Andrew George

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Derbyshire (Samantha Niblett). She refers to the fact that this is a Labour Budget, but I want to highlight how it does not contribute as I would h

The right hon. Lady has said that she wants to ensure that there is good growth in every postcode and has referred to the business rating system, but in the Budget the Chancellor extended the tax loop

My constituents are not demanding a multibillion-pound, high-speed answer to the five-and-a-half-hour journey time from Penzance to London, for example; they want just a fraction of that amount, to im

Indeed. There are many ways in which Ministers need to look at our whole housing planning system. It operates almost as if local needs were an inconvenient afterthought. Despite tinkering at the edges

Thank you, Sir Jeremy. I warmly congratulate the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff) not only on securing the debate but on the powerful and thoughtful way in which he commenced

Perhaps we should form the nine-year sabbatical club, and compare this issue with others that have simply not moved forward. As the hon. Member for Leeds North East explained, the situation is entirel