Helen Whately: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) for securing this debate about hospice care in South Devon. Like many of us, he has personal experience of the wonderful work of hospices. He spoke of his mother Linda and his step-daughter. I remember my grandmother being cared for in a hospice that was also in the...
Richard Foord: ...they put in. The changes they make can have a real and immediate impact on people’s lives. Councils are responsible for everything from bins to social care to potholes. Some people in my part of Devon would say that they need reminding from time to time that they are responsible for filling in the potholes, rather than just being responsible for them—but, in short, they do a lot of...
Steve Barclay: ...targeting the conservation of more than 260 flagship species.Publishing a plan to recover England’s temperate rainforests, a globally rare and important habitat found in, for example, Cornwall, Devon, and Cumbria.Creating two new community forests in Tees Valley and Derbyshire – locally led projects planting trees near to where people live and work.Launching a competition for a second...
Richard Foord: It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. As an MP representing rural Devon, every day I see at first hand the impact on my constituents of decisions made in Westminster. The Conservative party was pretty canny in 2019 to include in its manifesto the term “levelling up”, because what people in my constituency heard was that the historical imbalance between the west...
Lee Rowley: ...chairmanship, Sir Charles. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double) on securing this important debate. I know that colleagues in Cornwall and Devon have returned to this issue time and time again and that there are very strong views about it. As clear advocates of their constituencies, they have highlighted the issues they see in their...
Andrew Stephenson: ...Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; - Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; - Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; - Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; - Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust; - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust; - The...
Richard Foord: ...in the statement. I was pleased to see the extension of the business rate discount, including for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses, of which we have many excellent ones in my part of east Devon. The decision to keep the triple lock on pensions was also welcome, and ensures that pensions rise to match earnings, giving pensioners peace of mind and financial security. I called for...
Jacob Young: ...is a long gap before a sale completes. However, I have heard her comments and those of the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich, and I know that that is an issue in places such as Cornwall and Devon. I commit to working with the hon. Member for North Shropshire and others to address those points. If a landlord tries to abuse the system, there are financial repercussions for breaches and...
Michael Gove: ...level three’ mayoral deals for Greater Lincolnshire, and Hull and East Yorkshire; and ‘level two’ non-mayoral deals for Cornwall, and Lancashire. We are also in advanced negotiations with Devon and Torbay about a ‘level two’ devolution deal for the area. As we widen the pool of devolution, we also continue to deepen it: a new ‘level four’ deal in our devolution framework...
Jeremy Hunt: ...that recognises the role of pubs and high street shops in our communities. I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Stockton South (Matt Vickers), for Barrow and Furness (Simon Fell) and for East Devon (Simon Jupp) for their tenacious campaigning on this issue. Finally, I turn to the smallest of all businesses—those run by the self-employed. These are the people who literally kept our...
Jo Churchill: ...MOT by delivering Midlife MOTs through our network of Jobcentre Plus offices and launching a private sector pilot delivered via providers, in three areas (the North East of England; Cornwall & Devon; and East Anglia). As part of the Government’s continued commitment to support older workers, the Spring Budget 2023 set out a significant, wide-ranging package of DWP measures that represent...
Edward Argar: ... £ 152,883 Cheshire Constabulary £ 267,820 City Of London Police £ 55,061 Cleveland Police £ 93,267 Cumbria Constabulary £ 61,391 Derbyshire Constabulary £ 190,023 Devon & Cornwall Police £ - Dorset Police £ - Durham Constabulary £ - Dyfed-Powys Police £ 142,837 Essex Police £ 173,560 Gloucestershire Constabulary £ 122,782 Greater Manchester...
Lucy Frazer: ...and worked hard on the issues in it for a number of years. I would like to thank my hon. Friends the Members for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins), for Aylesbury (Rob Butler), for East Devon (Simon Jupp) and for Warrington South (Andy Carter) for their thoughtful and considered engagement. I would also like to thank the previous iteration of the shadow Front Bench for its support, and...
Lloyd Russell-Moyle: ..., we heard from Gemma Marshall, who every year has to look for a new house and has had to change her children’s school three times. She lives not in London, which is even worse, but in north Devon. This problem affects all parts of our country. We also heard from Amy Donovan, who does live in London, and equally has had to move numerous times, which has meant that she cannot commute to...
Richard Foord: ..., the east midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber. There was no mention of the south-west. How can this Conservative Government claim that they want to level up communities when Conservative-run Devon County Council cannot even level up the potholes?
Selaine Saxby: Will my right hon. Friend join me in thanking The Veterans Charity in North Devon for their Poppies to Paddington operation, which saw 231 wreaths from the Great Western Railway region reach Paddington for Remembrance Day, and for their incredible work to help support our wonderful veterans across the UK?
James Cartlidge: ...Gentleman talks about the fleet solid support ships being built in foreign yards. I can assure him that recently, I had the great pleasure of visiting Harland & Wolff at its Appledore yard in north Devon. That is in the UK, and it is where a significant part of the FSS contract will be made.
Selaine Saxby: ...the strike price 22 times in the Chamber, and I think everyone is well aware of my views on AR5. I hope that we can rectify the issue as we move into AR6 and that the voice of my community of North Devon will be heard, because some of the issues we are dealing with locally will be replicated around the coast. We need to get these things right if communities are to welcome these...
Ian Liddell-Grainger: I rise yet again to bring to the Leader of the House another tale of woe, incompetence and financial stupidity from Mid Devon Liberal Democrats. The elected idiots have driven the council to bankruptcy, because they will not make savings, but their useless leaders have given themselves a bung of £50,000, which is obviously ridiculous. I also notice that the head of scrutiny—another...