Commons
Westminster Hall
12 February 2026
UK-EU Agritrade: SPS Agreement
The SPS is a really positive development and an opportunity for us. If the suggested timescales do come off, it will be impressively quick, but with such fast timescales come the risks mentioned in the report. Does the Chair agree that it is important to not only maintain our higher welfare standard…
Commons
Oral Questions
10 February 2026
Businesses: Cost of Energy
In Cornwall, after our groundbreaking critical minerals strategy, there is the possibility that floating offshore wind could power critical minerals processing plants. This is a fantastic opportunity. Will the Minister look closely at the proposals and see how the Department can help something like …
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 February 2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool North and Fleetwood (Lorraine Beavers) for securing this debate. It is crucial for my constituents who have dedicated their entire careers to public service at naval air stations, the Inland Revenue and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Af…
Commons
Committee Stage
3 February 2026
Railways Bill (Ninth sitting)
Perhaps the Minister can confirm that the veterans scheme is incredibly important, that we all agree with it being there, and that there are absolutely no plans to remove it.
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 February 2026
Indefinite Leave to Remain
I spoke in a previous petition debate on this topic last year. At that point, the plans had not been published, and I asked for details of how the changes might affect my constituents, many of whom were very worried and had written to me about their concerns.
In that debate, I talked primarily abou…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
29 January 2026
Topical Questions
The Minister mentioned the music venue levy earlier. He knows that my constituency has amazing music venues, so when will the first payment from that levy be made to those smaller venues?
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
29 January 2026
2 contributions
Encouraging Exports
5. What steps he is taking to encourage businesses to export.
I am grateful to the Minister for last week meeting me and a representative of Watson-Marlow, a business in my constituency, to discuss barriers to export. Many businesses I have spoken to have been frustrated about the difficulty of moving people, goods and equipment to Europe post Brexit, and they…
Commons
Committee Stage
29 January 2026
Railways Bill (Seventh sitting)
I have a couple of small points to make. Cornwall has a very well-developed local integrated transport plan and devolution of bus franchising as well. Will the Minister reassure Members representing non-mayoral areas that GBR will have some regard to the solid local plans we already have in place?
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Commons
Debate
28 January 2026
Education Funding: Distribution
As a vice-chair of the f40 group and as an MP in Cornwall, which has the 13th lowest SEND funding, I understand exactly what the hon. Member is talking about. Does she agree, however, that we now have a welcome focus on SEND, that we have increased funding, and that the schools White Paper and the S…
Commons
Debate
28 January 2026
6 contributions
Youth Unemployment
Will the hon. Lady give way?
rose—
+4 more contributions in this session
Commons
Debate
26 January 2026
2 contributions
Armed Forces Bill
As a Back-Bench Member of Parliament, I understand that it is rare to see a ten-minute rule Bill progress all the way into law. That is why I was so pleased when I learned that the Armed Forces Bill has incorporated the proposal from my Bill to bring Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel within the remit …
I thank the right hon. Gentleman. I remember the ship sailing from Falmouth and coming back.
Clause 30 of the Armed Forces Bill now delivers what I argued for and formally brings RFA personnel within the scope of the Armed Forces Commissioner. The reform does not change the RFA’s legal status or di…
Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
22 January 2026
2 contributions
Emergencies: Rural and Coastal Areas
1. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve resilience to emergencies in rural and coastal areas.
