Results 81–100 of 600 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Derek Thomas

Levelling Up ( 2 Feb 2022)

Derek Thomas: It is brilliant news that small and medium-sized builders will get support to build 42,000 homes. Will the Secretary of State meet me and my Cornish colleagues to make sure those homes are retained by people who live in Cornwall?

Environmental Land Management Scheme: Food Production — [Geraint Davies in the Chair] ( 1 Feb 2022)

Derek Thomas: It is good to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies. You were far too lenient on the EFRA Committee Chair, my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish), so well done; that shows great character and integrity. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) for securing this critical debate. How wonderful it is to talk about the countryside, our...

Treasury: Cost of Living ( 1 Feb 2022)

Derek Thomas: What steps he is taking to help people with the increasing cost of living.

Treasury: Cost of Living ( 1 Feb 2022)

Derek Thomas: I have met a number of pensioners in my constituency who are on the state pension, but who also worked hard and saved for a private pension; not a huge pension, but a pension that they believed would help them meet the cost of living. Unfortunately, years of low interest rates and now the rising cost of energy, food and other things have made them begin to worry and they are very concerned...

Cost of Living — [Judith Cummins in the Chair] (25 Jan 2022)

Derek Thomas: I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in this worthwhile and timely debate. I apologise for not being able to take part in yesterday’s debate, but it is really important that we talk about how we can help households and families in our constituencies that are facing the real pressure of increased house prices, and all the anxiety and difficulties that go with that. I agree that the...

Cost of Living — [Judith Cummins in the Chair] (25 Jan 2022)

Derek Thomas: I completely would, and I welcome that intervention. However, in parts of the country, including my constituency, families with fairly decent incomes who would never qualify for that list are also seeing their rents rocketing. We are talking about the nurses, teachers and police officers we need to come to take jobs in Cornwall, or stay in the county, and who cannot afford the rents they are...

Cost of Living — [Judith Cummins in the Chair] (25 Jan 2022)

Derek Thomas: I will give way to the hon. Gentleman and then I ought to finish, because I am getting the eye.

Cost of Living — [Judith Cummins in the Chair] (25 Jan 2022)

Derek Thomas: I agree that there is a need for a time out to properly look at the energy market and how it works. The price cap we introduced a few years back was helpful and certainly it is helping right now; my understanding is that the variable tariff is the best to be on. However, I met policy advisers some years ago to discuss some sort of block tier energy price, where the first units paid are...

Covid-19 Update (19 Jan 2022)

Derek Thomas: I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, which is very welcome. I thank him also for the investment and care taken with vaccine-hesitant groups. Sadly, such groups exist within the NHS, and he is right to stress the need for healthcare workers to get the vaccine. However, may I ask him to consider carefully the consequences for our NHS in our constituencies if we cannot convince the...

Coronavirus Grant Schemes: Fraud (18 Jan 2022)

Derek Thomas: It is right that we look carefully at how council tax payers’ money is spent, but let me refer to the current covid grant scheme, particularly for Cornwall. We in Cornwall need reassurance that Cornwall Council has absolute discretion in how to ensure that current leisure grants, for example, go to the businesses that most need them. At the moment, the council is saying that it has to pay...

Health and Social Care: Topical Questions (18 Jan 2022)

Derek Thomas: Vast numbers of children and adults right across Cornwall cannot get access to an NHS dentist. That is not about funding, covid or even a lack of dentists; it is just that the contract under which they work is no longer fit for purpose. Next year, the responsibility for dentistry comes to Cornwall. Could we perhaps have a statement from the Minister about how we can reform that contract,...

Vaccination Strategy (12 Jan 2022)

Derek Thomas: It is great news that the Minister reports that 93% of NHS staff have received the vaccine—that is fantastic—and I commend every effort made to encourage NHS staff and all those involved in the delivery of care to receive the vaccine, but what will the Government do if, in a few weeks, a critically high number of people in the NHS have still not had the vaccine? Will they all face being...

National Food Strategy and Public Health — [Clive Efford in the Chair] (15 Dec 2021)

Derek Thomas: It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I commend my friend and colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Jo Gideon) for securing this important debate; it is great timing, and she is quite right to talk about what is coming up, with Christmas food and what might happen afterwards. I also want to pick up on the comments about Henry Dimbleby, who...

National Food Strategy and Public Health — [Clive Efford in the Chair] (15 Dec 2021)

Derek Thomas: That is good to hear, but when we spoke to him about the launch of the strategy and the Government’s initial response—in fact, the Prime Minister’s response when it was sprung on him, before he had seen the report—Henry’s take was very different to what we heard earlier. His comments about meat were also certainly different from what we have heard. I hope to come on to that in a...

Public Health (14 Dec 2021)

Derek Thomas: I want to believe that the new restrictions are motivated by the care and compassion felt by scientists and senior Government Ministers for the British public and to support the NHS. I heard the Secretary of State say that these measures will keep people safe and protect our liberties, but I am worried because that same care and compassion and support for the NHS does not seem to extend to...

Affordable Housing: Planning Reform — [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair] ( 7 Dec 2021)

Derek Thomas: I am grateful to the Minister for his response and to all the Members who took part in the debate. What was really clear from the debate, and something I hope will follow through to the White Paper, is that at the centre of the issue are families and people across the country who need housing. They need houses they can afford and that give them security in their local communities. If we can...

Affordable Housing: Planning Reform — [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair] ( 7 Dec 2021)

Derek Thomas: I beg to move, That this House has considered access to affordable housing and planning reform. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to take the lead in today’s debate. I would like to declare a registered financial interest in that I have a part-share in a property used for long-term rent. I am glad to have secured this...

Affordable Housing: Planning Reform — [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair] ( 7 Dec 2021)

Derek Thomas: I would not want a tabloid paper to misinterpret what I said about coming to Cornwall; please do still come. I am going to Devon as well, so let us not argue about jam and cream. Absolutely, the topic of the debate I had in 2018 was that very thing: how to ensure that properties that should pay council tax do so, because that helps to deliver services that we all need, including for those who...

Affordable Housing: Planning Reform — [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair] ( 7 Dec 2021)

Derek Thomas: I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. That is a theme with which we are familiar in Cornwall. In fact, in 2015 we signed a devolution deal that talked about one public estate. The idea was that all publicly owned land would be used for the benefit of the local community, including for housing. It would be fair to say that that has not materialised, for various reasons. When we talked...


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