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HANSARD Water ScarcityThe hon. Member makes an excellent point. All this afternoon’s interventions have been good and on the money. Talking about money, this is money leaking out of the industry and…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Network Rail Timetable Changes: Rural CommunitiesI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point. The horror was even closer to happening than that: nobody was hurt and the train remained upright between the tracks,…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityI agree with my hon. Friend. We made those points during the passage of the Water (Special Measures) Bill, now the 2025 Act, and we will of course try them again in the near…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityIt is a joy to serve under your guidance this afternoon, Mr Stuart. I plan to be here for the next two debates, so we will have a lovely afternoon together as we have apparently…09 Dec 2025HANSARDFinancial Inclusion StrategyAccess to banking is surely a key part of financial inclusion. The high street banks save £2 billion a year from having abandoned our high streets and town centres. Our post…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityI have only a little left, but thank you, Mr Stuart. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, who is a strong advocate for her communities and is echoing their anger at being overlooked…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Water ScarcityNot yet.09 Dec 2025HANSARD Network Rail Timetable Changes: Rural CommunitiesAnd to ensure safe and reliable onward travel, Mr Stuart. The reality is that when someone’s train comes in, if they cannot get to their next destination they are utterly…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Network Rail Timetable Changes: Rural CommunitiesWell, even the best timetabling is meaningless, Mr Stuart, if you cannot make it to the platform to catch your train. The Government have effectively scrapped the mid-tier section…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Creative EducationI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way and sorry to intervene so early in the debate. I want to make a point about outdoor education, which is also about enrichment…09 Dec 2025HANSARDReview of Carer’s Allowance OverpaymentsCumbria has a much higher than average number of unpaid carers, largely due to the much higher than average number of people who are older, and the situation is exacerbated by…08 Dec 2025HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyWhat assessment has the Secretary of State made of the impact on child poverty of the Government’s rather blanket approach to changing local government funding and taking support…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Pandemics: Support for People with AutismI pay tribute to the hon. Member and his marvellous constituent Ivan, who he is speaking about so passionately and affectionately. Does he agree that support for autistic children…02 Dec 2025HANSARDM6: Junction 38The hon. Gentleman is a world-standard crowbar applier in this place, but that was not a crowbar—that was very relevant. England’s connectivity with Ireland via Stranraer is…01 Dec 2025HANSARDM6: Junction 38If possible, I would be grateful to have sight of the workings showing National Highways’ consideration of the slip roads, and what drawings and designs it did and then discarded.…01 Dec 2025HANSARDM6: Junction 38I feel that the Minister is about to conclude, so I just want to press him on the meeting with myself and the local community. Is he willing to do that? He is welcome to come to…01 Dec 2025HANSARDM6: Junction 38It is a great privilege to secure a debate on a matter that is causing immense anxiety across Westmorland and beyond. National Highways is planning to close and replace seven…01 Dec 2025HANSARDM6: Junction 38Thank you. There will be an estimated cost to the service station alone of £1 million in damage if the junction is closed. Dozens of other businesses will also be affected, with…01 Dec 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI agree with everything that the hon. Lady has said about child poverty, and I welcome the lifting of the cap, but is there a little bit of a blind spot in this Government when it…26 Nov 2025HANSARDImmigration Reforms: Humanitarian Visa RoutesIt is a pleasure to serve under your guidance, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) for an excellent introduction and for securing the debate. I ought…25 Nov 2025