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HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe hon. Gentleman must recognise that the local plan process has been distorted by the imposition of housing targets driven from the centre. Indeed, individual planning…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Support for British FarmingMy hon. Friend makes the point that we need to build more national food resilience. It is preposterous that in the 1980s we were producing 78% of what we consumed, but now the…23 Nov 2022HANSARD Support for British FarmingBefore my hon. Friend concludes what is, as ever, a brilliant speech, I want to say that this does not just apply to eggs. The Groceries Code Adjudicator needs to intervene in…23 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillEfficacy and proportionality are the twin guarantees that underpin all security legislation and activity, as the hon. Lady is aware, but if anything, clause 13, for example,…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillMy right hon. Friend is right that this is an important step. In particular, he is right about the foreign influence registration scheme, which has long been called for, including…16 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI rise not to perpetuate partisanship nor parrot party lines, but merely to amplify the sentiments of the hon. Member for Salford and Eccles (Rebecca Long Bailey). The nuclear…16 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI am immensely grateful to my right hon. Friend for correcting the record. I did say we were friends and I was trying to be generous to the right hon. Member for Leicester South,…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI am delighted that the right hon. Gentleman, who by the way—and I do not want to lower his reputation on his own Benches—is a friend of mine, has given way. He knows very well…08 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Merchant Shipping (Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships) Order 2022With your indulgence, Mrs Murray, I want to identify the problem of industrial fishing, which you will know a great deal about. It has precisely the same effect on the ecosystem…07 Nov 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: SafetyPeople outside the House will not know that although the Minister has been in her job a relatively short time, she is a remarkably dedicated and diligent person. No Minister is…24 Oct 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: SafetyThe thing to understand is that there is a fundamental difference between these kinds of vaccines and vaccination per se. Vaccination per se has saved millions of lives here and…24 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryMy sons, who are now 21 and 18, have access to NHS dentistry, as I have, at the excellent Fen House dental practice in Spalding, but many of my constituents’ children do not, as…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryI agree with the hon. Gentleman that there are systemic problems, part of which goes back to the contracts agreed with dentists donkey’s years ago, under the Labour Government—the…20 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Terrorism Act 2000 (Alterations to the Search Powers Code England and Wales and Scotland) Order 2022Given the cross-party support that the Minister was just celebrating, would it be useful for the Home Secretary to write to chief constables to remind them of the importance of…19 Oct 2022HANSARDSewage DischargesMy right hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne) raised the possibility of water companies being statutory consultees when planning applications that add pressure to…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseSince the death of Queen Elizabeth II, we have witnessed an extraordinary nationwide and, indeed, kingdom-wide response: a moving mix of sorrow and celebration—sorrow at our loss…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenMost people who possess power first seek it. Indeed, in this place, we know that many people crave it. Her late Majesty the Queen never sought power—it was truly thrust upon…09 Sept 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingMy hon. Friend is making a compelling case. We have heard a lot about quality of life, but who are we to judge what a quality life really is? Is someone who is profoundly disabled…04 Jul 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry in EnglandIt is the least well-off people who suffer most, as the hon. Lady rightly said. Working-class people cannot afford these expensive plans. Surely the answer is that we should train…22 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsThe Secretary of State and Attorney General are to be commended for taking seriously the task of taking back control of our ancient legal entitlements from unelected,…22 Jun 2022