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HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportIt is an honour to serve under your guidance once again, Sir Charles. It is a real privilege to follow everybody in this debate, but especially my hon. Friend the Member for…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for making that point; he is absolutely right. The Groceries Code Adjudicator has the capacity to potentially make a big difference…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportIn which case, I really apologise—I will not give way. I apologise, Sir Charles. I do not want to be ungenerous to the mover especially. I will finish on health, and I want to…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyWe did not plan this, but it is really good of the hon. Gentleman to let me intervene. He makes important points. I represent a community in which there are well over 1,000 farms.…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Apprenticeship LevyI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the points he is making. Last year, more than £3 billion of the levy was not spent, I guess for many of the reasons he is setting out. In…22 Nov 2023HANSARDUK Citizenship TestI am grateful to my hon. Friend for making an excellent speech. Given that the objective of the citizenship test is to test and encourage the integration of people coming to this…22 Nov 2023HANSARD Autism and Learning Disability TrainingI thank the hon. Lady for making such a valid point and for being so generous in giving way. It seems to me that even if we did not put an extra penny of funding into supporting…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Autism and Learning Disability TrainingThe hon. Lady is making excellent points to which I give my very strong support. Does she recognise the experience of many of my constituents, with young people waiting perhaps…21 Nov 2023HANSARDPension Scheme InvestmentThere is encouraging news in that the Pension Insurance Corporation has recently announced that it is going to invest in helping to support the building of 1,200 new affordable…14 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Does the Minister share my horror at rising homelessness among refugees who have been granted asylum because the timescale from decision to their being transitioned to…13 Nov 2023HANSARDBuilding an NHS Fit for the FutureWith both sides stopping.13 Nov 2023HANSARDBuilding an NHS Fit for the FutureIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Warrington South (Andy Carter). I agree with some of what he said, but I do not agree that the King’s Speech was ambitious, although…13 Nov 2023HANSARD Rural Postal Services: SustainabilityIt is worth bearing in mind that our banks have pretty much vacated our towns, villages, high streets and communities over the past few years. They must have saved themselves…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Rural Postal Services: SustainabilityThe Minister is a good man; I am very grateful to him for being so generous, indeed super-generous, to my hon. Friend the Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie…25 Oct 2023HANSARDSchool Buildings12. What steps she is taking to improve school buildings.23 Oct 2023HANSARDSchool BuildingsThe excellent Lakes School at Troutbeck Bridge serves the communities of Windermere and Ambleside and those further afield with 11-to-18 education, but it is widely acknowledged…23 Oct 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingWhen Storm Arwen hit Cumbria two years ago, many of our villages and other communities lost electrical power for several days due to damaged power cables. I know that that has…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillThe delay has cost hundreds of families in my constituency their homes. Section 21 evictions have been carried out on so many families, as the sector has moved into the Airbnb…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Railway Stations in Cumbria: Staffing ChangesI beg to move, That this House has considered staffing of railway stations in Cumbria. It is an absolute privilege to serve under your guidance in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. The…18 Oct 2023HANSARDRadiotherapy Linear Accelerator Machines10. How many and what proportion of NHS radiotherapy linear accelerator (LINAC) machines will reach the end of their recommended lifespan in 2024.17 Oct 2023