LabourMP for Carlisle
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. One of the things Sir Davis understood well is that the best causes we take up as parliamentarians begin not here in Westminster but in our constituencies, like the honourable member for Stockton West. Many …”
“1. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the sale of kits used to convert pedal cycles into e-bikes that do not meet the definition of an electrically assisted pedal cycle.…”
“Thank you. I thank my honourable Friend for giving way. She's setting out very clearly the illegality of the settlements on the West Bank. And the Geneva Convention is very clear on this point. Therefore, the reports that properties are now…”
“Julie Mintz thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I would like to thank my honourable Friend for securing this very important debate, which I know will be of interest to some of my constituents who find themselves victims of leasehold across…”
“10. What steps he is taking to help tackle the smuggling of contraband by drones into prisons.…”
“I thank the honourable Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) for introducing the debate so well. It is always a pleasure in this place when I discover that I have something in common with Members from across the House. In recent mo…”
“I am delighted that Cumberland council is to partner with Carlisle College and the Story construction group to renovate the old keeper’s lodge in Bitts Park in my constituency. The college’s construction students will gain invaluable experi…”
“8. What steps he has taken to support the relocation of civil service roles.…”
“4. What steps she is taking to ban conversion practices.…”
“1. What recent assessment the commission has made of the adequacy of polling station provision for blind and visually impaired voters.…”
“I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of residents of the village of Wetheral calling for traffic-calming measures, including a 20 mph zone, to improve the safety of pedestrians and other road users. The issue of traffic calming was …”
“My honourable Friend and I know that our constituencies are somewhat similar. My Carlisle constituents currently have to travel 12 miles to find a dental practice that is taking patients. That is an improvement: last year they had to go to …”
“Last Friday, I joined pupils at St Bede’s Roman Catholic primary school for their internet safety assembly. Thanks to their headteacher’s regular internet safety assemblies, St Bede’s children are now well versed in the subject. Does the Se…”
“5. What steps he is taking with the Scottish Government to support the delivery of the borderlands inclusive growth deal.…”
“It has been more than 20 years since I was one of half a dozen people who co-wrote the world’s first code of practice to protect minors from age-inappropriate content. One of the biggest challenges we faced then was age verification. Will t…”
“I thank the Minister for his statement today, and I also welcome the remarks of the shadow Minister, the honourable Member for Windsor (Jack Rankin). I agree that all too often when we debate these topics, it is in the context of a tragedy,…”
“Just before my right honourable Friend moves away from the single patient record, may I highlight the challenge remaining in cross-border communities such as mine in Cumbria? My constituents in Carlisle often register with a GP across the b…”
“My honourable Friend touches on a key point that a group of residents of Moorside Drive in my constituency have recently spoken to me about. For well over a year, they have been trying to get the developer Gleeson to take responsibility for…”
“I agree with much of what the honourable Lady is saying, but I would like to highlight a little glimmer of hope. Last week I visited RSPB Geltsdale in my constituency, which has successfully rewiggled and restored an ancient landscape—it is…”
“For over two years, residents on the edge of Carlisle, in Rockcliffe, Harker and Cargo, have been waging an excellent campaign against the building of a gasification plant—a campaign for which they have my full support. Cumberland council r…”
“The conflict in the middle east has again highlighted just how vulnerable our off-grid rural households are to fossil fuel-driven energy shocks. Does the Chancellor agree with me that the warm homes plan is a major opportunity to upgrade ru…”
“The Carlisle of my childhood was a thriving industrial hub of textiles, engineering and food manufacturing sectors, which were all sadly decimated by successive Conservative Governments. We do, however, remain home to the world’s oldest bis…”
“Q10. In the last week alone, two Scottish pensioners have been hospitalised following a collision with an illegal e-bike and a 10-year-old boy in Grimsby has been injured by another. The new Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 gives G…”
“My honourable Friend has been a doughty champion on the issue of dodgy shops. I would go as far to call her a guru on dodgy shops, if she will accept that accolade. Carlisle, like her constituency, is blighted by minimarts, vape shops and s…”
“Sadly, I have administered the wills of two relatives in the past year, both of whom held NS&I accounts, so I know acutely how difficult and emotional that time can be. I have two questions for the Minister in that regard. Can he assure…”
“As the current Youth Parliament draws to the end of its term, can I put on record my thanks to you, Mr Speaker, for your continued support of our Youth Parliament? Earlier this week, I met Bobby Forbes, who is Cumbria’s Member of Youth Parl…”
“Before I begin my brief speech, may I say how good it is to see my honourable Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton) in the Chamber? We owe her a debt of gratitude for both introducing the Bill and piloting it through the Hou…”
“Citadel Homes has issued demands for rent increases of over £200 a month, in tandem with no-fault eviction notices, to tenants in the Denton Holme area of my Carlisle constituency. Those affected have done nothing wrong. Will the Leader of …”
“Carlisle and north Cumbria has around 7,000 off-grid households, so I thank the Minister for his statement, which I know will be welcomed by heating oil and LPG households in my constituency. Will he reassure us that, in tackling the under-…”
“8. What plans he has to increase defence skills.…”
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