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HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Government expect local authorities to engage meaningfully with residents on planning. Planning law requires local planning authorities to notify neighbours regarding planning…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAs my hon. Friend can see, I never found a sport I was very good at either. Success in sport is fantastic, particularly for young people. It is such an important part of growing…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWith permission, I shall give the business for the week commencing 20 October, which includes: Monday 20 October—Committee of the whole House and remaining stages of the Diego…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend raises an important question and makes a really important point. As the Foreign Secretary said, the ceasefire does give an opportunity not just to scale up aid, but…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend that midwives provide vital and diverse services, particularly when they are supporting bereaved families. The independent national…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, I welcome the shadow Deputy Leader of the House to his place for his inaugural address. The hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Bobby Dean) also makes his debut…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWe were acutely aware of the state of access to GPs when we came into government, and we are doing something about it. We have delivered over 5 million more NHS appointments since…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his new role. I genuinely look forward to our exchanges, and to working with him on the Committees that we will both be on. He comes from a very…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI agree absolutely, because I think we all have examples of where the opposite is the case and telecoms corporations do not do that. That is not only painful for communities, but…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for updating the House on the work of the Backbench Business Committee, and I thank him for his diligent work as the Chair of that Committee.…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI was aware of that anniversary, because I think the hon. Gentleman has raised it before. [Interruption.] Rather cruelly, my colleague sitting next to me says that I was there for…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important issue. It was a truly tragic and shocking case, and the Government are committed to doing everything that we can to prevent…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Government and I agree absolutely with the point on which the right hon. Gentleman finished his question, because the rule of law is sovereign in this country. No other law…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI will ensure that Transport Ministers have heard what my hon. Friend says, but I am confident that National Highways will also have heard what he says. Should that not produce…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI take this opportunity to pay tribute to young carers, who do a fantastic and at times very difficult job; some of us wonder how we would cope in those circumstances. I also pay…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseIt may be the first reservoir in 30 years, but we are committed to making sure that it is not the last. Putting right the crumbling infrastructure that we were left with is an…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who is doing a fantastic job on behalf of her constituents, and join her in playing tribute to flood action groups such as the ones in her…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is hard to overestimate the importance of such transport links to communities like the right hon. Gentleman’s. As ever, he is an assiduous supporter of his communities. I will…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am pleased to hear about my hon. Friend’s constituents’ successful campaign for a much-loved community asset. I know, and they will recognise, that she is a true champion of…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI am informed that the changes that we are proposing to the planning framework actually do that, but I point out to the right hon. Lady that it is a matter of balance. I am a firm…16 Oct 2025