responsible land management, and action to end driven grouse shooting.
Protecting our uplands isn’t optional - it’s essential for nature, climate, and future generations.
Our moorlands are vital for wildlife, storing carbon and protecting our natural environment. They must be better protected.
I will be urging the Government to prioritise the wellbeing of our planet and these precious landscapes, with an end to moorland burning, better incentives for
Today I visited Beeley Moor to see the impact of recently burned moorland.
The damage is clear: charred ground, disturbed habitats, and a landscape that should be thriving left struggling to recover.
(2/2) ...and will continue to work to get the law changed so that social media cannot be accessed by under 16s.
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(1/2) Thank you to everyone who attended my panel event: Protecting children in a digital world.
I’m so grateful to Esther Ghey, Emma Mills, Dr Laura Spells and Dr Sanjiv Nichani for your powerful presentations.
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Ex-footballers with CTE deserve to receive support.
I asked the Minister what she is doing to ensure competition organisers provide adequate funding, and I welcome her commitment to hold a roundtable with football bodies and to press them on the need to provide such funding.
Always a pleasure to attend the Big Green Energy event at The Whitworth in Darley Dale to see some great climate conscious initiatives in the local area. These projects are vital to cut emissions, reduce costs, and build a more sustainable future.
Originally from Matlock, good luck to Shawna Pendry for the Olympic Biathlon today. Derbyshire Dales is behind you!
How I've been supporting my constituents this week👇
It is disgraceful that Tideswell brook was deemed to be the second most pharmaceutically-polluted river in the UK.
Today I asked the Government to consider requiring sewage treatment works to treat pharmaceutical micropollutants in order to protect our rivers and streams.
(2/2) Nestle’s investment in its employees - from onboarding training programmes to in-house career development paths - was particularly impressive.
(1/2) Thank you to everyone at Nestle, Tutbury, for a thoroughly enjoyable and interesting visit. I was pleased to see Nestle’s focus on sustainability and its strategy to deliver positive environmental outcomes.
It was a pleasure to spend time at Alderwasley Hall School and Sixth Form Centre alongside Olivia Blake MP, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on SEND.
The school does outstanding work supporting young people with Autism and Developmental Language Disorder.
2/2) It is important that regulation protects livestock from this terrible disease whilst ensuring that farming businesses in the Dales are not unduly burdened by regulation.
(1/2) Farmers in England are facing challenges selling their livestock in Wales due to restrictions linked to the bluetongue virus.
Yesterday I asked the Government what discussions have occurred between DEFRA and the Welsh Government to minimise disruption for farmers.
(2/2) the Government to ensure that this practice is ended as quickly as possible.
I am proud to have signed Early Day Motions improve animal welfare, and I will keep working with the Government to create a more humane, and more tolerant world for animals.
(1/2) Puppy farming is inhumane, causes suffering to dogs and distress for families who unknowingly buy animals raised in cruel conditions.
I am therefore pleased that the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy commits to ending this appalling practice, and today I called on
(2/2) I will continue to push the Government to safeguard children by enacting a full ban on children using social media, as soon as possible.
(1/2) The Government’s announcement of a consultation to ban social media for under 16s in the UK is welcomed news.
As I explained to Radio Derby, my view is clear: social media is not safe for young people.
(2/2) I will continue to push the Government to safeguard children by enacting a full ban on children using social media, as soon as possible.
NEW: November NHS stats show that waiting lists fell across England by 86,000. That’s the second biggest drop in NHS waiting lists in 15 years.
There's so much more to do - but we're turning round the NHS and getting it back on its feet.
My statement on the Minimum Age for Access to Social Media 👇
Today, I thanked the Chancellor for lifting the tax-free allowance for APR and BPR.
Over 100 farmers have written to me since the change was announced, telling me the difference that this will make, and I was proud to work with colleagues from the LRRG to help alter this policy.
I spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live about the Government’s changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief.
Food security is national security, and these changes will help protect family farms across Derbyshire Dales.
You can listen to the interview here 👇
What an absolute honour to be asked to take part in Cromford Mills’ Christmas Carol Service. Mince pies, mulled wine, carols and community - what a lovely start to the festive season.
