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HANSARDHuman Rights LawsMeur ras, Mr Speaker. There are perhaps other unforeseen consequences of leaving the ECHR, including for the framework convention for the protection of national minorities. Does…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human RightsIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Cat Eccles) on securing this important debate. As a fellow…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human RightsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. As he suggests, those in the most deprived communities often face the highest obesity rates, and that is closely…05 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMeur ras, Mr Speaker. Spinning out of the industrial strategy is the eagerly awaited critical minerals strategy, the launch of which will happen in due course—or dreckly, as we…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday, after a sewage pipe burst, excrement flowed into Hayle harbour. That followed the cancellation of the national inter-club surfing championships due to sewage pollution…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Gaza and HamasThere have been recent press reports that the Israeli Government have been arming factions within Gaza in order to destabilise Hamas. Can the Minister comment on any of those…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Here we are, two weeks on, and it feels a bit like groundhog day. Listening to this Committee, it is interesting to hear people who come a long way from Cornwall trying to suggest…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady, but I note that according to the amendment paper, one of the two Cornwall Members has not put their name to the new clause. The hon. Member for St Ives is…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I think that there is scope within the Bill to find a path forward that would be acceptable to the people of Cornwall and would adhere to the Government’s devolution plan,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChild Poverty: CornwallMeur ras, Mr Speaker. I represent the most deprived constituency in Cornwall, which is itself one of the most deprived areas in northern Europe. Child poverty shot up under the…27 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Ninth sitting)It is great to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. Cornwall reorganised in 2009 and is now the third largest unitary council in the UK. There is no question of any sort of…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Ninth sitting)When I was knocking on doors in Cornwall, people were worried not about a democratic deficit but about waste and bureaucracy in local government. They wanted a more streamlined…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)I am troubled by this concept. In my constituency, which is one of the most deprived in the United Kingdom, we have an opportunity to invest in a vast range of renewable energy to…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)One coalition.21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)In Cornwall alone, there are 213 town and parish councils. The amendment suggests that all 213 of them must be consulted. The hon. Gentleman does not strike me as somebody who…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)rose—21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)On a point of order, Dame Siobhain. On a point of clarification, it was suggested earlier by the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole that I am now in favour of a mayoral…21 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Mainstream SchoolsOn Friday, I attended a meeting in Cornwall of the National Association of Head Teachers. We discussed the adversarial nature of the SEND system for all stakeholders. As we…20 Oct 2025