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HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateTens of thousands of homes across Cornwall are still totally reliant on heating oil, so I am delighted that the Chancellor has confirmed that the Financial Secretary to the…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Funeral Directors: RegulationThis is a really important debate. While regulation of the funeral sector is fundamental, does the hon. Member agree that it must be proportionate? A small, independent home carer…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Energy MarketsIt is perfectly reasonable for Opposition parties to espouse the policy of reopening oil and gas fields; it is just the wrong policy, and there is no clearer example of that than…05 Mar 2026HANSARDSt Piran’s DayMeur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a great privilege to stand here today to mark tomorrow’s St Piran’s day 2026, and I am grateful to the Minister for being here. St Piran’s…04 Mar 2026HANSARDSt Piran’s DayI thank my hon. Friend for his excellent observation. If St Piran can do it, we should be doing it today. I totally agree with him and, in a humorous way, he makes a very valid…04 Mar 2026HANSARDSt Piran’s DayAgain, I thank my hon. Friend for making a very important point. I will come on to that point a little later in my speech, but the future for Cornwall is very much around the new…04 Mar 2026HANSARDSt Piran’s DayYes, from anyone looking at the map and seeing that we are surrounded by sea on three sides, to the origin of the name “Cornwall”—“foreigners at the end of the peninsula”—it is…04 Mar 2026HANSARDSt Piran’s DayMy hon. Friend again makes very valid points, some of which I will be coming to a little later. The Labour Government are investing in Cornwall, which is why it is so important to…04 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThrough the National Wealth Fund and the Kernow industrial growth fund, this Labour Government have invested over £100 million in Cornish critical minerals and renewables, which…03 Mar 2026HANSARDSupporting Children with SENDAs the Secretary of State knows, there is much concern in my Camborne, Redruth and Hayle constituency about the off-rolling of children with SEND. Will the Minister elaborate on…02 Mar 2026HANSARD Rural Mobile ConnectivityI thank the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) for securing this debate for the second time. In rural areas like my constituency of Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, the…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Rural Mobile ConnectivityYes, I do, but there are other parts of the United Kingdom with this issue. It is not just in south-west England and Cornwall, but in areas further north, as we have heard. There…12 Feb 2026HANSARDLGBT+ History MonthWill the Minister take this opportunity to congratulate the hon. Member for Jarrow and Gateshead East (Kate Osborne), who took a very delicate and sensitive report on abusive…12 Feb 2026HANSARDZero Emission Vehicle MandateMeur ras ha myttin da, Mr Speaker. I declare an interest as chair of the electric vehicle all-party parliamentary group. The entire UK charge point industry is united in…12 Feb 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseSchools in some of the most geographically isolated and economically deprived communities, including in my Camborne, Redruth and Hayle constituency, have found it difficult to…12 Feb 2026HANSARDWoodland CreationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes North (Chris Curtis) for securing this important debate. Many people…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure Technology: Chinese ImportsDomestic production of clean energy infrastructure technologies insulates us from Chinese security issues. In Cornwall we are on the cusp of significant geothermal baseload energy…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Standards in Public LifeWill the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister elaborate on how the Government will work with the Committee on Standards on proposals to ban second jobs for Members of Parliament,…09 Feb 2026HANSARDTolled Crossings and Regional ConnectivityMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Tamar bridge should form part of our needed package of transport support, including mainline rail, upgrades to the A30 and, importantly, a…02 Feb 2026HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI thank my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for securing this important debate. In my Camborne, Redruth and Hayle constituency, there is…02 Feb 2026