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HANSARDEngagementsQ5. The Prime Minister will be aware that in coastal communities such as mine in East Thanet, people develop cancer earlier, get treated and diagnosed later and die younger. Can…26 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]It is not only Margate; East Thanet has three cultural drivers—Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs—all with phenomenal amounts of cultural engine throughout the centuries. Many…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Will the Minister give way?12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I want to emphasise and build on what my hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Anneliese Midgley) pointed out in relation to music. We need to understand which creative sectors are…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am interested by the hon. Gentleman’s remarks about the importance of these clauses—amendments from the other place—which, in principle, I support. He has also mentioned the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]I am keen to emphasise that it is of course possible for us to align ourselves with the European directive that the previous Government constructed before leaving the European…12 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure: Chinese CompaniesI am glad to hear the Minister point out that, when it comes to green investment over the past 14 years, the legacy that we were left with was of an absolutely vacant industrial…12 Feb 2025HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsI urge the Minister and Labour colleagues to take no lessons from the Conservative party on a fair and just transition away from fossil fuels, because our coalfield communities in…10 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Winter Support for ConsumersIn anticipation of the energy market reform that the last Government neglected to carry out, I look forward to hearing confirmation from my colleagues on the Front Bench that we…04 Feb 2025HANSARDEnergy Suppliers: Winter Support for Consumers12. What discussions he has had with energy suppliers on support for consumers during winter 2024-25.04 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyI welcome the statement and congratulate my right hon. Friend on it, but may I ask him for some reassurance? When we are looking at strategies for logistics, will we consider the…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]I remind my hon. Friend how much this matters to my constituents in East Thanet. We are surrounded on three sides by the sea, yet we manage to clean up our water. However, I was…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesCoastal communities across the country are often places people escape to in order to find a place where they can really thrive. That is why coastal areas will be so important in…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesAt the weekend, the innovation, energy and entrepreneurship of the creative community in my constituency was on full display. Off Season Margate—part of our shared commitment to…27 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMillmead children’s centre in my constituency helps young people achieve their early learning goals and provides safeguarding services, and it has been doing so with deprived…27 Jan 2025HANSARD Creative IndustriesThe British Council may have to sell half of its art in order to pay back a £200 million debt from covid. Surely it is an example of knowing the price of everything and the value…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMiddle EastI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend, and indeed to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln (Mr…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMembers of the school council of Bromstone primary school in Broadstairs visited Parliament yesterday and wanted me to convey in the strongest terms to the Secretary of State the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDRivers, Lakes and Seas: Water QualityI am keen to make sure that the water commission can tackle some of the most egregious failures of the water industry. For example, yesterday Southern Water dumped sewage into the…15 Jan 2025HANSARD UK-China Economic and Financial DialogueI welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Could she elaborate further on how this visit and the discussions she has started are not only consistent with the Government’s…14 Jan 2025