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HANSARDSustainable Farming IncentiveI was contacted by members of the Great Big Dorset Hedge initiative three weeks ago, who told me that capital grants under SFI had already been frozen. Can the Minister confirm…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Housing Development Planning: Water CompaniesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) for securing this important debate. It…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Rural Communities: Government SupportDoes my hon. Friend agree that many children in rural areas such as mine rely on the school bus? When the previous Government increased the age of participation from 16 to 18,…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. The Government’s statistics on women in the criminal justice system show that women are more often prosecuted for much more minor offences and suffer from short prison…11 Mar 2025HANSARDSocial HousingEvery day, another family contact my office because they are homeless, and they are placed in a hostel, with no functioning kitchen and no private bathroom, miles away from their…03 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsHomelessness stats published last week show that rough sleeping has increased for the third year in a row and is now 91% higher than in 2021, yet the Vagrancy Act 1824 has not…03 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineI welcome the Government’s commitment to increasing defence spending, but I am troubled by it being done entirely on the back of the overseas development aid budget. I hope that…03 Mar 2025HANSARD High Street Rental AuctionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I congratulate my neighbour, the hon. Member for Bournemouth West (Jessica Toale), on securing this important…26 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI absolutely will, Madam Deputy Speaker. They asked me to ask you—sorry, they asked me to ask the Minister what guarantee can be offered that the scheme will open immediately, and…25 Feb 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountI thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. It is deeply troubling that we remain so reliant on the foreign gas markets and that, as a result, vulnerable people in…25 Feb 2025HANSARDDrug Dealing: Rural CommunitiesIt is well known that rural and seaside areas are targeted by drug gangs. Escapeline has assessed that up to 70,000 young people, some as young as six, are being trafficked. In my…24 Feb 2025HANSARDDrug Dealing: Rural Communities7. What steps she is taking to help tackle drug dealing in rural communities.24 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. Some 44,066 children—one in six—are waiting more than a year for medical treatment, compared with one in 100 adults. Waits are at their worst in community medicine. In…11 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsThat is not really for me to say, but I hope that they are listening. The important thing is that there is time. We have until April next year, and that is why the consultation…10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. Last week, I was invited to Goodens farm in Stoborough in my constituency. Phil Randall is a third-generation…10 Feb 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Local GovernmentI thank the Secretary of State for advanced sight of her speech, but I am disappointed that we read the list of cancelled elections on social media, well before it was made…05 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. In the village of Shapwick in my constituency of Mid Dorset and North Poole, 20% of properties have been lying empty because their owners, Aster housing association and the…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Cancer PlanI hope the Minister will join me in thanking the team at Dorset cancer centre in Poole, who enabled my step-mum, Sally Walls, to ring the bell this morning following the end of…04 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionOne of the most common areas of casework in Mid Dorset and North Poole involves children with special needs. Parents often cite awful experiences of children being manipulated out…03 Feb 2025HANSARDClimate and Nature BillAs a Poole Member, I recognise those places. Will the right hon. Gentleman join me in congratulating Dorset on being one of the only places in the country that has turned around…24 Jan 2025