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HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewI very much welcome the Secretary of State’s reference in her statement to adventure and nature. Will she go further and agree that it is essential that every child at primary…05 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Chancellor consider in her Budget closing the loophole in small business rates relief that allows wealthy second homeowners to have their homes on the rental market for…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsJust like IKEA, it may not fit together. [ Laughter . ]04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsI strongly empathise with the Minister’s articulate fury at the previous Government and the damage they did to our village and town centres. But will she acknowledge the fact that…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsMy hon. Friend has listed a number of factors, but one that would not cost the Government very much money to put right is the lack of a workforce. In areas such as mine, 63% of…04 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza Peace PlanHow will the United Kingdom help to ensure that the Gaza peace plan includes measures to restore access to clean and plentiful water? The main source of fresh water in Gaza is the…28 Oct 2025HANSARD Family Farming in Northern IrelandWill the Minister take a look at the University of Cumbria report that shows that upland farmers in all four corners of the United Kingdom will, at the end of the transition, will…28 Oct 2025HANSARD Family Farming in Northern IrelandThe hon. Lady is making an important point. To follow up on the previous intervention, I wonder whether she has noticed in Northern Ireland, as I have in Cumbria, that farmers are…28 Oct 2025HANSARDYoung People: Employment, Education and TrainingSkills bootcamps in Cumbria have provided a great opportunity: 60 hours of training for young people in disciplines as varied as coding, scaffolding and project management. The…27 Oct 2025HANSARDHealth Service SpendingDoes the Minister agree that it is completely wasteful to make cancer patients who need to go for chemotherapy in Carlisle on a Wednesday but who live in, say, Kirkby Stephen to…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyPerhaps the biggest single barrier that prevents young people from rural communities such as mine accessing vocational studies through FE colleges is that they live so far away…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Support and AccommodationI commend the hon. Member for taking the time to visit to see for himself and to hear people’s voices, and I mean that sincerely. More colleagues should do that before forming…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Support and AccommodationI am grateful for the hon. and learned Member’s opening remarks. I too would like to put on record the support I get from the Refugee, Asylum, Migration and Policy Project. The…20 Oct 2025HANSARDEmission Reductions: Progress ReportA major gap in our ability to make progress in reducing emissions is the disconnect—both literally and figuratively—between small renewable energy schemes and the communities in…14 Oct 2025HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I wish to add my words of tribute to my friend, Ming Campbell. He had an impact on me long before I met him. The first general election…14 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingOne of the reasons for that suspicion is that farmers know that vaccination is not simple. It might be the most effective way of dealing with the disease if it is rolled out…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingI did not give my hon. Friend any warning whatsoever, so I thank him for his eloquence and for immediate springing to his feet on this issue, which he cares about deeply, as do I.…13 Oct 2025HANSARDHomelessnessThanks to the action of the previous Government and councils up and down the country, 90% of rough sleepers were got off the streets at the beginning of the pandemic, five and…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingGo on: you can make my point for me.13 Oct 2025HANSARDBovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger CullingIt is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your guidance, Mr Stuart. A massive thank you to the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell), who introduced the…13 Oct 2025