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HANSARDCouncil Tax: Second Homes10. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing council tax on second homes.01 Feb 2022HANSARDCouncil Tax: Second HomesRural Britain’s housing crisis has become a catastrophe over the last two years of the pandemic. The Chancellor will know all about that, given the kind of constituency he…01 Feb 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I rise in relation to media reports this morning of new education investment areas across England. This announcement was, once again, made to the…01 Feb 2022HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management Scheme: Food ProductionIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I want to say a massive thank you to the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown). This is an…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Health Inequalities: Office for Health Improvement and DisparitiesIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) on securing the debate and making an excellent opening speech. I…26 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Foreign Secretary has concluded a trade deal with Australia, which advantages those who produce their food using animal welfare standards far worse than those met by Cumbrian…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Requirements for Employees to be VaccinatedIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I am extremely grateful to the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day), who opened the debate, and…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCoal Use ReductionIt would be entirely appropriate for the COP President to comment on that and to intervene—it is a political decision whether to go ahead with a new coalmine in Cumbria. Should he…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination SitesUndoubtedly, additional vaccine sites in rural communities will increase vaccine uptake, which is vital. However, does the Minister agree that, for NHS staff, counselling and…18 Jan 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman outlines what he thinks are threats to farmers, but I do not agree that the Bill is a threat to British farmers. However, he alluded to the transition from…18 Jan 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]It is an honour to follow my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Penrith and The Border (Dr Hudson). He made a comprehensive speech, and, not for the first time, I agreed…18 Jan 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Gentleman give way?18 Jan 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. He will recognise, particularly having been in Australia, the nature of that husbandry. In Cumbria, the welfare of livestock is…18 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyI want to answer a point that the Minister made earlier. Obviously, during the pandemic, radiotherapy has been used as substitutionary treatment for people who would otherwise…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyThe Minister is being very kind and I really appreciate it. I have two quick points that I do not think she has mentioned. First, will she take up the request from myself and the…12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyWill the Minister give way?12 Jan 2022HANSARDAccess to RadiotherapyIt is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I pay tribute to my friend, the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris), for securing this debate and for an…12 Jan 2022HANSARDSecond Homes and Holiday Lets: Rural CommunitiesI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. The short answer is yes. The slightly longer answer is that the first homes scheme cannot be instead of other schemes but has…06 Jan 2022HANSARDSecond Homes and Holiday Lets: Rural CommunitiesI thank the hon. Gentleman very much for his intervention, which is really helpful and worthwhile. I would say two things. First, we have a desperate lack of affordable private…06 Jan 2022HANSARDSecond Homes and Holiday Lets: Rural CommunitiesI thank the hon. Gentleman very much for his helpful contribution, and for his ongoing concern and interest in this issue, which is very laudable indeed. In one sense, this issue…06 Jan 2022