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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIn my constituency of Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, 32% of secondary school children are persistently absent from school. Some are home-schooled, but some are lost to the system…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Heat Batteries: Decarbonising HomesI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing such an important debate; it is incredibly disappointing that not a single Conservative MP has turned up to listen. Does my hon. Friend…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [Lords]Meur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker. I welcome the provisions made in the Bill to improve the governance of the Crown Estate and broaden its investment powers and capacity to borrow.…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseNadelik lowen—merry Christmas. As we look forward to next year, 2025 could and should be a momentous year for Cornwall, with our unparalleled resources of renewable energy and…19 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy SecurityMeur ras, ha myttin da, Mr Speaker. We have seen the terrible consequences for households of fossil fuel energy insecurity, and we cannot allow this to happen with the transition…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEnergy Security12. What steps he is taking to improve energy security.17 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. In the Government’s policy paper “Clean Power 2030 Action Plan”, floating offshore wind was labelled a key emerging technology, and developments were promised for future…17 Dec 2024HANSARD English DevolutionI welcome the move to devolve to every corner of the United Kingdom, but in relation to the upcoming Cornish devolution discussions, what is the Minister’s vision of how the…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Floating Offshore Wind: Celtic SeaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Truro and Falmouth (Jayne Kirkham) on securing this debate on floating…12 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. I declare an interest as an officer of the all-party parliamentary group on critical minerals. Although Cornwall sits on some of the richest deposits of critical minerals in…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillNew research published in the last few days has found that fossil fuel companies reported profits of nearly $0.5 trillion during the 2022 energy crisis. By contrast, people…10 Dec 2024HANSARDSEN Provision: FundingPerranporth academy in my constituency plans to provide significant SEN provision, but it is one of 44 schools currently under a value-for-money review. As of last week, the head…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFuture of FarmingDoes the Minister agree that it falls to this Government, following the abject failure and economic incompetence of the previous Government, to deal with the rampant speculative…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFuture of FarmingWill the shadow Minister give way?04 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I mentioned, the risk is that we have a small number of dominant players from areas of the world that are potentially geopolitically…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionThank you again, Mrs Harris, for chairing the debate. I thank all hon. Members who have participated. My hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Luke…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionIt is essential that there is an ongoing dialogue about the critical minerals list. I attended a conference yesterday with the British Geological Survey, at which it explained how…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionI beg to move, That this House has considered the domestic production of critical minerals. It is a pleasure to serve once again under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I am pleased to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and wholeheartedly agree, once again, with the desire for the Government to focus on critical minerals, hopefully developing the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDCritical Minerals: Domestic ProductionI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and wholeheartedly agree with him. As I will mention later, although I am Cornish and focus on Cornwall, there are benefits to be had…03 Dec 2024