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HANSARDSecond Homes and Holiday Lets: Rural CommunitiesThe hon. Lady makes a great point and I am grateful for her intervention. It is not just a rural issue, although it may predominantly be rural. York is clearly a good example of…06 Jan 2022HANSARDSecond Homes and Holiday Lets: Rural CommunitiesI have, and I will come to some suggestions in a moment, including on how we might tackle the issue—to put it neutrally—of Airbnb. The hon. Gentleman raises an important point,…06 Jan 2022HANSARDSecond Homes and Holiday Lets: Rural CommunitiesI do not care who solves it—it needs solving. The UK Government have got powers that they could use.06 Jan 2022HANSARDSecond Homes and Holiday Lets: Rural CommunitiesI will be guided by you, Mr Sharma. Unless people are desperate, I will not take any more interventions. Members have the opportunity to speak after I finish. The point that the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeBack in the summer, when the Government announced the scheme, we were told: “Priority will be given to women and girls, and religious and other minorities, who are most at risk of…06 Jan 2022HANSARDSecond Homes and Holiday Lets: Rural CommunitiesI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of second homes and holiday lets in rural communities. It is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma.…06 Jan 2022HANSARDSecond Homes and Holiday Lets: Rural CommunitiesMr Sharma, I am very grateful to you for giving me a moment or two at the end. Thank you for giving us all the opportunity to make our points today. I pay tribute to the following…06 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI am passionate about free trade, and so are the farmers in Cumbria and so, I assume, are the farmers in Northumberland. No free trade is really free if it is not fair. When it…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateWe have a range of measures put in front of us, some of which will perhaps help a little bit, but will not actively control the virus very much, coupled with a colossal attack on…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Rail Investment and Integrated Rail PlanIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for High Peak (Robert Largan), who made a thoughtful contribution concerning his constituency. The integrated rail plan for the north is…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMembers on the Government Benches can shout, but they are literally voting for something that will see more people dead in the channel. This Bill is a charter for the people…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillNo pressure, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to speak in support of new clauses 10 and 11 and amendment 8 in my name. I do not say this lightly, but there is a deep wickedness at the…07 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm Arwen: Power OutagesThousands of us in communities across Cumbria have had a devastating 10 days that have been exhausting and even harrowing. I am pretty sure that all of us would agree with the…06 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenI, too, send my condolences and pay my respects to those who have lost their life in such awful circumstances, in particular to the family of the man who passed away in Ambleside…01 Dec 2021HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. This is the second day running that no Minister has come to this House—I have submitted an urgent question bid as well—to answer on the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. No Minister came to this House today to address the appalling situation for the 155,000 people across the United Kingdom who remain without…29 Nov 2021HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsA few moments ago, the Home Secretary said that she wanted to welcome people who were genuinely fleeing persecution, but how can she know unless we go through due process with…22 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.22 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Home Secretary for her reply, and I very much welcome what she has said at length. Eighty per cent. of the working-age population living in the Lake district already…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Alongside the hon. Members for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle) and for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds), and our friend in…17 Nov 2021