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HANSARD Broadband: Rural CommunitiesCould I correct that statement? I did not say that people should just wait; I said that we should be looking at how we can connect them. Like the hon. Gentleman, my Devon…13 Dec 2023HANSARD Broadband: Rural CommunitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) and congratulate him on securing today’s important…13 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. My North Devon constituency is in the lower quartile for social mobility. What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to improve social mobility outcomes for remote, rural and…13 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. What progress has my hon. Friend made on the granting of full environmental protection to the waters around the South Sandwich Islands, as well as additional protections and…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Housing Availability: IlfracombeI am very proud to be Ilfracombe’s MP. It is a tight-knit resilient community of 12,000, and so remote that it has to be self-sufficient. It is 12 miles from Barnstaple, the major…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Housing Availability: IlfracombeI entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman. I will talk about affordable housing and, as he represents a coastal constituency, I am sure he will recognise what I am about to say.…11 Dec 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind: Celtic SeaPrevious offshore wind developments on England’s east coast have shown that appropriate planning is needed to minimise disruption to communities. Does my right hon. Friend agree…06 Dec 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind: Celtic Sea7. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on expediting the development of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea.06 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhile I recognise that money does not grow on trees, neither do teeth. Can my right hon. Friend advise me of how quickly my North Devon constituents will be able to see the NHS…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThis is National Tree Week, and it is also 50 years since Conservative MP Sydney Chapman suggested the “Plant a Tree in ’73” campaign. It is even more important now that we…30 Nov 2023HANSARDProductive Forestry Planting8. Whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Scottish Government on supporting productive forestry planting in Scotland.29 Nov 2023HANSARDProductive Forestry PlantingConifers, which are the main species planted for productive forestry, account for just under half the area of UK woodland. Does my hon. Friend agree that there should now be a…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Housing in Tourist DestinationsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double) for securing this important debate. As…28 Nov 2023HANSARDSupport for Veterans7. What steps his Department is taking to support veterans.20 Nov 2023HANSARDSupport for VeteransWill my right hon. Friend join me in thanking The Veterans Charity in North Devon for their Poppies to Paddington operation, which saw 231 wreaths from the Great Western Railway…20 Nov 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore WindI thank the hon. Lady for her kind words and her speech. Does she agree that, because we do not have the same learned past and piecemeal development, the Celtic sea is like a…16 Nov 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore WindI thank all hon. Members for taking part in the debate, and particularly the Minister and his team for their ongoing engagement ahead of AR5. I raised the matter of the strike…16 Nov 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore WindI beg to move, That this House has considered floating offshore wind. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela. I will start by welcoming the work of the…16 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe biggest transport hub in my constituency, Barnstaple bus station, has not reopened since the pandemic, which has limited users’ access to shelter and toilets. The Liberal…16 Nov 2023HANSARDFloating Offshore WindCould my hon. Friend clarify something in today’s AR6 announcement? We all know that there were two projects ready to bid in AR5, and at this point there are two projects ready to…16 Nov 2023