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HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThe point to make quite clearly is that every single farming business will, in one way or another, be impacted by the £1 million threshold kicking in. Why? Because for an arable…16 Dec 2025HANSARDQuarries: Planning PolicyWill the Minister give way on that point?16 Dec 2025HANSARDQuarries: Planning PolicyWill the Minister give way?16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThis comes down to choices. The tax revenue that will be raised from the changes to APR and BPR is about £500 million. On the other hand, the Government are saying, “We are going…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThe hon. Member makes an excellent point, and not only Cornish farmers, but those right across the country are being impacted by this Government’s decisions. He also makes the…16 Dec 2025HANSARDQuarries: Planning PolicyGreat, that is very kind of the Minister. Seven days ago, the Campaign to Protect Rural England commented that the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which is working its way…16 Dec 2025HANSARDQuarries: Planning PolicyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. When I first supported my hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) in applying for this…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI do agree with the hon. Member that the Government must get their own house in order before implementing strategies that are impacting many of our hard-working businesses. The…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI absolutely agree. This Budget has an impact not only on our farming community, but on the wider agricultural supply chain and the many businesses that support our farming…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI pay tribute to five dads from Ilkley—Will, Sam, Martyn, Joe and Dan—who last week walked the entire 82-mile Dales Way, raising over £11,000 for the maternity and neonatal teams…11 Dec 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI have an urgent plea for the Home Secretary and the new chair, Baroness Longfield, who I know will be watching. They will both know that, shockingly, Keighley and the wider…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityYes—absolutely. My hon. Friend has spoken to me on many occasions about her challenges with South East Water, which is not investing sufficiently in increasing water storage…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I thank the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) for securing a really important debate on water security and…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityAs the hon. Member will know, it is down to the regulator to set how much a water company is able to spend on infrastructure projects. Ofwat has not provided water companies with…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityLandscape recovery schemes are a great way of dealing not only with water quality schemes, but with water resilience strategies. Will the Minister commit to working with her…09 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 730194 relating to digital ID. It is a pleasure to introduce today’s e-petition debate under your chairmanship, Sir…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDThat is exactly why this Conservative party is saying no to digital ID once again. The latest guesstimate of how much this is going to cost us all is a whopping £1.8 billion.08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI cannot agree enough. It raises the question: who is actually in favour of these proposals, other than the Prime Minister? Despite the consistent opposition to identity…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI entirely agree, but here we are with the latest Government excuse to introduce mandatory digital ID. I can just see the communication advisers in No. 10 looking at today’s…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI give way to the Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.08 Dec 2025