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HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The ICJ advisory opinion is crucial, and the Government need to crack on with their rulings in the light of that opinion. My remarks are about…16 Dec 2024HANSARDUK ExportsThe Italian press has been reporting that the global combat air programme consortium, involving the UK, Italy and Japan, might be extended to include Saudi Arabia. Can the…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Rail Services: DevonIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate the hon. Member for Exeter (Steve Race) on securing this debate. I want to reflect on some of the…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Responsibilities of Housing DevelopersIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Pritchard. I am glad that the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) secured the debate, because this issue is vital.…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Financial Inclusion: Rural AreasResidents have told me that they really valued paper statements. Some 6,000 bank branches have closed in the past nine years. Two of the new banking hubs are in the area that I…11 Dec 2024HANSARDPlanning Committees: ReformSome 57% of East Devon is made up of national landscapes, previously known as areas of outstanding natural beauty. I welcome the fact that these areas are protected from housing…09 Dec 2024HANSARD SyriaIn 2013, this House voted against UK military action following the use of chemical weapons by Bashar al-Assad’s Government. One effect of that vote was to deter the British…09 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Resilience7. What steps he is taking to increase national resilience.05 Dec 2024HANSARDNational ResilienceThe module 1 report recommended resilience and preparedness, and particularly “Bringing in external expertise from outside government and the Civil Service to…guard against…05 Dec 2024HANSARDUkraineOne aspect of support that the UK could offer Ukraine is expired medical equipment and dressings. A charity based in Axminster in my constituency, called Medics4Ukraine, has just…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Family Farming in DevonIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Mark. I pay tribute to the right hon. and learned Member for Torridge and Tavistock (Sir Geoffrey Cox) who, I feel, could…03 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-West Syriarose —02 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-West SyriaI would like to build on the question posed by the right hon. Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison). Between 2014 and 2020, almost all Syrians who were given asylum in the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityMore than 210,000 Ukrainians have been hosted in the UK since Russia’s full-scale invasion, which is a testament to the generosity of British hosts, but the millions of Ukrainians…02 Dec 2024HANSARDCommunity Ownership of Local AssetsEast Devon District Council has declared Seaton hospital an asset of community value and is awaiting news of round 4 of the community ownership fund to see whether we might get…02 Dec 2024HANSARD UK Leadership on SudanThe war in Sudan is plainly appalling. I heard that 14 million people had been displaced, but 11 million is also an appalling figure. As I understand it, this started out as a war…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Sewage Discharges: South WestI am aware of the new storm overflow hub that the Minister talks about. My point is that sometimes the data that the new hub reveals is different to the data that the water…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Sewage Discharges: South WestI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. He talks about storm overflows. The data recorded from storm overflows by South Water West is sometimes different to that…27 Nov 2024HANSARDMiddle East: Humanitarian SituationThe humanitarian situation in the middle east is made worse by arms supply from within and beyond the region. The Liberal Democrats have a long-standing policy that the UK…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperSteven Tysoe from east Devon used to be a Metropolitan police officer in London, and he showed me footage of his involvement in the riots in the capital over a decade ago. He was…26 Nov 2024