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23 Mar 2026Rail Connections to London: Rural Towns

The hon. Lady makes an excellent point. I recognise wholly the vulnerability of the line at Dawlish, which my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) has also been campaigning on. I am sure that together, Devon and Cornwall MPs can keep up the fight. To conclude, reliable rail links are essential in ke

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19 Mar 2026Banking Services: Accessibility

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate, because so many people in my area of Devon, as well as his area of Cornwall, feel strongly about the issue. Not only are fewer services available when a bank closes its high street branch, but, if they are available a banking hub, they are available only one day

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11 Mar 2026 Disability Equipment Provision

It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Betts. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (Seamus Logan) for securing this debate. Disabilities impact the lives of many people in the south-west of England, with older people some of the most affected. Age UK says that disabilitie

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

Mr Agranovich, I have the same question for you on the geographic origins of those inauthentic networks.

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

Could you expand on what you saw originating from the PRC in relation to Taiwan?

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

What themes or narratives were suffused in the Russian posts?

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

Could you suggest where those 38 networks may have been based geographically?

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

Mr Law, do you have raw data?

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

Thank you. In a minute, I will ask a bit more about where. Dr Fernández, what about X?

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9 Mar 2026Middle East: Defence

The Secretary of State made the distinction between permitting the use of British bases for offensive action and for defensive action. I understand the need to protect and defend British citizens in the middle east, but can the Secretary of State explain how he is seeking to maintain this distinction between offensive

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

The last question from me relates to extremist content promoted by Daesh. Sometimes, synthetic content is developed—synthetic audio, images and text—so how are you adapting your content moderation to take account of such AI-generated extremist content?

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

Could you give an example?

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

Thank you for your description of the processes. I feel like we have been heavy on process so far, and a little light on data. It is useful to hear proportions such as 90% is removed with zero views and 95% is removed within two hours, but could we go beyond thinking about proportions to thinking about the raw data? Pe

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

What are the narratives that you see at X in relation to Russia?

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9 Mar 2026Foreign Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 703)

Dr Fernández, what about the geographic origins of those networks for X?

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4 Mar 2026 Healthcare in Rural Areas

It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Blake Stephenson) for securing this debate and for talking about the one-size-fits-all solution, which I completely recognise. He is right to say that neighbourhood health hubs need to apply to proper neighbo

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4 Mar 2026 NATO and the High Arctic

In its negotiations with the United States, Denmark pledged to raise defence spending from 2.4% of GDP last year to 3% of GDP this year and next. Does the Minister think that the example Denmark is setting is a good one for the United Kingdom?

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4 Mar 2026 NATO and the High Arctic

My hon. Friend knows a great deal about this subject; I am also grateful to the hon. Member for Halesowen (Alex Ballinger) for securing this debate. Yesterday, President Trump suggested that our current Prime Minister is no Churchill. Should we not add that the current President of the United States is no Franklin D. R

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3 Mar 2026Spring Forecast

Many small and medium-sized enterprises add value to our towns and villages, but I am concerned about their survival. The Community Waffle House in Axminster is a community interest company that is struggling under the pressure of last year’s national insurance increases. Waffle Axminster boasts £3.9 million in public

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2 Mar 2026Middle East

In his statement, the Prime Minister explained his disagreement with the US President about UK participation in the initial strikes, and I commend that decision. When the UK refused to participate in US interventions in Vietnam and Grenada, Harold Wilson and Margaret Thatcher kept their disagreements private, but that

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