Rachel Gilmour

Rachel Gilmour

Rachel Gilmour MP

Liberal Democrat
House of CommonsActive

Member since 3 July 2024

Recent Debate Contributions

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The best start in life means a good education; good education means a good school; and a good school necessarily means a learning environment in which...
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Welfare Spending

14/07/2025Commons

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Does the hon. Member accept that even with his emphasis on parental financial responsibility, the two-child benefit cap punishes the entirely innocent...
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Will the hon. Member give way?
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This is a deeply sensitive debate. Two of my brothers served as officers in Northern Ireland, and the memory of Operation Banner has been raised time ...
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Will the hon. Lady give way?
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Does the hon. Member agree that although expanding nursery-based provision in schools is unquestionably laudable in improving access to childcare, we ...
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I congratulate the hon. Lady profoundly on securing this much-needed debate. Does she agree that it is shameful that Labour made personal pledges to W...
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Does my hon. Friend share my concern about the fate of unpaid carers, given that carer’s allowance hinges on a disabled person receiving PIP? With one...
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Economic Growth: Rural Areas

30/06/2025Commons

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While I welcome the Government’s rural growth plans, I am concerned about the persistent poverty in many rural areas. The additional costs of living i...
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12. What fiscal st...
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Armed Forces Day

25/06/2025Commons

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Rather fittingly, this debate comes in the shadow of the NATO summit at The Hague yesterday, with its headline pledge for defence spending to reach 5%...
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GP Funding: South-west England

24/06/2025Commons

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I appreciate that recruitment, including of GPs, is extraordinarily difficult in the south-west. In Minehead, there is one GP practice and just one do...
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My observation is that there is simply no such thing as affordable housing in my constituency. If someone is earning £12 an hour and £20,000 a year, a...
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