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HANSARDHomelessness ReductionRural homelessness has risen by 40% in just the last five years. In our communities, that is massively fed by the fact that average house prices are about 12 times above local…02 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her important and powerful intervention. Those palliative care doctors who have been in touch with me know that to opt for legalised assisted dying is to…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe motives of those proposing the Bill are grounded in compassion—in the heat of this debate, I want to seriously acknowledge that—particularly the hon. Member for Spen Valley…29 Nov 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI had better not. To be fair, no safeguards would be possible, even if we were not going through this hasty process. First, there is the risk of self-coercion. Many of us will…29 Nov 2024HANSARD Devolution: LancashireI proudly acknowledge that I too am a Lancastrian, and my constituency includes vast amounts of Lancashire over the sands, which it is my privilege to represent. The hon. Lady…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Project GigabitIt is a pleasure to serve under your guidance this afternoon, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) on introducing a very important…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Storm BertI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement. The financial cost of the devastation caused by Storm Bert will run into many millions, yet that is nothing…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Apprenticeships and T-LevelsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Sir Christopher. I also pay tribute to the right hon. Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds), whose speech was…20 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget: Impact on Farming CommunitiesBritain’s farmers, who feed us and care for our environment, deserve better than the betrayal they received under the last Conservative Government, and better than the attacks in…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of the Post OfficeWe are deeply alarmed that Kendal Crown post office appears on this list. Three years ago, the previous Government and the previous administration of Post Office Ltd also…13 Nov 2024HANSARD Family and Work VisasIt is an honour to serve under your guidance, Mr Pritchard. I give my serious thanks to the hon. Member for Belfast South and Mid Down (Claire Hanna) for bringing an important…13 Nov 2024HANSARD School Transport: NorthumberlandIt is an absolute joy to serve under your guidance, Mrs Harris. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Hexham (Joe Morris), who is becoming almost as much of a regular in this place…12 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: Job CreationMr Speaker, perhaps if I start, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) could finish. In order to safeguard renewable jobs and to create new ones, will the Minister consider…12 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: Job Creationrose—12 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsIt is traditional to say nice things about somebody who has just given a maiden speech, but that was a genuinely outstanding maiden speech. I congratulate the hon. Member for…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceAfter a weekend of cancellations at Windermere, Oxenholme and elsewhere, will the Secretary of State have a word with Northern Rail, to remind it that it is meant to run a rail…11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsI think it will. Many farmers earn less than the minimum wage, and although they own property worth an awful lot of money, it is worth nothing to them, really, because it is their…11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsWell, I think it has come to pass, to a degree, in the sense that we allow equal access to our markets to those producing animal products—meat and other food products—who have…11 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) and I are indeed never seen in the same place together. [ Laughter.] Stramongate nursery school in Kendal faces closure following an…04 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical Questionsrose—04 Nov 2024