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HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityMaintaining complete political impartiality is absolutely key to maintaining credibility within the civil service, so does my right hon. Friend agree that if even one meeting or…06 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Can my hon. Friend provide an assessment of how personal independence payment appointments are being administered? Many constituents have kindly contacted me to say that they…06 Mar 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillMy hon. Friend makes another excellent point. It is important that what is said by any individual who represents a body of people or a community carries weight and is heard. If a…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Larger unitary authorities do not always serve us best. I hope that the Bill will make local representation happen. Hon. Members will see…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillMy hon. Friend picks up on a point that I was about to get to. We are experiencing such a situation with the clean air zone tax, which has impacted on my constituents and been…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillThat is exactly what we need to do: make sure that local voices are heard. Smaller unitary authorities, rather than the two-tiered approach, are an excellent way of enabling those…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The issue comes down to local voices being heard by those representing them. It is incredibly frustrating to hear that the Mayor of London…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillMy hon. Friend makes a point that I suspect is deeply infuriating not only to my constituents, but to the constituents of many hon. Members of this House. It is about fairness: if…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. For a lot of our residents, all they care about is the delivery of basic services. They are not necessarily bothered about the political…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillBoth of my hon. Friends have picked up on the size of a local authority. My area has one of the largest unitary authorities: Bradford District Council currently has a population…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillMy hon. Friend and neighbour makes a valid point. He has been working tirelessly with me on this Bill, which creates a framework and a model that would enable us to unlock the…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillThat is another excellent point made by an hon. Friend. There is an illustration of it in Ilkley, where the border between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire is literally the…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. We do not live within boundaries, so to speak, we live within communities, and that is why it is important not only that the local…24 Feb 2023HANSARD Local Authority Boundaries (Referendums) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. As I have said in this place many times before, local representation matters. Individuals and communities need to have…24 Feb 2023HANSARDInward InvestmentI recently had the honour of welcoming the Prime Minister to Keighley, where he had the opportunity to visit Teconnex, a global leader in clamp technology that also provides…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week is National Apprenticeship Week. Across Keighley and Ilkley we have some fantastic businesses that go above and beyond to make sure apprentices get the best educational…09 Feb 2023HANSARDInward Investment17. What steps her Department is taking to help increase the level of inward investment into the UK.09 Feb 2023HANSARD PlanningI just want to make clear my point about commenting on planning policy. It is really important, in terms of transparency, that people can see, as a planning application is lodged,…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseNot long after I was elected, Network Rail confirmed that £9 million had been ringfenced for urgent refurbishment works at Keighley railway station and that those refurbishment…26 Jan 2023HANSARD Agricultural Transition PlanI declare my interest, as my parents are farmers and I previously worked as a rural practice surveyor. I welcome the statement and congratulate DEFRA on listening and making…26 Jan 2023