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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fifth sitting)For clarification, when the mayor is not meeting one of the 80 parish and town councils, they would be meeting a citizens assembly. Can the hon. Lady give an example of any…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Third sitting)Meur ras—thank you, Sir John. The Bill places me in an invidious situation. For thousands of years, the people of Cornwall have been considered different from the rest of the…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Third sitting)I have had no commitments; I have had discussions with Ministers. We have had discussions about the difficulties with the proposals made here, with the potential for the Bill to…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)On a point of order, Sir John. Can we ask the Clerk to speak a little louder? We are struggling to hear at the back.14 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsCornwall’s economic potential is vast. Cornish renewable energy and critical minerals can power the UK’s transition away from a fossil fuel-based economy, but economic development…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingMeur ras, Mr Stuart; it is a rare honour to serve under your chairship. I am pleased to speak in this debate. The petition, “End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to…13 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Q Meur ras—thank you—Ms Vaz. Dohajydh da—good afternoon. I will declare straightaway that I am Cornish and my question is about Cornwall. In order for Cornwall to access the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Q Meur ras—thank you, Chair. I am afraid it is Cornwall again, Minister. In 2016, commenting on the previous Government’s plans for redrawing boundaries, the Council of Europe’s…16 Sept 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (First sitting)Q A quick question to Councillor Hicks. In your role as chair of the County Council Network, have you had any discussions with or representations from Konsel Kernow, Cornwall…16 Sept 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood Policing4. What recent progress her Department has made on improving neighbourhood policing.15 Sept 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingThe Devon-based Devon and Cornwall police and crime commissioner announced months ago, with great fanfare, that Camborne in my constituency would be a focus for her. There has…15 Sept 2025HANSARDElectric Vehicles14. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support people to use electric vehicles.11 Sept 2025HANSARDElectric VehiclesMeur ras ha myttin da, Mr Speaker. I declare an interest as chair of the electric vehicle all-party parliamentary group. In the year to date, one in five new car registrations has…11 Sept 2025HANSARD UK Ambassador to the US: Appointment ProcessNo, Mr Speaker.11 Sept 2025HANSARD UK Ambassador to the US: Appointment ProcessThe Prime Minister has acted swiftly and decisively. What a contrast with the Conservative party. I note that the shadow Foreign Secretary is not in her place today. What happened…11 Sept 2025HANSARDRegional Transport InequalityMeur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North (Catherine Atkinson) on securing this important debate to highlight the disparity in the…11 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceMeur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker. Not only is the shocking escalation of hostilities by Russia a deliberately provocative act, but it threatens all NATO states, and an iron-clad…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Remote Coastal CommunitiesMeur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am pleased to have secured this debate on Government support for remote coastal communities. My constituency of Camborne, Redruth and Hayle is…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Remote Coastal CommunitiesI agree entirely with my hon. Friend, although I think the Government should go further in relation to visitor numbers, because the current proposals look only at day trippers. I…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Remote Coastal CommunitiesI agree. That is why, on the back of this debate, I am calling on the Government to develop a specific remote coastal strategy. First, there are the pressures of geographical…08 Sept 2025