Questions
Oral questions: Home Department
“10. What steps her Department is taking to improve mental health support for police officers.…”
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Edward Morello
Liberal DemocratMP for West Dorset
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Adjournment
Adjournment: Government support for the greenhouse gas removals sector
“The question is that this House do now adjourn, and I call Edward Morello on government support for the greenhouse gas removal sector. Edward Morello.…”
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Debate
Cabinet Office
“It has been my huge pleasure to serve on the honourable Member’s Committee for the better part of the last two years, and as I stand down from it, I wish to thank him for his leadership—it has been exemplary. On the whole-society conversati…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Housing, Communities and Local Government
“12. What recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of exit fees for retirement homes.…”
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Legislation
Railways Bill
“It was my pleasure to serve on the Bill Committee, and I put on record my thanks to my honourable Friend the Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover), who led on the legislation for the Liberal Democrats, and behind whose expertise I hav…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Energy Security and Net Zero
“The UK is home to fantastic and innovative clean technology start-ups in the energy space. However, these businesses tell me that funding for start-up and, importantly, scale-up phases in this space is falling off a cliff. The net zero inno…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Defence
“7. What steps his Department is taking to expedite defence procurement.…”
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Debate
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
“A lot of my constituents say that there is effectively a two-tier system: if someone is able to use the digital system, it is extremely fast; if someone has a medical condition, they have to use the paper form, which creates all sorts of ad…”
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Debate
Peter Mandelson: Government Appointment
“This morning, Sir Olly Robbins appeared before the Foreign Affairs Committee. What I saw was a dedicated public servant who, over 25 years, has held some of the most senior roles in the civil service. The Prime Minister would like us to bel…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Security Vetting
“The Prime Minister wants us to focus on process and not his judgment, but this entire sorry episode is the direct result of his decision to make a direct appointment to one of the most senior roles in the FCDO of somebody who was wholly ina…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Middle East
“In his statement, the Prime Minister said that he wanted to double down on NATO. President Trump has attempted to use the threat to withdraw from the NATO alliance to blackmail other NATO countries into joining his illegal endeavour in Iran…”
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Debate
Fire Station Closures
“I congratulate my honourable Friend the Member for Melksham and Devizes (Brian Mathew) on securing this important debate, and I thank him and the Minister for giving me permission to speak. I am in danger of repeating many of the points tha…”
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Debate
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“I am sure I am not alone in having been contacted by constituents trapped in the middle east or by those further afield who were hoping to transfer in the middle east on their way home. I am extremely grateful to all the FCDO staff around t…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: China: Foreign Interference Arrests
“I praise the work of our police and our security and intelligence services in this case. I thank the Minister for his statement. Like him, I look forward to the publication of the Rycroft report. The Foreign Affairs Committee heard evidence…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Middle East
“The Iranian regime is a murderous regime. It is an exporter of terrorism, and a threat to regional and national security, and its removal is good for British security and good for the Iranian people. However, what comes next is even more im…”
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Debate
Police Grant Report
“The 2026-27 settlement delivers a cash increase nationally but once again fails to address the structural unfairness faced by rural forces such as Dorset. It does not properly reflect rurality, seasonal population increases or the cumulativ…”
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Debate
Lord Mandelson
“In evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee after Mandelson had been withdrawn from Washington, the Cabinet Secretary said that a summary of the developed vetting and conflict of interest report was given to the Prime Minister prior to Man…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Water White Paper
“The White Paper says that, along with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, DEFRA will implement a new “plan-making system”—a term I have frankly never heard before. I do not know what it means, but it says that water c…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Warm Homes Plan
“As co-chair of the net zero all-party parliamentary group, I welcome the expansion of the funding for solar and heat pumps. Prior to coming to this place, I spent the better part of a decade riding the solarcoaster, so I know for a fact tha…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Arctic Security
“The post-war world order was based on the premise that like-minded western liberal democracies would stand up for each other, expand democracy wherever we saw it and lower the barriers to free trade, and that through NATO we would engage in…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Offshore Wind
“I welcome the results of the AR7 allocation. This is about protecting working families from volatile fossil fuel prices set by foreign powers that have repeatedly used oil and gas as geopolitical weapons. Relying on Trump’s America or Putin…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Health and Social Care
“4. What steps his Department is taking to ensure the accessibility of regular NHS dental check-up appointments in West Dorset constituency.…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: New Medium Helicopter Contract
“I congratulate my constituency neighbour, my honourable Friend the Member for Yeovil (Adam Dance), on securing this important urgent question. Leonardo may be based in Yeovil, but many of its 3,000 employees live in my West Dorset constitue…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Venezuela
“I will not mourn the passing of the Maduro regime, but I will mourn the passing of the rules-based international order. If we accept the premise that a big-power country can do what it wants without any ramifications, anywhere in the world,…”
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Debate
Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief
“Happy new year, Madam Deputy Speaker. I pay tribute to the farmers of West Dorset who have never stopped campaigning against the family farm tax, and especially those hardy ones who have repeatedly driven their tractors up to London to let …”
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Legislation
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
“To the honourable Gentleman’s point about changing behaviour, we have already seen reports that two out of five people are less likely to save if the salary sacrifice scheme goes. We have already seen a reduction in contributions because of…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Science, Innovation and Technology
“Online harm and harassment amplifies real-world violence. In West Dorset, 14-year-old Isabella was brutally attacked, but the lasting trauma came from the assault being deliberately filmed and circulated online and in group chats in schools…”
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Legislation
Finance (No. 2) Bill
“Labour Members have made much of the fact that, upon a family farm being inherited, the inheritance tax will be payable over 10 years. They completely ignore the fact that 30% of family farms made no profit at all last year. Invariably, tho…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
“As the Minister said, the UK is the penholder on Sudan at the UN. There clearly need to be comprehensive arms embargos and sanctions against those actors who are fuelling the violence in Sudan. Given that one of those is Russia, which is a …”
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Debate
Seasonal Work
“Tourism is vital to the economy of West Dorset and hospitality is one of the largest employers. Our population soars by 40% during the summer months and those businesses require seasonal workers. Given all the headwinds my honourable Friend…”
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