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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 Jul 2025
ECO4 Scheme Redress

"My hon. Friend is making an important speech. One in six properties in Cumbria is more than 100 years old. Almost all of them will be single-walled properties, which are incredibly hard to insulate. Yet the award of grants through ECO4 always tends to favour large companies, not the smaller …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Hospitality Sector

"I completely agree. Given that time is running out, I will restrict my remaining remarks to the topic that my hon. Friend referred to. I have one last stat: 66% of hospitality tourism businesses in the Lake district are operating below capacity because they cannot find enough staff. The demand …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Hospitality Sector

"It is a genuine pleasure to serve under your guidance this afternoon, Ms Butler. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (Mike Wood) for leading this debate so incredibly well.

It is my great honour to stand here on behalf of the communities of Westmorland …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Hospitality Sector

"I totally agree that we need to be really careful about piling extra costs, including the apprenticeship levy, on to businesses. I understand why the Government felt that they needed to make the national insurance rise, to increase the tax take to plug the hole that they inherited, whatever size …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Refugee Citizenship Rights

"It is a pleasure to serve under your guidance again this afternoon, Ms Butler, and a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Alloa and Grangemouth (Brian Leishman), who made a stunning and impressive speech on a matter he clearly cares about, as do I. I draw hon. Members’ …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Chancellor accept that cancer is a major driver of poverty? That is not only because people who are ill cannot work during their treatment, but because sometimes people who are happily cured find that they have collateral damage that means they cannot work at a full level throughout …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
Welfare Reform

"I spoke to a resident—a friend—in my constituency over the weekend. She is a wheelchair user since a failed back operation some years ago. She currently gets PIP. She gets three points for dressing and undressing and two points for washing and bathing. She needs help with both, yet she …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Draft Marking of Retail Good Regulations 2025

"It is a joy to serve under your guidance this evening, Sir Desmond. I thank the Minister very much for his introductory remarks. I support the draft regulations, which will provide the Government with a power to introduce “not for EU” labelling across Great Britain should it be needed to …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025

"It is a joy to serve under your guidance this evening, Sir Desmond. I thank the Minister very much for his introductory remarks. I support the draft regulations, which will provide the Government with a power to introduce “not for EU” labelling across Great Britain should it be needed to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Probably the largest single driver of child poverty in my communities is the enormous cost of housing. The average house price in my community is up to 13 times average household incomes. That drives grinding poverty, particularly among children. Will the Secretary of State have a word with her right …..."
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