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Agricultural Sector: Import Standards

Commons debates

I am glad to have a couple of minutes to wind up after what has been an incredibly valuable debate that has covered a whole range of topics. I start, of course, with the hon. Member for...

Agricultural Sector: Import Standards

Commons debates

Does my hon. Friend agree that if we can unify our import standards with our domestic standards, that problem disappears in many ways? The standards will be the same and therefore we will not...

Agricultural Sector: Import Standards

Commons debates

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. I remember doing that scheme myself last year. It was incredibly valuable, and I encourage other colleagues to do it. The NFU is doing a brilliant job....

Agricultural Sector: Import Standards

Commons debates

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting the biosecurity aspect of this issue. My farmers, too, have been significantly impacted by foot and mouth disease in the past, and I know how...

Agricultural Sector: Import Standards

Commons debates

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who makes his point well. I will touch on EU regulations later. Our Labour Government have a stellar record on this issue so far. In negotiations with India,...

Agricultural Sector: Import Standards

Commons debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of import standards on the agricultural sector. I am delighted to have secured today’s debate. I am very grateful to all colleagues...

Pensions: Inheritance Tax

Sam Carling received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in relation to changes to bring pensions pots into estates for Inheritance Tax purposes, whether the letter of wishes provided by a pension beneficiary or...

Pensions: Inheritance Tax

Sam Carling received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the inclusion of unused pension funds in estates for Inheritance Tax purposes will not increase the time...

Pensions: Charitable Donations

Sam Carling received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential benefits of allowing direct gifting of pensions funds to charity during a pension holder’s...

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

Department for Transport

Sam Carling received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the level of exposure to children of diesel emissions from buses operating near schools.

Engagements

Sam Carling made a speech in the House of Commons

In September, a National Secular Society report highlighted alarming numbers of extremist religious organisations in the UK from various faith traditions expressing hideous views about women,...

Mental Capacity: Medical Examinations

Department of Health and Social Care

Sam Carling received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of reviewing the current approach to mental capacity assessments, particularly...

Planning Permission

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sam Carling received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle repeated retrospective planning applications designed to delay enforcement action on...

Violence against Women and Girls Strategy

Commons debates

I welcome that the strategy will have a focus on tackling the root causes of misogyny and radicalisation in young men. Those roots are often laid in early childhood, so what consideration has the...

Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

Commons debates

I hugely welcome the appointment today of the chair and panel members, all of whom are brilliant appointments and who will do a thorough job. I am also pleased to see religion referred to in the...

Camden Nursery Sexual Abuse Case

Commons debates

This awful case underlines how important it is that we implement the recommendations from the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse as soon as possible. As my hon. Friend the Member for...

Ely: Railway Upgrade

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Member for Ely and East Cambridgeshire (Charlotte Cane) for securing this debate. As she said, there is a lot of support for this scheme across the political spectrum, and it...

Angiolini Inquiry

Commons debates

I hope that after the statement, we will all go away and check whether our police forces are in that 26% who still do not have those basic policies in place and, if that is the case, seek to...

Income tax (charge)

Commons debates

The hon. Member has made his point. As we heard from the Chancellor, all NHS efficiencies will be reinvested in its budget, and I welcome that. My constituents rarely raise with me the specific...

Income tax (charge)

Commons debates

That is very generous, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am delighted to speak about a Budget that builds on what this Government started last year and takes the necessary decisions to grow the economy and...