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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund

"Brixham has the highest-value catch in England, yet it is in Torbay, which is the most deprived local authority in the south-west of England. How will local levels of deprivation colour the allocation of funding for England?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"T10.   I have recently been contacted by International House Torquay, a language school, which has welcomed the opportunity for German foreign students to use ID cards to travel as a group. Can the Minister advise what further opportunities there will be for other European countries such as Switzerland, Italy and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What progress his Department has made on the implementation of the new hospital programme. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Conservatives still have not apologised for the appalling state that they left our NHS in. Torbay hospital is the third oldest hospital in the United Kingdom. It has a tower block wreathed in scaffolding to stop bits of it falling off rather than it being under repair, and it …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Ending Homelessness

"Thank you for chairing this debate, Mr Efford, and I congratulate the hon. Members for Liverpool Wavertree (Paula Barker) and for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on securing it.

Homelessness—what we see on the streets across the United Kingdom—is just the tip of the iceberg of the crisis in our housing …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Post-16 Education and Skills Strategy

"Torquay Boys’ grammar school has long delivered the international baccalaureate. My own eldest son, George, has benefited from that and, under the scheme, has volunteered in a care home. He is now on the cusp of becoming a registrar for care of the elderly. During my meeting with the head …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Pride in Place

"I congratulate the Minister on her appointment and welcome the core principle that she described: giving our communities the power to decide how to put money to best use. I am delighted that Torbay has been awarded two tranches of pride in place funding. However, it is a perverse badge …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Mental Health Bill [Lords]

"On funding, the Devon partnership NHS trust looks after people with mental health challenges in the Torbay community, where levels of depths of despair are particularly high. The trust is facing a £21 million cut, so does my hon. Friend agree that changes will be irrelevant if we do not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Digital ID

"I congratulate the Secretary of State on her new position. I am mindful of her previous position, where she masterminded the personal independence payment reforms, so with her proposals before us today I am concerned that she is fast becoming the Minister for lost causes. In my constituency, we have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Sentencing Bill

"The police in Torbay tell me that in Paignton and Torquay town centres a number of habitual offenders see a call back to prison as just a professional risk. Does my hon. Friend agree that after years of a lack of investment by the Conservatives, we need to see investment …..."
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