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HANSARDFree Breakfast ClubsI am delighted that Pondhu primary school in my constituency has been a trailblazer for not just our Government’s free breakfast clubs scheme, but investment in school nurseries,…02 Mar 2026HANSARDFree Breakfast Clubs12. What steps she has taken to roll out Best Start free breakfast clubs.02 Mar 2026HANSARD Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean TerritoryCan I ask the Minister to engage in a short thought experiment? If senior members of the Labour party, at the time they were in opposition, had gone to lobby a foreign Government…25 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. In 2024, my constituent Wendy fractured three vertebrae from osteoporosis after being denied a DEXA scan. She spent three months in hospital and suffered lasting harm. Will…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the news this morning of Imerys’s success in auction round 7. What steps is the Minister taking as part of the local power plan to ensure that local communities share…10 Feb 2026HANSARDTolled Crossings and Regional ConnectivityI refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I thank my hon. Friend for giving way on Cornwall’s economic potential and particularly the role of critical…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTolled Crossings and Regional ConnectivityThe hon. Member makes an important point about the lack of National Highways funding for the bridge, but does he share my delight at the £220 million investment coming into…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTolled Crossings and Regional ConnectivityIf we are taking a local growth approach, which I know is so important to our Government, surely a deal for the Tamar must be a crucial part of any devolution arrangement.02 Feb 2026HANSARDStorm GorettiI, too, put on record my thanks to the emergency services for their work over this long and difficult weekend. In particular, I thank National Grid for its swift work, at least in…13 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateGiven that what is proposed today is a peacekeeping force, does the Secretary of State wonder, as I do, when the leader of Reform will cease his adulation of Putin, ensure that…07 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Home Discount9. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the warm home discount on levels of fuel poverty.06 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Home DiscountI greatly welcome these cuts to forthcoming bills. Notwithstanding those potential improvements, many of my constituents in Roche, for example, live in areas not connected to the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDAgricultural Property Relief and Business Property ReliefI thank the Minister for his considered engagement with rural Labour MPs such as myself on this issue from the get-go. I also thank farmers—at least in my part of Cornwall—for…05 Jan 2026HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentWar and Russian brutality first came to Ukraine in 2014. While Ukrainians knew that it never left, I think it fair to say that we did forget that our friends in Ukraine were at…18 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven the recent further estimates putting the total cost of the war in Ukraine to the European economy at north of $1 billion a year, while the total allied commitment to Ukraine…15 Dec 2025HANSARDEconomic Growth: Rural AreasCornish communities and small and medium-sized enterprises in the supply chains of Cornwall’s most promising industries alike will have been delighted by the Chancellor’s…09 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI wholeheartedly agree. That is why it is important that in the months ahead and through the consultation, this scheme is introduced on a voluntary basis, just as we have set out,…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDWill the hon. Lady give way on that point?08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDIf there is so much consensus among MPs and constituents, why is it that the members of the public who were more supportive of digital ID were more likely to be Liberal Democrat…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDLike many Members who have spoken today, I have received a lot of representations from constituents to speak in opposition to digital ID. It would have been easy enough, given my…08 Dec 2025