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HANSARD World Health: 25-Year Environment PlanI will go to my right hon. Friend’s farm in Berkshire, but there are certainly very few yellowhammers left in Somerset. There has also been a two-thirds crash in the global…09 Apr 2019HANSARD World Health: 25-Year Environment PlanThank you for squeezing me into today’s debate, Mr Walker, and I again thank my hon. Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas) for securing it. At the outset, I will welcome…09 Apr 2019HANSARD World Health: 25-Year Environment PlanMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case and I thank him for securing the debate. I have tried to get one for ages, so many congratulations to him. On trees helping with…09 Apr 2019HANSARDEconomic Growth: Midlands Enginerose—08 Apr 2019HANSARD Access to Medical CannabisAnyone who goes through the heart-rending experience of seeing a very sick family member suffer will know that they would do anything to help that person, often reaching the point…08 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Many of our precious historic parks and gardens have been restored with vital grants from the national Heritage Lottery Fund. As a part of that, conservation management plans…08 Apr 2019HANSARDEconomic Growth: Midlands Engine18. Thank you for being so generous, Mr Speaker. Although it is not the midlands engine but the great south west, this question is about economic growth. Some £600 million of…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Online Harms White PaperI welcome the White Paper and the fact that it has taken on board many of the recommendations of the DCMS Committee inquiry, which revealed some spine-chilling evidence about what…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Business RatesI forgot to say that a lot of information about this arose as a result of the inquiry by the Select Committee on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport into the UK live music industry,…02 Apr 2019HANSARD Business RatesMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case. There is an area that has been left out of the discretionary discount, and I wonder whether he agrees that the Government ought to look…02 Apr 2019HANSARDFurther Education FundingMy hon. Friend deserves huge praise for bringing this debate to the House. The Minister also deserves huge praise, and I know she is listening and believes a great deal of what we…02 Apr 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI rise to support the motion. I have not spoken in many of these debates, but I have been driven to speak. We have heard time and again from all the same people, but not much from…29 Mar 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI absolutely 100% agree. Yes, 17.4 million people voted to leave and yes there was a roar for change, but more than 16 million people gave a yell to be noticed as well. That…29 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was going to ask, Mr Speaker—I am going to extend it—whether you are a gardener. If you are, you will understand the value of healthy soil. Does the Secretary of State agree…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseHappiness, Mr Speaker, also has to be Nadal beating Federer, I think. The Wellington monument is an iconic symbol on the Blackdown hills in Taunton Deane and very much the gateway…28 Mar 2019HANSARDArmed Forces: Social MobilityI thank the Secretary of State once again for retaining 40 Commando in Taunton. It is a momentous decision and great for Taunton. That said, only 9% of British soldiers are…25 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 ExtensionI thank the Secretary of State for giving way; he is very generous with his time. It was put to him just now that we have no plan, but the plan is the deal. The only plan that…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Food and Agriculture)It is absolutely crucial that the Government take seriously the protection of public health in respect of food. We pride ourselves on our high standards of food production. As I…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Food and Agriculture)We have received assurances from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs that in no way will any of our food standards be lowered as we leave the EU. That…19 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Agriculture)Absolutely. I thank my hon. Friend—I could not agree more. He is right about the south-west. I was going to name just some of the businesses in the area. We have Riverford Organic…18 Mar 2019