I thank the Minister for his answer. Storm Goretti was a wake-up call for Cornwall and nationally. It tested the resilience of rural and coastal Britain to these extreme weather events. In Cornwall alone, we lost over 1,000 trees and thousands of people were left without power and water. It exposed …
Commons
Debate
15 January 2026
Covid-19: Financial Support
I thank the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Manuela Perteghella) for securing the debate on this really important subject. The covid-19 pandemic was an incredibly difficult time for many people—healthcare and other key workers who served their communities courageously; people who contracted the v…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
15 January 2026
Prisons: Illegal Drugs
Coincidentally, I visited HMP Wandsworth yesterday and was impressed by the progress that it has made in staff retention over the last year or so. The prison has a new unit with support for prisoners with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and addiction issues, and it…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
14 January 2026
Offshore Wind
As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for the Celtic sea, I welcome the floating offshore wind test and demo model awarded a contract for difference in the Celtic sea. It will open up the Celtics sea to investment. There are other test and demo models in the Celtic sea. What can the Secre…
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 January 2026
Horse and Rider Road Safety
In my constituency we have Cornish hedges, which are made of stone, and they make it even more dangerous, particularly as a lot of drivers do not realise that they are stone. They make it even more important for drivers to give horses as much room as possible.
Commons
Proceedings
13 January 2026
Storm Goretti
Let me first take this opportunity to thank members of the emergency services teams and the utilities, the volunteers and everyone across Cornwall who has looked after their neighbours and responded so brilliantly to a storm that tested the resilience of rural and coastal Britain to the hilt. It exp…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
8 January 2026
2 contributions
Local Transport Authority Funding Settlements: Buses
14. What recent progress she has made on providing long-term funding settlements to local transport authorities for bus services.
I thank the Minister for that answer. I was very pleased to hear that he has already spoken to Go South West, which is working to fill the gaps left by our private bus provider’s recently withdrawn services. Those buses were vital for getting students to university and our two large further educatio…
Commons
Debate
7 January 2026
2 contributions
Rural Communities
I represent a constituency that covers a small city, a town and a large rural area. Much of that rural area is the Roseland peninsula, and it is coastal. When I was researching for my maiden speech, I found that David Penhaligon wrote about the challenges that threatened rural Cornwall 50 years ago,…
I agree that communities must have a say, but they must also benefit, and that is one of the things that the Government will ensure.
Another type of security is food security. We had a very difficult decade under the Conservatives. Brexit caused real problems at the border, which our sanitary and p…
Commons
Westminster Hall
7 January 2026
UK Town of Culture
In Cornwall, we do not have big urban centres; we have towns with populations of about 20,000. That is why the UK town of culture competition is one that a large rural area such as Cornwall can get involved in. I am taking it as a good example of the Government’s commitment to, and awareness of, the…
Commons
Debate
5 January 2026
Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief
I welcome this sensible compromise and point out that the £800 million put into the environmental land management scheme in 2023-24 will become £2 billion by 2028-29, along with the sustainable farming incentive being reintroduced in April, the land use framework and the farming road map. Does the M…
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
15 December 2025
Topical Questions
Earlier this year I welcomed the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill receiving Royal Assent. Currently there is no such equivalent for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Will the Minister confirm the plan to introduce an Armed Forces Commissioner for the RFA in the Armed Forces Bill next year, as set out in my t…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
11 December 2025
Topical Questions
T2. I welcome the Chancellor’s announcement of the £30 million Kernow industrial fund, and the fantastic critical minerals strategy. With the pipeline of floating offshore wind projects in the Celtic sea, it is vital that we invest in Cornish supply chains and infra- structure. In my constituency, w…
Commons
Debate
10 December 2025
3 contributions
Seasonal Work
Does the Minister agree that part of the problem was caused by the Conservatives, who did not welcome the introduction of the minimum wage in 1998, saying that it would destroy businesses, and later when in government split the minimum wage so that people over 25 got more than people under 25, which…
Will the hon. Member give way?
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
Women and Equalities
10 December 2025
2 contributions
Transgender People: Safe Spaces
3. What steps she is taking to ensure the provision of safe spaces for transgender people in the context of the draft code of practice issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
I thank the Minister for that answer. I have very vulnerable constituents who have raised concerns about the draft EHRC guidance on transgender people. Many are scared and fear rising transphobia and discrimination. What steps is she taking to ensure that we protect the rights and dignity of everyon…