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HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn April, the Government described their decision to approve a major scheme to unlock over 8,500 homes next to Cambridge North station after six years in planning as “nationally…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsPrison officers at Whitemoor prison in my constituency have raised concerns that the recruitment process for staff is not working effectively and is unduly bureaucratic. Will the…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the flaws in the impact assessment—there has been wider commentary supporting that point. Does he agree that one of the issues is the…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights: Impact on BusinessesI join colleagues in welcoming the Minister to her place. She said in her reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Spelthorne (Lincoln Jopp) that there would not be an additional…16 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyThe Government said over the summer that the Dreadnought programme was on track, despite the fire last year at Barrow, the challenges of covid and the other Government programmes…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Gene EditingThe hon. Lady raises an important point. By embracing innovation in the technology, we can lead and, by leading, show the benefits to farming and nature that the EU may wish to…22 Jul 2025HANSARDSir David Amess Summer AdjournmentHiding in plain sight, but not discussed in this Chamber since the general election, is the spending of millions of pounds on the repair of this building, with Members expected to…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Gene EditingI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of gene editing. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I secured this debate as gene editing provides…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Gene EditingThe hon. Gentleman is a champion of the farming community. He and I, in my previous role, often discussed farming issues, and we both hugely support the importance of food…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Gene EditingI very much agree. I will come on to public sentiment towards gene editing, which is extremely favourable, but it is helpful to have cross-party support because this is a win-win,…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Gene EditingThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and that builds on the earlier intervention on public support. One of the sweet spots of this area of policy is that it is beneficial to…22 Jul 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: CambridgeshireMy neighbour and hon. Friend is making an extremely effective case illustrating just how cosmetic the consultation is. His councillors’ concerns are shared by councillors in…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Local Government Reform: CambridgeshireIf it is the Minister’s argument, as he has just set out, that it is not for Government to dictate the territory that would be covered, why do two different Government Departments…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Giving Every Child the Best Start in LifeWill the Secretary of State agree to write to me, as a matter of urgency, regarding the frankly bizarre decision by the Government to twice turn down funding for a new heating…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Environment Agency: East of EnglandI beg to move, That this House has considered the performance of the Environment Agency in the East of England. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Environment Agency: East of EnglandThe hon. Gentleman raises an extremely important point, and he is correct. It seems that the Environment Agency is very happy to go after what it may perceive to be easier and…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Environment Agency: East of EnglandThe hon. Member absolutely catches the point raised earlier about the lack of accountability and transparency, and the highlights fact that, although the EA has had more money and…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Environment Agency: East of EnglandI do share them. Just for the Minister’s benefit, the hon. Gentleman’s constituency will be materially affected by the Wisbech incinerator in terms of transport; when the…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Environment Agency: East of EnglandIt does need fundamental reform. I became Secretary of State very close to the general election, but one of my first acts was to issue an instruction to take more rigorous…04 Jun 2025HANSARD ImmigrationI thank my right hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for giving way. Does he agree that this concern about the high levels of immigration is also an issue of democracy and the…21 May 2025