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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. May I commend the Government on their recent decision to bring a large amount of military housing back in house after the disastrous Tory decision to privatise it? It is…06 Jan 2025HANSARD Freight CrimeMy constituency has around 12,000 employees in the wholesale and retail trade sector, many of whom will be affected by freight crime. Indeed, the recent report by the APPG on…03 Dec 2024HANSARDBangladesh: Attacks on Hindu CommunitySeveral of my constituents have been in touch who are incredibly concerned about family members in Bangladesh. Those family members have been living in extreme fear for some time,…02 Dec 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House to announce these measures. I am pleased to see that Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has been included as one of the areas…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationI am grateful to the Minister for coming to the House to set out the Government’s measures to deal with this issue. I share my colleagues’ amazement about the new-found concern of…20 Nov 2024HANSARDFood BanksThe shadow Minister has made a point about the Government’s difficult decision to withdraw the winter fuel payment. If he feels so strongly about it, why did his party pledge to…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Ukraine: 1,000 DaysMay I thank the Foreign Secretary and Members across the House for the very strong cross-party support for Ukraine that has been shown over recent years and no doubt will continue…19 Nov 2024HANSARDFood BanksIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. Food bank use massively increased under the last Government, and has nearly doubled since 2018-9. Of the 3.12 million emergency…19 Nov 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient Access21. What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of patient access to primary care services.19 Nov 2024HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessIn my local area of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, GPs are reporting feeling increasingly burnt out, with working conditions becoming more extreme. The number of patients per…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Kinship CarersIn my North West Cambridgeshire constituency, we have a huge number of kinship families, and Peterborough city council is doing a lot of work around that. It has sent the Minister…13 Nov 2024HANSARD Kinship CarersWill the Minister give way?13 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. He claims that bus services are under the control of the combined authority, but the problem is that we do not have franchising yet.…11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsSome 81% of the land in the area that I represent is agricultural, meaning that North West Cambridgeshire, like much of the east of England, contributes a great deal to our…11 Nov 2024HANSARDFurniture PovertyI thank my hon. Friend for raising that point. He cites the specific statistics in his constituency; I am sure we will hear more in the Minister’s response about the Government’s…06 Nov 2024HANSARDFurniture PovertyI have been a councillor myself for a number of years, so I am very much aware of the difficulty that local government is facing and I agree that we need to see improvements in…06 Nov 2024HANSARDFurniture PovertyI am going to mention End Furniture Poverty later in my speech. It is an excellent organisation that is doing good work, particularly with Liverpool city council in my hon.…06 Nov 2024HANSARDFurniture PovertyMy hon. Friend makes his point well. Lots of children are affected in a number of constituencies around the country. I have some statistics on that later in my speech, and I am…06 Nov 2024HANSARDFurniture PovertyI beg to move, That this House has considered furniture poverty. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I am delighted that many colleagues have come to this…06 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesThe Minister knows lots of farmers in my constituency—he is a near neighbour of mine—and farmers are grateful for his engagement with them. He knows that farmers’ incomes fell…04 Nov 2024