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HANSARDFamilies in Temporary AccommodationWestmorland has 3,500 empty properties—the fifth highest number of any local authority in the country. The council has invested in three additional staff to make sure we bring…24 Nov 2025HANSARD Land Use Change: Food SecurityIt is a genuine joy to serve under your guidance, Dr Murrison. I pay tribute to the right hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) not just for her good speech, but for…18 Nov 2025HANSARDEnergy Costs: Support for BusinessesThe recent Cumbria Tourism business survey showed that 56% of businesses are struggling to pay their energy bills, with an astonishing 14% actively considering selling up or…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Land Use Change: Food SecurityIt is completely unacceptable and the consequences have been huge. I had a public meeting with farmers, on the day after the SFI drawbridge was pulled up, I think, and there is…18 Nov 2025HANSARDWarm Home Discount: Fuel PovertyWill the Minister commit to an emergency home insulation programme beginning this winter for people on the lowest incomes so we can drive down their bills now and, more…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseThe hon. Gentleman is being incredibly generous, and I thank him for his excellent introduction. Given that the condition is often degenerative and that, tragically, people do not…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseWill the hon. Gentleman give way?17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI, too, welcome the Secretary of State, and the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs, the hon. Member for Wallasey (Dame Angela Eagle), to their roles. I look forward to…13 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI will let the hon. Gentleman explain.12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThat is not the case. I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for mentioning two of the sources of the additional income that we would raise. It is all very well just to blandly…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyFuel poverty is a reality and a stain on our country. The hon. Gentleman is right to raise it on behalf of his community. Let us get to the heart of this debate. We must bring…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI will limit the number of interventions that I take, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Conservative party had a record of being, or at least presented itself as, the party of sound…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyWhen this country is at its best, we rise together to face challenges and threats. We roll up our sleeves and deploy ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to meet those threats and…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI will not. That would be a disaster for our economy, our communities and our young people. Far from bringing down energy bills, it would make us even more reliant on imported…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI will not. Just think about all the jobs that could be created in Cumbria if we did that, all the cheap energy that we could generate and all the bills that we could slash. We…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThe right hon. Lady says that it is not cheap. Over the lifetime of the projects, yes, it is cheap. Does the Conservative party not understand that the up-front costs are one…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThe right hon. Gentleman is being very persistent—go for it.12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI will not because we need to let other people speak later. Given the Conservatives’ record in government and the complete lack of detail about which spending they would cut, it…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyThat the right hon. Gentleman was the Energy Minister makes me question the selection standards of the previous Prime Minister. How far do we need to look? The channel is not that…12 Nov 2025HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In the early hours of Monday morning there was a serious derailment at Shap in my constituency, on the Glasgow to London line. It is now…05 Nov 2025