Speeches by Kirkham.

“I agree that rural households such as those in my part of Cornwall desperately need the warm homes plan. Does the hon. Member agree that other sources of energy provision—for instance, ground source heat pumps and liquid fuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil—could also be included, and would be a good addition to th…”

“I live in Cornwall, so I was going to ask a bit more about housing and planning going into the future. We are still seeing houses built around our coast that are maybe in those managed realignment areas, or the roads right next to them are in those managed realignment areas. How are local authorities balancing the need…”

“I suppose I was looking at it from a slightly different angle. In Cornwall, people are still building luxury apartments and things right on the coast, and it is that development that does not seem the most sensible, and that we would be looking at curtailing a little bit. As of 2021, less than 6% of the coast was in a …”

“I live in Cornwall, so I was going to ask a bit more about housing and planning going into the future. We are still seeing houses built around our coast that are maybe in those managed realignment areas, or the roads right next to them are in those managed realignment areas. How are local authorities balancing the need…”

“And the resources to redraft the planning policy documents?”

“I suppose I was looking at it from a slightly different angle. In Cornwall, people are still building luxury apartments and things right on the coast, and it is that development that does not seem the most sensible, and that we would be looking at curtailing a little bit. As of 2021, less than 6% of the coast was in a …”

“So it is the funding to carry out the recommendations in the shoreline management plan?”

“And the resources to redraft the planning policy documents?”

“So it is the funding to carry out the recommendations in the shoreline management plan?”

“My son is dyslexic, and the statistic that shocked me is that 80% of people with dyslexia leave school without it being diagnosed, and that is the concern—that people will go through life not even realising why they struggle with certain things. Does the hon. Member agree that that needs to change?”

“I have a coastal seat as well. Not to take anything away from questions later but it does seem to follow. There have been a lot of suggestions around the House about the idea of something such as a coastal Minister. Is that something that you would consider?”

“Of state nationalisation, yes.”

“I am a co-operative MP. When we went to Germany, we looked at how their water sector was organised, and it is municipally owned in small companies. Of course, it was not in the scope of the inquiry to look at mass nationalisation, but would municipal methods of owning water, not-for-profit, co-operative ownership, be i…”

“He did.”

“Sometimes that science is a little bit out of date, so it is worth considering that.”

“A question about marine protected areas. There has been some good news about fishing in those areas, but considering that the sector is very concerned about that, will you be looking closely and taking socio-economic factors into account when looking at MPA management in the future, because it will impact those fishers…”

“Just a little bit of reassurance for the industry that that fund will be ringfenced for those fishing and coastal communities—it will not be diluted?”

“I was there when she made the statement, and it was very helpful. She talked about the coastal growth fund, building resilience, helping to modernise the fishing industry through high-tech, access to training and entry into the industry. She was saying that it would be focused on the fishing industry and that was helpf…”

“I am from Cornwall, so very interested in fishing. I wanted to talk a bit more about the fisheries fund, but will start by saying, just generally, that a lot of fishers, in Cornwall particularly and across the country, are quite disappointed with recent policies that are affecting them, particularly the outcome of the …”

“Of course. So a farming incentive but food production must be in that mix somewhere, mustn’t it?”