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HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolWill the Minister give way?22 Apr 2025HANSARD Ukraine UpdateI congratulate the Defence Secretary on co-chairing the 27th meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group. While it was good to see the German Defence Minister also chairing, that…22 Apr 2025HANSARDResidential Estate Management CompaniesIt is an honour to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Stuart. It is plain from what others have said that this is a sector-wide problem. In 2017, Sajid Javid, when he was the…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI commend the Defence Committee for talking to the families of service personnel as well as directly to soldiers, sailors and airmen. If I think back to the people with whom I…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHorizon Redress and Post Office UpdateTony Hibberd, a former sub-postmaster from Colyton in east Devon, is 84 years old. Four years since he submitted his claim, and 14 years after his wrongful dismissal, there has…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Easter AdjournmentI rise to talk about South West Water and Pennon Group. I speak today for anyone in Devon and Cornwall who has ever had to walk past a polluted stream, stay out of the sea when…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Digital Landlines: Rural CommunitiesIf there is a recognition that we need to switch from copper to broadband, then this plainly is another incentive to get broadband rolled out to the most remote rural areas. A…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsWe have heard Ministers refer many times to the risk of breaches of international humanitarian law. On the one occasion, on 17 March, when the Foreign Secretary admitted that…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetMy hon. Friend’s point about the south-west is absolutely right. Some 217 visits per 100,000 to accident and emergency are for dental-related issues, compared with 154 for the…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Royal British LegionAbsolutely. I would add that the Royal British Legion is fantastic at bringing in volunteers—people who have not served, but on whom the RBL depends. We have some really strong…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Royal British LegionIt is an honour to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. Mid and east Devon has a very strong veteran community. Although the national average for people who have served is…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetThe Minister talks about the previous Government’s dental recovery plan, and part of that was to impose a firmer ringfence on dentistry spending so that there was not an…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Minister has acknowledged that the secessionist moves in Republika Srpska could have ramifications for the western Balkans more broadly. One part of that is the north of…31 Mar 2025HANSARD UK-China RelationsThe Intelligence and Security Committee published a report on China in 2023. The public version said that it is China’s “ambition at a global level—to become a technological and…26 Mar 2025HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentI think a negotiating framework might be helpful, but a lot will depend on the negotiations. It would be far better if the Government looked at the minimum wage, sector by sector,…25 Mar 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels and Illegal Channel CrossingsLast month we learned that overseas development assistance would be cut from 0.5% to 0.3% of gross national income. Some of us assumed that this saving would be found in the…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentThe increase in the national minimum wage in the next fortnight is very welcome. Nobody in work in this wealthy country of ours should be struggling to make ends meet. While that…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Council Tax ReformThe hon. Member makes a good point in comparing his constituency with the situation here in London. To continue that point, on top of council tax, there is the settlement funding…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Council Tax ReformShire counties have had their settlement funding cut from more than £300 per person in 2015 to less than £200 per person now. Does the Minister recognise that counties such as…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentMy point relates to the cliff edge. Anne Addis from Cullompton is a 76-year-old widow. Her late husband’s Army pension pushed her just £15 over the pension credit threshold. That…19 Mar 2025