Speeches by Newbury.

“One of the things that we, the Committee, have heard is that when people look at this from a broad view, they assume that if people have the option of online retailers that is increasing competition and therefore prices will be driven down. At the same time, a lot of those online retailers are owned by the big groups t…”

“It is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Dr Murrison, for what I think is the first time. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Burton and Uttoxeter (Jacob Collier) for, as always, introducing the debate so thoughtfully as a member of the Petitions Committee. I also thank the 386 animal lovers in my constituenc…”

“Last month, my constituent Kyle Pusey was recognised with Cannock Chase district council’s youth endeavour award for his years of outstanding volunteering at Norton Canes library. Kyle is known for being polite, hard-working and always willing to go the extra mile. Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating…”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) for securing the debate. I have been applying for a debate on this subject for many months, so it is great that we are having one. I warmly welcome the new farming Minister to his place, too. I recently had a catch-up with farmers in Cannock Chase…”

“The road map is a very welcome step forward that will give our farmers certainty for the future. I particularly welcome what the Secretary of State had to say on co-operatives, which could go a long way to redressing the current power imbalance in our food system. I hope we can begin that work at pace. We hear consiste…”

“On aerial firefighting, we know that is not as well-resourced or co-ordinated as it is in southern Europe, for example. Rob mentioned earlier that we are experiencing Mediterranean weather this week. Do you feel that aerial firefighting is an area that should have more focus at a national level at this point?”

“Fantastic. Just on resourcing, we saw that last December the National Fire Chiefs Council put out a statement calling for those fire and rescue services like mine that are frequently having to deal with wildfires, to have additional funding, and you mentioned things like PPE, off-road vehicles, detection systems and jo…”

“The announcement that came out on Saturday, does that give you some hope that the additional resource is going to be sufficient? Is it very much to be seen how much of an impact that has?”

“The final question is about water availability. This is something that we have looked at a lot as a Committee. We have many parts of the country that are drought stricken now. Is there any overlay between those parts of the country and the risk of wildfires? Are we seeing water constraints being an issue in tackling wi…”

“My constituency of Cannock Chase is obviously named after the former royal hunting forest, but it is now a patchwork of public and privately owned land. We have plantations, ancient woodland, heathland, a quarry, tourist attractions and so much more, so the risks are numerous and are obviously growing because of these …”

“The Chancellor will know that I have raised the need to take action on the costs faced by farmers and families alike, both of which she has done. The great British summer savings scheme will be a brilliant help with the cost of giving kids a great school holiday, particularly the free bus travel for five to 15-year-old…”

“14. What steps she has taken to help support households with the cost of living.”

“You picked up on something that I wanted to ask you about around volunteers and reliance on on-call. Obviously, that is always going to be there, but in areas of the country like mine, but particularly like North Yorkshire where you see this happen quite often, does the response from the community grow when you have wi…”

“My constituency of Cannock Chase is obviously named after the former royal hunting forest, but it is now a patchwork of public and privately owned land. We have plantations, ancient woodland, heathland, a quarry, tourist attractions and so much more, so the risks are numerous and are obviously growing because of these …”

“On aerial firefighting, we know that is not as well-resourced or co-ordinated as it is in southern Europe, for example. Rob mentioned earlier that we are experiencing Mediterranean weather this week. Do you feel that aerial firefighting is an area that should have more focus at a national level at this point?”

“The final question is about water availability. This is something that we have looked at a lot as a Committee. We have many parts of the country that are drought stricken now. Is there any overlay between those parts of the country and the risk of wildfires? Are we seeing water constraints being an issue in tackling wi…”

“The announcement that came out on Saturday, does that give you some hope that the additional resource is going to be sufficient? Is it very much to be seen how much of an impact that has?”

“You picked up on something that I wanted to ask you about around volunteers and reliance on on-call. Obviously, that is always going to be there, but in areas of the country like mine, but particularly like North Yorkshire where you see this happen quite often, does the response from the community grow when you have wi…”

“Fantastic. Just on resourcing, we saw that last December the National Fire Chiefs Council put out a statement calling for those fire and rescue services like mine that are frequently having to deal with wildfires, to have additional funding, and you mentioned things like PPE, off-road vehicles, detection systems and jo…”

“Before becoming an MP, I worked in communications in our NHS. Combined with numerous stories from my constituents, that gives me a view of the NHS at its best, but also where things do not work as they should. Very few of our constituents think about the structures of the NHS. For them, whether it is working right come…”