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HANSARD Rural TransportI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I appreciate his point about the money being released to places such as Devon, but I speak to constituents who think that one reason…08 Jan 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military Aid11. What military aid his Department plans to provide to Ukraine in financial year 2024-25.08 Jan 2024HANSARD Transport Infrastructure: CullomptonIt is a pleasure to have secured the final debate of 2023. I understand that I have until about half past seven, but given that I am the only thing standing between the Minister…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Sustainable Farming InitiativeMy hon. Friend talks about SFI options. One thing I have picked up from the farmers in mid and east Devon I represent is that they are concerned about how the options are…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Service AccommodationIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Angela. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Alistair Strathern). He gave an excellent speech and asked…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Service AccommodationI am grateful to the right hon. Member for that clarification. As a member of the Defence Committee, he will be much closer to this matter than I am. What he says has not stopped…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Service AccommodationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that excuses to do with a contract handover period are hard to bear in any case, but certainly when such a great length of time has elapsed. To…19 Dec 2023HANSARD UkraineThe Russian energy giant Gazprom earned £39 million last year from the North sea Sillimanite gas field, which is partly underneath UK waters. Gazprom is majority owned by the…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Transport Infrastructure: CullomptonMy neighbour, the hon. Member for Exmouth, is quite right that people in Cullompton are calling for this, but they have had enough of surveys. They have been consulted until their…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI quote from a newspaper opinion column: “Even if Israel manages to destroy Hamas, a similar movement will undoubtedly emerge from the destitution and despair of the Gaza Strip.”…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillThe shadow Minister mentioned the Conservative party’s 2019 general election manifesto. My predecessor Neil Parish sought to amend the Agriculture Bill to prevent the ratification…18 Dec 2023HANSARD Highways Maintenance and Integrated Transport FundingOne area where potholes are at the forefront of people’s minds is Devon, where we have an 8,000-mile road network—as long as Iceland’s, and twice the length of Rwanda’s. In rural…18 Dec 2023HANSARDRail ServicesIn November last year, services on the west of England line out of London terminated at Axminster because of a land slip near Honiton. The same line has been closed for nine days…14 Dec 2023HANSARDRail Services2. What steps he is taking to improve rail services.14 Dec 2023HANSARDKnife crimeOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Earlier, at business questions, the hon. Member for Bridgwater and West Somerset (Mr Liddell-Grainger) made a factually inaccurate and…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Three and Vodafone: Potential MergerThe hon. Member and I are neighbours, and I congratulate him on talking about the rural character of his constituency and how the merger might affect his constituents as…14 Dec 2023HANSARD Broadband: Rural CommunitiesThe simple answer is yes—I welcome any and all interventions that support our rural constituents to get them broadband—but the reality of what our constituents are feeling and…13 Dec 2023HANSARDLGBT Veterans Independent ReviewThe RAF lost a courageous serviceperson in 1997 when it sacked Carl Austin-Behan. Carl won the Royal Humane Society bronze medal for rescuing a pilot from a burning Hawk aircraft…13 Dec 2023HANSARD Broadband: Rural CommunitiesIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. The internet has plainly revolutionised the way we live our lives and the world we inhabit, but the trouble is that it is…13 Dec 2023HANSARD Broadband: Rural CommunitiesI am grateful for that clarification. The hon. Member mentions Connecting Devon and Somerset; I have heard from constituents about how CDS did not draw down funding from Project…13 Dec 2023