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HANSARD Environmental Land Management Scheme: Funding for Upland AreasI am happy to clarify.03 May 2023HANSARDWater Quality: Sewage DischargeIn Cumbria, it is our privilege to be the stewards not only of the fells and the dales, but of our lakes, rivers and coastal waterways. That is why we are angry about the fact…25 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. I have in my hands the draft business case for a satellite radiotherapy unit at the Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal. If it is approved and commissioned, residents in my…25 Apr 2023HANSARDFishing Industry: Visas for Foreign WorkersThe plight of the fishing industry is closely allied to hospitality and tourism in coastal areas and other parts of the United Kingdom, which face a similar crisis. Some 63% of…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseIn Cumbria in the last year, 44% of all people diagnosed with cancer waited more than 62 days to get their first treatment. That is 464 individuals waiting more than two months…20 Apr 2023HANSARDRepairing Potholes: Funding in Spring Budget 2023Thank you, Mr Speaker, how kind. It would be terrible—wouldn’t it?—if the Government were claiming to be putting more money into potholes, when in reality in the past two years…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Food Security and FarmingThis will be a short intervention—I apologise for being overly long before. In this transition period, where we appear to be phasing out the old subsidy scheme but trickling in…19 Apr 2023HANSARD Food Security and FarmingThe right hon. Lady is being very generous, and I thank her for bringing an important debate to this House. Like me, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) has demonstrated…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill Relief SchemeOur hospices provide tender, professional, essential care for people nearing the end of their lives, yet they are considered, when it comes to energy bill relief, as businesses.…18 Apr 2023HANSARD Farming on DartmoorIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Hosie, and to follow all three of the speakers so far. They have all spoken articulately and passionately, and I…18 Apr 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateThe Minister referenced and misquoted St Augustine of Hippo earlier. He was from north Africa, and the Minister would have put him in a camp as a consequence. The Minister talked…29 Mar 2023HANSARD Fuel Costs: Rural Households and CommunitiesThe hon. Lady is being generous, and I congratulate her on securing a really important debate. Families in rural communities face excessive costs for fuel not only to heat their…29 Mar 2023HANSARD Fuel Costs: Rural Households and CommunitiesI am grateful for the Minister’s comprehensive answers. The support that businesses get will expire, which is a problem that we could address. Lumped under the category of…29 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank the hon. Lady for making that important and powerful point. Let us deal with another of the dozy charges aimed at those of us who think this Bill is at best mistaken. We…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am happy to take another intervention.27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillYes. There are arguments for stricter or less strict measures for dealing with migration and asylum, and it is important to discuss those, but it does not help when we have bogus…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will not give way again, sorry. I have taken loads of interventions and I am testing everyone’s patience; my speech is now 11 minutes in. France could say the same to Italy or…27 Mar 2023HANSARDOil Spill: Poole HarbourI thank the Minister for her diligent approach to responding to this troubling occurrence, and I congratulate the hon. Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax) on bringing it to the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIf the hon. Lady really wanted to deal with the issue that she has just articulated, she would do something to undermine the business case of the people smugglers. Of course these…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI thank the hon. Lady for articulating the case so clearly. When all is said and done, we should ask why we have a problem. I have set out irrefutable numbers showing where we are…27 Mar 2023