I would like to highlight a little glimmer of hope. Last week I visited RSPB Geltsdale in my constituency, which has…13 May 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseFor over two years, residents on the edge of Carlisle, in Rockcliffe, Harker and Cargo, have been waging an excellent campaign against the building of a gasification plant—a…23 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateThe conflict in the middle east has again highlighted just how vulnerable our off-grid rural households are to fossil fuel-driven energy shocks. Does the Chancellor agree with me…21 Apr 2026HANSARD British Industrial Competitiveness SchemeThe Carlisle of my childhood was a thriving industrial hub of textiles, engineering and food manufacturing sectors, which were all sadly decimated by successive Conservative…16 Apr 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ10. In the last week alone, two Scottish pensioners have been hospitalised following a collision with an illegal e-bike and a 10-year-old boy in Grimsby has been injured by…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCost of Heating OilDoes my hon. Friend agree that one of the advantages of extending regulation to this market would be to introduce a requirement on the companies to maintain a priority service…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy hon. Friend has been a doughty champion on the issue of dodgy shops. I would go as far to call her a guru on dodgy shops, if she will accept that accolade. Carlisle, like her…14 Apr 2026HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs the current Youth Parliament draws to the end of its term, can I put on record my thanks to you, Mr Speaker, for your continued support of our Youth Parliament? Earlier this…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Savings & InvestmentsSadly, I have administered the wills of two relatives in the past year, both of whom held NS&I accounts, so I know acutely how difficult and emotional that time can be. I have two…26 Mar 2026HANSARD Public Baths and LidosMy hon. Friend has, and I appreciate it. Steve Yeates was the secretary of Friends of Carlisle Turkish Baths, and he sadly passed away last year. I also thank the Architectural…25 Mar 2026HANSARD Public Baths and LidosIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Mr Efford. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Andrew Pakes) for securing this excellent debate. I…25 Mar 2026HANSARD Tobacco and Vapes BillBefore I begin my brief speech, may I say how good it is to see my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton) in the Chamber? We owe her a debt of gratitude for…23 Mar 2026HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCitadel Homes has issued demands for rent increases of over £200 a month, in tandem with no-fault eviction notices, to tenants in the Denton Holme area of my Carlisle…19 Mar 2026