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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Ms Jardine. I strongly support the clause and was really glad to see that the Electric Vehicle Association…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 152 is well intentioned and sets out a number of matters that planning authorities should take into account when organising training. There are also other aspects of the…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)Does the Minister agree that very often the controversial decisions that go to planning committees and are declined by them, leading to an appeal, result in higher council tax for…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fifth sitting)I acted for developers before coming into the House, and I know their biggest concern was always delays, not the fees that the local authority charged for doing these things. As a…13 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemMy constituents are sick and tired of broken promises on immigration. Five Conservative Prime Ministers promised to cut arrivals while deliberately letting numbers reach record…12 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q I would like to focus again on local planning authorities. I am acutely aware, from my constituency in North Warwickshire and Bedworth, of the under-resourcing of planning…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q James, I would like to ask you a question first. We heard a lot on earlier panels about the number of permissions that have been granted but not yet delivered. How do you think…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q I am interested to hear your quite controversial views on the role of local councillors in the planning process. I am sure that a lot of developers might agree with you. We…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q As a follow-up, also at Hams Hall, JLR has a battery assembly plant, and its representatives told me that it could probably power the whole of the industrial estate there, but…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q I was delighted recently to visit a National Grid substation at Hams Hall, in my North Warwickshire and Bedworth constituency. It is almost doubling in size to accommodate…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Until the election I was a commercial property solicitor acting for a number of residential and commercial property developers. I was also a North Warwickshire borough councillor…24 Apr 2025HANSARDLesbian Visibility WeekI recently spoke to a constituent who wanted to have a baby with her partner. She was told by her ICB that because of her partner’s situation—her partner already had a child—she…24 Apr 2025HANSARDLesbian Visibility WeekI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. Like her, my first political activism was campaigning against section 28; that is what made me join our wonderful party.…24 Apr 2025HANSARD UK-US Trade and TariffsMany of my constituents work at Jaguar Land Rover or in the motor manufacturing supply chain, and they are really concerned about 25% tariffs on exports to the US. Can the…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am concerned by reports on social media that a disabled person in a wheelchair in Bedworth was stranded because their bus did not show up and several taxis refused to take a…03 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. I have launched a petition in my constituency asking Warwickshire county council to take our buses back under public control. Almost 30% of buses do not run on time, and my…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillBefore I came to this place—24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI am surprised to hear the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Lewis Cocking) trashing hard-working local builders in his constituency and calling the homes that his constituents live in…24 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowI thank the Secretary of State for all her hard work on this matter over the weekend. Can she reassure my constituents that our energy resilience remains high, and that the…24 Mar 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I no longer have a practising certificate as a solicitor, and I gave up practising as soon as I came into this House.24 Mar 2025