Speeches

Neil Parish praises Devon and Cornwall police and calls for a reduction in the amount of bureaucracy surrounding every arrest to ensure we get “value for money” from our police.  read more »

Neil Parish calls for the UK to greatly increase food production and welcomes biotech innovations such as the blight-resistant potato.  read more »

Neil Parish outlines the importance of commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day and the need to ensure that the events of seventy years ago are not repeated.  read more »

Neil Parish welcomes the Government's support for a 15-year rail franchise as it will enable the company to invest long-term. He calls for improvements to permit more freight by rail at Tiverton and a new station at Cullompton.  read more »

Speaking in the Christmas Adjournment debate, Neil Parish calls for help for flood prevention measures in Feniton and for changes to the Localism Bill to allow some of the aggregates tax to be used on local infrastructure projects which could help villages close to quarries such as Burlescombe and Westleigh.  read more »

Neil Parish welcomes the increase in the number of apprenticeships and calls on the Government to make it easier for small and micro-businesses to take on apprentices by reducing red-tape and bureaucracy.  read more »

Neil Parish calls on the EU and the European Commission to take a firm stance on compliance with the new Welfare of Laying Hens Directive so that UK producers who have invested in higher welfare standards are not put at an economic disadvantage.  read more »

Neil Parish calls for more local control over fishing so that the local fishing industry have ownership of conservation measures.  read more »

Neil Parish welcomes Government moves to address the issue of bovine TB and the proposed limited badger cull.  read more »

Neil Parish raises the issues of water rates, competition in the water industry and flooding. He also calls for better management of our rivers and drainage.  read more »