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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Quarries: Planning Policy

"I absolutely agree, and I sympathise entirely with the hon. Lady. I would go further. I made the point earlier about finding suitable experts who are able to apply their technical expertise to help campaign groups or MPs to rebut planning applications on a technical basis. They are simply not …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Quarries: Planning Policy

"As the hon. Lady will hear in the remaining parts of my speech, I entirely concur with her comments.

Given that the proposed quarry site is not allocated in Leicestershire county council’s minerals plan, which runs until 2031, we can understand why a group such as the concerned residents present …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Quarries: Planning Policy

"To conclude, there is no doubt that quarrying plays an extremely important role in delivering the homes, roads and infrastructure that our country needs, as the Minister has said and I acknowledge. That cannot and must not, however, come at the expense of the health of the people of our …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Quarries: Planning Policy

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered planning policy for quarries.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I am grateful for the opportunity to bring the issue of planning policy for quarries to Westminster Hall today. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 18 Nov 2025
Reconsideration Mechanism and the Parole Board Rules 2019

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the reconsideration mechanism and the Parole Board Rules 2019.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison.

In 2018, the Parole Board decided to release John Worboys, the so-called “black cab rapist” who drugged and raped women between …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Privileges

"I support the motion proposed by the Leader of the House and thank him for his kind words about me and other Members involved in this matter. The motion is, of course, about the report drafted by the Committee of Privileges. The task the House gave the Committee was, in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Developments near Lutterworth and its Surrounding Villages

"I rise to present a petition from 241 residents of South Leicestershire who share my concern about the threat of gross overdevelopment in Lutterworth and its surrounding villages. I declare from the outset, as a proud constituency-based MP, that I live in the affected area.

The petition highlights proposals such …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Sep 2025
Business of the House

"Following on from that question, Reform-led Leicestershire county council and Harborough district council have made a series of highly controversial decisions impacting on the people of Lutterworth and the surrounding villages. Does the Leader of the House agree that Freedom of Information Act requests that are made by constituents to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Standards

"I, too, thank the Leader of the House for so quickly coming forward with a proposal to enact the sole recommendation of my Committee’s third report of this Session. The Committee agreed its report on 12 June, and here we are, barely a month later, seeking to put its recommendation …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Privilege

"My comments will be necessarily brief, given the role that I play as Chair of the Committee of Privileges. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare) for the comments he has made and the respect with which he is conveying this motion to the Committee.

…..."

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