“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I sincerely thank my right honourable Friend the member for Orkney and Shetland for bringing this urgent question. These highly skilled, experienced Coast Guard volunteers are being badly let down by thi…”
“I thank the honourable member for giving way, and I just wanted to pick up on her point about the complexity of the scheme, as well as the additional cost on small businesses. I've got a fantastic vineyard in my North Cornwall constituency …”
“is the. If colleagues wish to leave this, you leave the chamber now very quickly. I now move on to the ten minute rule motion on medical services. Rural areas, and I call Ben Maguire.…”
“The honourable Member is giving an impassioned speech about areas that are underserved by rail connections. My constituency is one such areas—it does not have a single mainline station, despite being the largest constituency by land in Corn…”
“South West Water has pleaded guilty to illegal sewage dumping across my constituency, including at Bodmin and Harlyn. It will likely get yet another fine and a slap on the wrist—a cost of doing business. The Water Minister kindly met me rec…”
“Recent CPS data shows a welcome reduction in victim attrition in domestic abuse cases where the defendant was charged. However, the same CPS dataset shows little evidence of corresponding improvements in charging rates, timeliness or wider …”
“I am grateful to the Minister for his statement, having applied for an urgent question alongside the leader of Plaid Cymru in Westminster, the right honourable Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts), and other honourable Member…”
“I warmly welcome the Chief Secretary to her new role. My rural constituency does not have a regular or reliable bus service. It does not even have a single mainline train station, so my constituents are forced to rely on their cars to get t…”
“Rocketing fuel prices are hitting rural families in constituencies like mine, but the answer can never be to play directly into Putin’s hands by weakening sanctions, just as Ukraine is finally pushing back against Russia’s war machine. Does…”
“I will keep my contribution brief and speak once again on Lords amendments 98 and 98A, to allow other honourable Members to speak. Along with many of my constituents, I was very disappointed last Tuesday that the Minister failed to mention …”
“Some of the most shocking stories that I heard during the general election campaign on doorsteps throughout North Cornwall were of people pulling out their own teeth because they could not afford the high cost of private dental care. This w…”
“I will briefly speak to Lords amendment 98. When it comes to regions such as Cornwall and my constituency of North Cornwall, this Bill neither respects nor gives due consideration to our unique national minority status. In a letter sent to …”
“This Bill returns to us from the other place, where my Liberal Democrat colleagues tabled a number of crucial amendments that come before us today, which concern changes to the unduly lenient sentence scheme, the victims code, access to fre…”
“I thank the Minister for giving way right at the end of the debate. My constituency does not contain a single mainline station. The six Cornish MPs would also love to meet the Rail Minister. We have a plan called “Kernow Connect”, and we ha…”
“First, can I ask the Solicitor General to please follow up on her kind offer to chase the Justice Minister responsible for legal aid, the honourable and learned Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Sarah Sackman), about meeting me to disc…”
“I thank the Minister for his statement; it stood in very stark contrast to the response from the Opposition, which was chilling. Many Members have referenced the horrific online abuse that we see on a daily basis, which often originates, as…”
“I wholeheartedly endorse what the honourable Member is saying in support of new clause 11 tabled by the Liberal Democrats. Lots of my farmers in North Cornwall are constantly telling me that they are pleased with the Government’s decision t…”
“I met constituents in Boscastle last week who reminded me about the terrible events of 2004, when there were huge floods that were devastating. The honourable Member mentioned the one hour of battery back-up, which is absolutely farcical an…”
“Before we turn to the wider implications of the debate, it is important to acknowledge why the Liberal Democrats are pressing for full transparency today. Serious allegations have been raised about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s conduct durin…”
“As recently as 22 January, this Government formally committed to delaying local elections again, but facing defeat in the judicial review, they suddenly realised that the delay was unlawful. This U-turn has cost £63 million at a time when m…”
“Jury trials are not a peculiar way to run a public service; they are a fundamental pillar of our justice system, being eroded under this Government’s proposed court reforms. Serious reforms should focus on reducing inefficiencies that waste…”
“During Prime Minister’s questions on 17 December, the Prime Minister promised me a meeting with the Water Minister to discuss the scourge of constant sewage dumping in my constituency and the Lowermoor water poisoning scandal. I have follow…”
“Does the honourable Member agree that a real devolution deal, similar to those enjoyed by our Celtic cousins, must include a roads budget that is equivalent to the Cornish proportion of the strategic road network? Equating to around £95 mil…”
“I congratulate my honourable Friend the Member for St Ives (Andrew George) on securing the urgent question and showing leadership on this crisis in the absence of a Government response. There has been no Cobra meeting and no declaration of …”
“I would like to pick up on the point raised by the honourable Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) about the ludicrous situation where a farm that is worth £5 million if it is owned under a certain ownership model will not be subje…”
“Ryan Saltern was hit and left for dead by a drunk driver in 2019. The perpetrator received a four-month suspended sentence. In 2021, Ryan’s family launched their Ryan’s law campaign to increase sentences for hit-and-run offences, and in Oct…”
“Thank you, Mr Speaker; I also wish you and your excellent team, and everyone across the House, a very merry Christmas. Following on from my question on the legal aid means test for domestic abuse victims, I want to highlight the danger that…”
“Q2. I thank the Prime Minister for having confirmed a Cornwall-only devolution deal since my last question to him. In 1988 more than 20,000 North Cornwall constituents were poisoned by the then South West Water Authority, and in a recent BB…”