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HANSARD Department for TransportThe hon. Member is making a detailed and impassioned speech about the possibilities for transport investment throughout the country. Does he recognise the value of electrification…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I thank the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) for securing this important debate and for his…25 Jun 2025HANSARDGP Funding: South-west EnglandYes, I agree. I am greatly relieved for my hon. Friend and his constituents that vital funding is already coming through and that the urgency has been recognised. In Newquay, for…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Department for TransportWhen we talk about national renewal and about building a fairer country, that promise must be visible in places such as Cornwall. I am speaking today not just as the Member of…25 Jun 2025HANSARD Department for TransportI welcome my hon. Friend’s comments about the importance of place-based transport investment. Does she share any of my concerns that some of that place-based transport investment…25 Jun 2025HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentWill my hon. Friend give way?24 Jun 2025HANSARD UK Modern Industrial StrategyAs the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on critical minerals, I have an interest that I know you share, Madam Deputy Speaker, in critical minerals. I welcome the…23 Jun 2025HANSARD NHS Funding: South-westI welcome and echo the hon. Member’s comment about an inappropriate marriage in respect of the Devon and Cornwall ICBs. They have quite different issues. I commend the work of…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSupport for High StreetsI was elected to this place on the back of a pledge to revitalise the towns in my constituency. With the high street in St Austell in a sorry state, I am delighted to have been…09 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. I thank the Minister for his previous response, and I am glad to see that Cornwall’s socioeconomic challenges are reflected in the fact that 11 mission priority neighbourhoods…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentAway from some of the consternation of this place, a glance at His Majesty’s Treasury distributional analysis will reveal that the original decision to protect the most…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSupport for High Streets6. What steps she is taking to support high streets.09 Jun 2025HANSARDDisadvantaged CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I welcome the Government’s renewed focus on place-based policy through their plan for neighbourhoods, and the…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Leasehold ReformDoes the Minister agree that part of ensuring that we can take more control and offer more choice to residents is allowing residents to take greater control for themselves and, in…03 Jun 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill the Prime Minister join me in inviting Conservative Members to celebrate the restoration of access to our British shellfishers, and the reduction in frictions on the 70% of…20 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is important to ensure that the implementation of EPR avoids unintended consequences for businesses such as pubs, which are already facing huge…14 May 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Industrial communities such as St Austell and the clay country have been stifled in recent years by soaring energy costs. What steps is the Secretary of State taking to ensure…29 Apr 2025HANSARD EU Trading RelationshipGiven the willingness and readiness of other parties, including one conspicuously absent from this crucial debate, to throw our fish under the bus and make fishing fleets again a…24 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsChildren adopted from care or living under special guardianship are currently disproportionately at risk of entering the criminal justice system later in life if early trauma goes…22 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Democracy: Impact of Digital PlatformsIt is not only important to make the distinction between fact and fiction; does my hon. Friend accept the distinction between the real and fake people who operate in some of these…03 Apr 2025