🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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Greatworth in my constituency is a beautiful village, yet it is beset with problems. Not only is peak High Speed 2 construction going on, causing road closures, but the village is having inordinate issues with Anglian Water. Residents face a hosepipe ban and a lack of water pressure, while a standing pipe is flooding, pouring out water constantly. I will raise that with Anglian Water, but...
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Silverstone put Northamptonshire on the map this week with the best attended grand prix ever: 564,000 people visited over three days, which is amazing. The next date I want Members to put in their diaries is the Blakesley Show on 1 August. In its 141st year, it is the perfect opportunity for locals to celebrate our farming community. I hope that the Leader of the House will join me in...
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My constituent Guy Smith runs Sky Birds Sales, which successfully imports budgies. The Animal and Plant Health Agency has drastically changed its approach to batch testing, which is devastating his business. Will one of the Ministers meet me and my constituent to discuss this issue?
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Will the Minister give way?
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On the issue of support for businesses, Brackley Antique Cellar is a unique business that has 200 dealers, but business rates are really affecting it. Antique spaces often take on unique properties, and business rates are really hurting them. Will the Minister reconsider the business rates for businesses such as Brackley Antique Cellar?
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What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the development of large-scale solar farms.
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My apologies, Mr Speaker; my voice is going—it has nothing to do with England on Monday. These large solar schemes will need battery energy storage systems, but there are growing concerns about the safety of these systems. Other countries are looking at more prescriptions, whether through more regulation or technical parameters, such as size, but we in this country just rely on guidance....
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I think this is an important moment for us to remind all our constituents to check their insurance policies and make sure that they have sufficient cover, but on a practical note, may I ask whether the Minister expects the flood protection certificates to have the same status as energy performance certificates? Obviously that encourages improvement, but there may be a problem of stranded...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England collects data on avoidable delays in the diagnosis of leukaemia.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England collects data on avoidable delays in the diagnosis of leukaemia.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has (a) created and (b) appointed a National Wildfire Coordinator.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of aerial firefighting.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to secure targeted funding for wildfires as part of Fire Service budgets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration his Department has given to the use of fire ponds to tackle rural wildfires.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has plans to update the Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside interactive map to include data on wildfires.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a National Wildfire Database or Monitoring System.
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