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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Under our current system, food imported from abroad, often from countries with lower standards, can be packaged in the UK but labelled as British. To stop “flagwashing”, and…09 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ7. I am deeply grateful for what the Prime Minister has helped us deliver in Cornwall in the past couple of years, whether that is free breakfast clubs, urgent capital funding…08 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was elected on the back of three clear pledges, one of which was to work to create jobs and prosperity in some of our strongest growing industries. One of those is renewables,…07 Jul 2026HANSARDUK Aid Policy: Global Funding TrendsIt is a delight to participate in the debate, and I thank the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) for securing it. I refer to my entry in…07 Jul 2026HANSARDUK Aid Policy: Global Funding TrendsI agree that alongside the shift to more risk capital, which will also support that goal, and more upstream project development with local partners, there needs to be a focus on…07 Jul 2026HANSARDUK Aid Policy: Global Funding TrendsI do share my hon. Friend’s concern. In a time of constrained resources, there is a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to move everything into the multilateral space to get more bang for…07 Jul 2026HANSARDRussia: Level of Threat to UK9. What assessment he has made of the level of threat from Russia.06 Jul 2026HANSARDRussia: Level of Threat to UKAs we have heard, we are in a new era of modern warfare, in which cheap drones, costing thousands of pounds, can knock out systems costing millions. The defence investment plan…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Ceramics Industryrose —06 Jul 2026HANSARD Ceramics IndustryAs my hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon) pointed out, the critical minerals industry lacks wider support through the British industrial competitiveness…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Ceramics IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I declare my interest as a member of GMB union, and of Unite, which represents so many of the china clay workers in…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Ceramics IndustryDoes the Minister share my disbelief that the Tories continue to trot out the line that the Government are auctioning off wind power at a high price, while simultaneously…06 Jul 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold Reform: Managing AgentsDoes my hon. Friend agree that a proper regulator for the property management sector, far from being anti-growth, would be a pro-growth measure bringing transparency and good…02 Jul 2026HANSARD Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) BillThe shadow Minister speaks of the need for ambition, but does he not agree that there is little that is more ambitious than breaking the link between the cost of gas and…01 Jul 2026HANSARDSudanWe have heard very serious allegations this week that Foreign Office officials, and allegedly even senior members of this Government, may have been swayed by ties with…25 Jun 2026HANSARDPorts and Port ConnectivityI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate. I wonder whether, like me, she would like to hear from the Minister today how the vision for ports that she outlined,…25 Jun 2026HANSARDPorts and Port ConnectivityI thank my hon. Friend for giving way again and I wholeheartedly support the work taking place at the port of Falmouth to get the rail connection back for freight. I really hope…25 Jun 2026HANSARD Farming Road Map and Profitability ReviewI really welcome the ambition of the road map, particularly the focus on buying British and the nod to honest food labelling. We must now make that ambition real and focus…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseLast week I visited Newquay Orchard with the Co-operative party to see at first hand how local people have transformed our green space into a thriving community asset that…04 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Even ahead of the global instability this spring, the Labour rural research group was calling for a spring push on farm profitability. Since then, our Government have…04 Jun 2026