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Andrew George

Andrew George

Liberal DemocratMP for St Ives

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Questions

Urgent question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make a statement on the management of the Maritime Coastguard Agency and proposed changes to payments made to Coastguard Rescue Officers.

“Mr. speaker, the minister knows there's almost 150 miles of coastline around my west Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency. At the top of the question. Rather the answer the minister gave earlier. He said the model has to change, but it…”

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Statement

Ministerial statement: Middle East

“Apart from the Netanyahu fan club on the Tory Front Bench, most right honourable and honourable Members condemn the appalling and murderous actions of his far-right regime. However, the Foreign Secretary surely recognises that Netanyahu is …”

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Legislation

Health Bill

“It is an enormous pleasure to follow my honourable Friend the Member for Gloucester (Alex McIntyre)—I call him my honourable Friend as he is a fellow member of the Health Committee. The 2012 Act was mentioned earlier, and I am one of the fe…”

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Debate

Penzance Driving Test Centre

“I rise to present a petition on the future of the Penzance driving test centre. The metrics used by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency assume homogenised geographic uniformity, but we are at the end of a long thin peninsula. The DVSA o…”

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Debate

SEND Provision and Reform

“I am grateful to the honourable Gentleman, a fellow member of the Health and Social Care Committee, for giving way. Is he not making two contradictory points, however? He says on the one hand that it should be legally enforceable—a point wi…”

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Statement

Ministerial statement: Middle East

“First, I should like to associate myself with the remarks of the honourable Member for Truro and Falmouth (Jayne Kirkham) with regard to the Cornish Merlin helicopters from RNAS Culdrose in my constituency. The Prime Minister knows that he …”

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Debate

Isles of Scilly: Transport

“I am pleased to have secured this debate, and I am sure the Minister is delighted that we have reached the Adjournment at a point when we have ample time to explore the important issues of transport to and between the Isles of Scilly. There…”

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Debate

Business of the House

“As an Oliver Cromwell enthusiast, will the Leader of the House find time for a debate on the purpose and function of the other place? I am sure that he will have studied very closely the wording of early-day motion 2709, which addresses the…”

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Debate

Fishing Industry

“Meur ras, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to follow the honourable Member for South East Cornwall (Anna Gelderd), a Cornish colleague who is a very strong advocate for Looe and the fishing communities around her constituency’s coast.…”

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Questions

Oral questions: Cabinet Office

“I am very grateful to the Minister for coming to Cornwall last week and visiting my constituency, which was noted and very much appreciated. He will know that west Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly took the brunt of Storm Goretti, and we hav…”

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