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HANSARD Rural CommunitiesIt is not just the constituents of Banbury who know they were let down by the New Zealand and Australia trade deals, but the Conservatives themselves. My Conservative predecessor…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesOn rural crime, earlier this week the Devon and Cornwall police and crime commissioner resigned from the Conservative party and is standing as an independent for the rest of her…07 Jan 2026HANSARDEnergy Bills Reduction5. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing energy bills by £150 on family finances.06 Jan 2026HANSARDEnergy Bills ReductionKensa, based in my Camborne, Redruth and Hayle constituency, is the largest manufacturer of ground source heat pumps to neighbourhoods and council flats, and I know that the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDHMP Leyhill: Offender AbscondmentsOnce again, the Opposition have clearly absconded from reality. Will the Minister remind the House what the previous Government—of which the shadow Secretary of State, the right…05 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaI accept that Venezuela is a brutal, failed and highly dangerous state, but the implications of this action will be deeply destabilising across eastern Europe. In the Foreign…05 Jan 2026HANSARDMigrants: Safe and Legal Routes12. What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants.05 Jan 2026HANSARDAgricultural Property Relief and Business Property ReliefI thoroughly welcome the increase in the threshold, and I remind the Minister that in terms of farming profitability, my Conservative predecessor—a former DEFRA Secretary…05 Jan 2026HANSARDMigrants: Safe and Legal RoutesMeur ras, ha blethen noweth da—happy new year, Mr Speaker—and may I take this moment to thank the Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North and Kimberley (Alex…05 Jan 2026HANSARD Railways BillThe Bill makes clear that GBR and the Office of Rail and Road would be required to have regard to local transport plans produced by mayoral combined authorities. However, that…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillThe desperately poor condition of our railway system is entirely symbolic of the wider decline in public services over the past 14 years. I regularly make the 10-hour round trip…09 Dec 2025HANSARDPost-16 Skills Education17. What steps his Department is taking to help to ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy.08 Dec 2025HANSARDPost-16 Skills EducationCornwall has been identified as a strategically important region for renewable energy and critical minerals, but we currently have a worrying shortage of places at our outstanding…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyMeur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker. When the removal of the two-child benefit limit is considered chronologically, alongside the expansion of Best Start hubs, support for childcare,…08 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairThe OBR leak was deeply disturbing, particularly in the light of international sensitivities. Can the Chief Secretary rule out foreign actors exploiting the OBR’s inadequate…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairSelective amnesia.03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMeur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker. I begin with some Kernewek, as I have done in pretty much every question in this Chamber, to reinforce the point about part III Cornish language…27 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will, as always, give way to my Cornish friend.24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman. I do not think that we, as a Chamber, do enough to celebrate the diversity of the islands in which we live, and we do not do enough to…24 Nov 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI was given assurances that conversations with Ministers would continue, and they have continued. I will say more about that a little later. Now, though, I have to say that I find…24 Nov 2025