Commons
Oral Questions
Women and Equalities
9 September 2026
Topical Questions
T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
8 September 2026
2 contributions
Regional Funding
16. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to regional funding arrangements on the economies of local communities.
As the furthest southerly Labour MP in the UK, I note several recent announcements of funding going to the north of England and mayoral strategic authorities. I have been very encouraged by the Prime Minister’s comments on Cornish devolution, and there is no requirement for Cornwall to join a mayora…
Commons
Westminster Hall
8 September 2026
Media Green Paper
In my constituency, more than a quarter of households failed to receive speeds of more than 30 megabits per second, and 11 of our 15 local areas rank among the worst-performing 10% nationally. Does the hon. Lady agree that a delay to the switch-off would afford remote coastal households enough time …
Commons
Oral Questions
Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
3 September 2026
2 contributions
Use of Minority Languages in Election Materials
8. What assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the potential merits of introducing legal protections for the use of minority languages in election materials.
Meur ras ha myttin da, Mr Speaker. Since January this year, Kernewek, the Cornish language, has enjoyed part III protection under the European charter for regional or minority languages, alongside Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. In the light of that recognition, what steps can the Electoral Commission ta…
Commons
Proceedings
3 September 2026
Bluetongue Virus in Livestock
I thank the Minister for visiting Cornwall last month to talk to some of our farmers about their concerns. As of Tuesday, there were 117 cases in Cornwall, and—as has been mentioned—a further 2,500 are under investigation nationally. My farmers have raised their concerns about the length of time it …
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 September 2026
EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Butler. I thank the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire (Pete Wishart) for securing this debate.
There can simply be no argument: Brexit has been one of the most disastrous decisions that the UK has made in modern times. This extraordinary m…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 September 2026
Global Tin Availability
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the impact of levels of global tin availability on the economy.
Meur ras, Mrs Barker. It is an honour to serve under your chairship once again for such an important debate, not just for the UK’s domestic energy security but for global climate change. W…
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
1 September 2026
2 contributions
Climate Change: National Security
14. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of international action on climate change on national security.
I associate myself with the comments of the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), about the appalling scenes in Nepal.
The success of our action on climate change is dependent on working collaboratively with international allies to secure resi…
Commons
Westminster Hall
1 September 2026
Face-to-Face Banking: Rural Areas
It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Wishart. While I welcome the many improvements to the digital banking experience over the past decade, I am concerned that those changes are moving services further away from the most vulnerable and from remote constituencies where digital connectivi…
Commons
Proceedings
1 September 2026
2 contributions
Speaker’s Statement
14. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of international action on climate change on national security.
I associate myself with the comments of the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), about the appalling scenes in Nepal.
The success of our action on climate change is dependent on working collaboratively with international allies to secure resi…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
16 July 2026
Topical Questions
Whenever the Secretary of State reviews the ZEV mandate, will she confirm that she will consider the entire electric vehicle supply chain, including the billions invested in domestic lithium mining, battery production and charge point operators, and not just the views of ICE-based legacy car manufac…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
16 July 2026
2 contributions
Transport Decarbonisation
14. What steps she is taking to help decarbonise the transport sector.
Meur ras ha myttin da, Mr Speaker. A key aspect of transport decarbonisation is attracting more people from cars to trains. As train journeys are generally longer, it is vital that journey time is productive, yet train wi-fi services are often hopeless. As the Secretary of State knows, Great Western…
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 July 2026
Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation
Meur ras. It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight West (Richard Quigley) for introducing this very important debate. It speaks directly to the reality facing my constituents in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, the furthest southerly La…
Commons
Proceedings
8 July 2026
NHS Corridor Care
On my hon. Friend’s point about burnout, we are entering what for many Cornish men and women is the dreaded tourist season, when our population doubles or trebles. My constituents in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle are concerned about the chronic capacity issues and the impact of the tourist season on p…
Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
7 July 2026
Topical Questions
South Crofty in my Camborne, Redruth and Hayle constituency is approaching the historic restoration of Cornish tin mining, but high energy costs risk the UK losing control of the supply chain in domestic processing and refining. If the Government are serious about building up a sovereign critical mi…
Commons
Proceedings
7 July 2026
Early Release of Prisoners
Further to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Stevenage (Kevin Bonavia), the last Conservative Government granted early release, largely in secret, to more than 10,000 prisoners, including domestic abusers and those who posed a risk to children, without putting appropriate safeguards in…
Commons
Westminster Hall
6 July 2026
Ceramics Industry
I thank my hon. Friend for giving way in this debate, which is clearly important not only to his particular area, but to UK manufacturing more widely. On the challenges of energy costs, the ceramics industry has suffered similar challenges to the critical minerals sector, specifically the tin mining…
Commons
Debate
2 July 2026
2 contributions
Access to Further Education
I want to raise awareness of the transformative role of further education in remote coastal communities, like mine in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle in Cornwall. Despite the talent, ambition and resilience of our young people, parts of my constituency continue to experience persistent deprivation. Nine…
I thank my hon. Friend for raising that point. In Cornwall, we have had significant issues with bus services to our colleges. We really need the Government to help with that.
Cornwall is on its way to an industrial renaissance as a strategically significant economic frontier. We are seeing exciting…
Commons
Oral Questions
Justice
30 June 2026
Court Transcripts
I listened carefully to what the Minister has just said. Court transcripts are important to a victim’s sense of justice served, but does she agree that access to this very important information should never be dependent on the victim’s ability to pay?
Commons
Westminster Hall
30 June 2026
High Streets
I completely appreciate the point that the hon. Gentleman makes about the decade of decline for our high streets, but does he agree that initiatives such as high street rental auctions and Pride in Place are putting money back into them? Does he recognise that those are positive schemes for his high…
Commons
Oral Questions
29 June 2026
Identifying Local Vulnerability
In January, Storm Goretti slammed into Cornwall, bringing down trees and phonelines, and cutting off individual communities. I was shocked to hear about the story of an elderly couple who were trapped in their bedroom because their stairlift had broken, so villagers had to winch food to them for the…
Commons
Westminster Hall
29 June 2026
Animal Abusers
Across Cornwall, there are dozens of cases of animal abuse every year and animal abuse is a blight on our duchy, so I welcome the principle of an abuser register. Does my hon. Friend agree that we should not just add perpetrators to the register, but ensure that the threat of custodial sentences is …
Commons
Oral Questions
Housing, Communities and Local Government
15 June 2026
High Streets
Cornish towns such as St Austell and Redruth desperately need support for their high streets, but Pride in Place criteria such as those on community cohesion and green spaces count against such towns. It is virtually impossible to be in Cornwall and not be close to green spaces. As those criteria ar…
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
9 June 2026
2 contributions
Health Inequalities
3. What steps his Department is taking to help tackle health inequalities.
I warmly welcome the Secretary of State to his place. Oversimplified indices of multiple deprivation scores do not reflect the difficulties in caring for people in rural and remote coastal areas such as Cornwall. The Government are committed to neighbourhood health, but funding is getting caught up …
Commons
Westminster Hall
9 June 2026
Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National Monument
Does my hon. Friend agree that with such division and discord across many of our communities, this initiative crosses the political spectrum? Does she agree that Sir David Attenborough’s life’s work should be celebrated by all?