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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Businesses in Rural Areas

"It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Western. In eastern and mid Devon, we have many ordinary medium-sized and small businesses, but they are facing extraordinary barriers, including being held back by a lack of reliable broadband in rural areas. I appreciate that that is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Post-industrial Towns

"While the hon. Lady is talking about the south-west of England, I would hate for her to forget Axminster, which still has a flourishing carpet maker, but it does not have quite the same level of employment that it did in its heyday. Does she agree that Government can help …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"People in East Devon have been told that they must now travel to Exeter for audiology services that they previously received at their local community hospital. What steps are the Government taking to encourage new providers to restore accessible audiology services?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Iran-Israel Conflict

"I support the Foreign Secretary in his call for de-escalation. In April last year, the RAF participated in the shooting down of drones that Iran fired at Israel. Will the Foreign Secretary comment on why the UK acted to defend Israel from drone attack at that time, but did not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report

"At one of my surgeries, I heard from a civil servant who had gathered evidence for the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse across the whole of England. They described themselves as being

“left emotionally and physically drained”

after collecting evidence, only for the Government not to act on it. …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Covid: Fifth Anniversary

"I pay tribute to the hon. Member for West Ham and Beckton (James Asser) for securing the debate, which takes place five years after covid-19 swept across the country. It is right that we take a moment to reflect not only on what we have lost, but the duty we …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Covid: Fifth Anniversary

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. A covid register makes good sense. She mentioned symptoms, and those can also include tiredness, struggling for breath, memory problems and heart palpitations. We should remember that many of the people affected by long covid are the very people who took the brave decision …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Jun 2025
NHS Funding: South-west

"What does my hon. Friend think about how ICB funding is weighted? I contend that the formula overemphasises the size of each ICB and the size of the registered population, but does not account sufficiently for age, given that older people require more funding spent on them...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Jun 2025
NHS Funding: South-west

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jun 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill

"Local authorities could really do with compulsory purchase powers for cycling and walking paths. The Devon local cycling and walking infrastructure plan that came out last December said that

“certain private sector development…may come forward sooner, or later, than anticipated”.

Local authorities do not have any control over when they …..."

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