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HANSARDEden Project: Morecambe and the North-WestAha! The Treasury Minister is here listening, but I think that the money we have already had for the Discover England fund is working really well. It demonstrates the great value…06 Jun 2019HANSARDEden Project: Morecambe and the North-WestI thank my hon. Friend for his cheeky intervention.06 Jun 2019HANSARDEden Project: Morecambe and the North-WestIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, for my first time at the Dispatch Box. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (David Morris)…06 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. If we are talking about our acting accolades, Mr Speaker, mine was winning a national best actress award with the Young Farmers—a strange dichotomy, but true. Yesterday, the…23 May 2019HANSARDSupport for Parliamentarians (Intimidation and Harassment)Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that it is important that colleagues and members of staff who think they have been abused or harassed come forward to report those…23 May 2019HANSARDSupport for Parliamentarians (Intimidation and Harassment)6. What steps the CPS is taking to support parliamentarians in responding to intimidating behaviour and harassment.23 May 2019HANSARDSecurity Situation1. What recent assessment she has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland.22 May 2019HANSARDSecurity SituationI congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing the £105 million of UK Government funding for the new Derry/Londonderry city deal and the inclusive future fund. Does she agree…22 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am pleased to hear that education is going to get a special focus in the forthcoming spending review. Please can Somerset have special consideration, since pupils there get way…21 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ14. In Somerset, 15,200 children are now in good and outstanding schools compared with 2010—great news—but, despite 5.9% more funding per pupil going into Somerset, teachers and…15 May 2019HANSARD WhatsApp Data BreachPeople largely believed that as WhatsApp is encrypted, it is a safe app. Now we suddenly discover that perhaps it is not safe after all. This is deeply worrying and has caused…15 May 2019HANSARD HealthI am very pleased to follow the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron), and to talk about the Government’s commitment to public health. This Government are…14 May 2019HANSARD HealthThe Secretary of State is making a really powerful case. On mortality, I would say that, far from the age going down in Somerset, it is going up. This is a good thing, but the…14 May 2019HANSARD HealthThe diabetes foot pathway relied on opening eight podiatry clinics across Somerset. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is the podiatrists who are helping to solve the diabetes…14 May 2019HANSARDTessa Jowell Brain Cancer MissionFirst, may I thank everyone in Taunton Deane who was involved in raising money for the new MRI scanner? It was a huge local team effort. May I also welcome today’s announcement…13 May 2019HANSARDRefugees in Sri LankaWill my right hon. Friend commend the local Muslim communities who have already given many refugees shelter in mosques? What more can this country do to help with those camps,…09 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Farming PolicyI thank the Minister for that answer, but within that does he see soil health as a public good on its own terms or merely as a proxy or gateway for other benefits such as…09 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Farming Policy3. What plans he has for farming policy after the UK leaves the EU.09 May 2019HANSARDIran Nuclear DealI listen to this ongoing story of Iran and nuclear proliferation with a chill for fear of where it might lead, which is why I have stayed in the Chamber today. We have to put a…08 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsIn the light of last week’s debate in this place and the advice of the Committee on Climate Change, could the Prime Minister indicate whether the Government will be legislating…08 May 2019