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HANSARD UK Leadership on SudanThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Many members of the Select Committee, myself included, have heard of the role that online disinformation and hatred have played in some of the…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourAntisocial behaviour is sadly a blight on our town centre in St Austell, but also on many smaller clay country villages in my constituency. I therefore welcome the Minister’s…27 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI declare an interest as a chair of the all-party parliamentary group for critical minerals. Domestic supplies of copper and, of course, Cornish tin are critical to the UK’s…12 Nov 2024HANSARDClimate Change: International Leadershipindicated dissent.12 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) pointed out, legal aid is currently restricted to those on the lowest incomes. I have received correspondence…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Cancer Strategy for EnglandThe father of my constituent, Eli Martyr, has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. Despite a difficult time, his father is being looked after amazingly well by NHS staff. If the…31 Oct 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am delighted that the Chancellor’s Budget included a significant real-terms funding increase for local authorities, giving them more to invest in vital community services and…31 Oct 2024HANSARD Cancer Strategy for EnglandThank you, Mr Betts, but I will not make a speech.31 Oct 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThis Government’s Budget— [Laughter.] I am actually making quite a brief speech, but I appreciate the eagerness of colleagues to lend their remarks to this landmark Budget debate.…30 Oct 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI very much welcome the Chancellor’s Budget. It is a landmark Budget not just because it is the first Labour Budget in 14 years and the first Budget from a woman Chancellor in…30 Oct 2024HANSARD Fiscal RulesThere appears to be some confusion among those on the Opposition Benches when talking about their track record and about the records they have broken on the relationship between…28 Oct 2024HANSARDDolphin Inn GrampoundIf I may, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to take a moment to echo the calls from across the House this evening for the remembrance and appreciation of our veterans. I am glad…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Independent Water CommissionI thank the Minister for his statement. The contamination and destruction of our waterways, and even of our high streets, as we saw with sewage pollution in Newquay the other…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Holiday and Second Homes Regulation: Cornwall and Isles of ScillyAlthough we can all agree that the politics of envy need not play into this discussion, and that we need a proper licensing regime for holiday lets as the furnished holiday lets…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy: CornwallWe know the Cornish economy to be more dependent on small and medium-sized enterprises than elsewhere in the UK; the same is true of the supply chain for our great, burgeoning…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRegional AirportsAviation at Cornwall airport, Newquay, is under threat from increasing regulatory burdens, leading its owner, Cornwall council, to explore costly funding options that could put…10 Oct 2024HANSARDRegional Airports15. What steps she is taking to ensure the resilience of regional airports.10 Oct 2024HANSARD Skills EnglandDoes my hon. Friend agree that to achieve any of the outlined Skills England missions, we need a levelling of the playing field over time for further education, in particular for…09 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ14. With shared prosperity funding drawing to a close, and Cornwall having some of the greatest potential in Europe in critical minerals and renewable energy, it is time for our…09 Oct 2024HANSARDShort-term Lets: RegulationDoes the hon. Member agree that for furnished holiday lets that are subject to planning restrictions, it should be possible to register a change of use given the impending…12 Sept 2024