UK Ambassador to the US: Appointment Process

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 11th September 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon) has just mentioned another Member. I presume that he has contacted her to let her know that he was going to do so. Is that the case?

[Perran Moon]

No, Mr Speaker.

[Mr Speaker]

Please do not do that again. We are meant to treat each other with respect. This message is for all Members: if you are going to mention another Member, do them the courtesy of ensuring that they are first made aware of the fact.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 11th September 2025 Commons Chamber

[The Secretary of State for Transport (Heidi Alexander)]

The Government are committed to making Britain a clean energy superpower, which is why we are investing £4.5 billion to support the transition to electric vehicles. That includes £1.4 billion to support the continued uptake of EVs through targeted grants, with 35 models now eligible for discounts of up to £3,750 through our electric car grant. To make charging up an electric car as easy as filling up at the petrol station, we are also supporting the roll-out of 100,000 more public charging points, building on the 84,000 already available.

[Mr Speaker]

I call Perran Moon.

[Perran Moon]

Meur ras ha myttin da, Mr Speaker. I declare an interest as chair of the electric vehicle all-party parliamentary group. In the year to date, one in five new car registrations has been an electric vehicle, with the sale of new EVs up 27%. Demand is rising thanks in part to the Government’s proactive commitments to reducing transport emissions. Will the Secretary of State meet me to discuss how we can make even more progress by providing that vital certainty to industry transitioning away from a fossil fuel-based transport system and ultimately saving drivers across the UK thousands of pounds?

Property Taxes

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Wednesday 3rd September 2025 Commons Chamber

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Lab)]

The hypocrisy!

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I hope somebody did not use the word “hypocrisy”. I am sure that was not the case.

I call the Chief Secretary to the Treasury—and congratulations on your promotion.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Perran Moon.

[Perran Moon]

Meur ras, Mr Speaker. Carn to Coast runs GP surgeries across my Camborne, Redruth and Hayle constituency, including the surgery where my father practised for over 30 years. It is struggling under intense pressure, with deep-rooted health inequalities linked to the surrounding areas of deprivation. While I welcome the review of the Carr-Hill formula as part of the 10-year health plan, will the Secretary of State come to Cornwall and visit a Carn to Coast health centre with me, to see the innovative work that is already being undertaken and to discuss how the reforms will support health outcomes in the most deprived areas?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Monday 14th July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Perran Moon.

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Lab)]

Meur ras, Mr Speaker. Cornwall is desperate to access the highest level of devolution, but because of our national minority status, Cornwall cannot and will not join a mayoral combined authority. Before this House is asked to vote on a devolution Bill that discriminates against the people of Cornwall, will the Secretary of State meet me and colleagues to discuss a Cornwall-only devolution deal?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Tuesday 17th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Lab)]

A couple of weeks ago at my constituency surgery, though tears my constituent Amy explained how, following a hip operation in 2008, she suffered progressive nerve damage due to repeated failures in diagnosis, referral and treatment. Despite raising concerns for years, she was told that her pain was common. A nerve test in 2015 confirmed damage, and further tests last year showed a significant deterioration. After 17 years she has only now been offered surgery. All Amy wants to know is what steps are being taken to ensure that no other patient is left permanently disabled due to such prolonged and systemic failure—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. That is very important, but why does the hon. Member not want others to get in?

Business of the House

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 5th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Perran Moon.

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Lab)]

Meur ras bras, Mr Speaker. New data from the Office for National Statistics on sickness absence rates was published yesterday. As a Cornish MP, I am particularly concerned that the south-west has the highest sickness absence across the whole of the UK. Sickness absence follows poverty, and Cornwall’s poverty figures have been masked by wealthier pensioners moving there, meaning less support per capita from central Government. Does the Leader of the House agree that remote coastal areas, like Cornwall, need fairer funding settlements than those that we have had in recent years to lift people out of sickness and get them back to work?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Monday 12th May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Perran Moon.

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Lab)]

Meur ras, Mr Speaker. Some of the most vulnerable people in my Camborne, Redruth and Hayle constituency have profound anxieties about what the changes to personal independence payment eligibility criteria will mean for them. What steps is the Minister taking to communicate to people who will never be able to work again that the new process will not subject them to unnecessary and degrading assessments?

Trail Hunting

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Tuesday 1st April 2025 Commons Chamber

[Irene Campbell (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab)]

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says that out of control hounds on trail hunts have harmed people, pets and themselves in residential areas. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is urgent that trail hunting should be banned as soon as possible to close the loopholes in the Hunting Act 2004?

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I advise Members that it is easier for us to hear them if they look to the microphone.

[Perran Moon]

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and I entirely agree.

Trail hunting, as it is commonly understood, involves a pack of hounds following a scent trail laid by a human, with the intention that hounds will follow the trail, rather than chase and kill a wild animal. The functional difference between that and drag hunting is that animal-based scents of the traditional hunting quarry are used in trail hunting. That is usually fox urine, but the body parts and carcases of foxes, deer and hares can also be used. On the surface, it appears to be a harmless activity. However, there is now overwhelming evidence to suggest that trail hunting has become a thinly veiled pretence for illegal hunting activities under the Hunting Act.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Tuesday 25th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Lab)]

9. What steps he is taking to support civil liberties in Georgia.

[Mr Speaker]

Who wants it?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Monday 20th January 2025 Commons Chamber

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Lab)]

Meur ras, Mr Speaker. Cornwall’s allocation from the shared prosperity fund is good news and well needed. The Government are reworking the outcomes for the shared prosperity grants, and councils such as Cornwall are awaiting the memorandum of understanding for the grant before they can make agreements with providers. Ongoing schemes need certainty, as employees with three-month notice periods are relying on the contracts, and the old SPF scheme expires on 31 March. Will the Secretary of State confirm—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. That must obviously be connected to Northern Ireland when we look at it.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Perran Moon and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 31st October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Perran Moon for the final question.

[Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth) (Lab)]

I have more than 30 years of business experience, so the Conservative party’s claims that there is no business experience on the Government Benches carries about as much weight as their industrial strategy. Can the Minister confirm that prior to the election there were extensive consultations with business experts, which I bet the Conservative party wished they had done over the past 14 years.