Rachel Gilmour, MP for Tiverton and Minehead
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Last week, I hosted a Westminster Hall debate on International Parental Child Abduction. This hits families in Tiverton and Minehead hard. Hundreds of children are taken from the UK by a parent every year, and the legal framework meant to bring them home is not working. #Parliament #MP
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Across Tiverton and Minehead, only 30% of premises have full fibre - that's just 2,500 businesses - meaning many residents are still missing out on the benefits. Check the link here (openreach.com/fibre-checker) to see what fibre options are available at your address!
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Weekly Roundup 🎥 A change of scenery this week. Filming this from my Westminster office. With Parliament back open it's been a busy week, the King's Speech, a new APPG, and a packed few days in the constituency too. 🎬 #Somerset #Devon #MP #KingsSpeech
The King's Speech included some encouraging words. But after months of turbulence and a Government that can't get out of its own way, there's no guarantee that any of what's been planned will ever become a reality. It's time for Sir Keir Starmer to step aside. #Devon #Somerset #MP #KingsSpeech
Hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend.☀️ 🎥 Here's what I got up to last week as your Member of Parliament, from a very sunny Devon County Show. If there's anything I can help with, get in touch with me and my team at: rachel.gilmour.mp@parliament.uk #Somerset #Devon #MP
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But if food becomes scarce, they do something extraordinary: they come together to form a much larger organism. They totally merge protoplasm, becoming a multinucleated cell called a plasmodium, which rapidly goes from microscopic to MACROSCOPIC (up to 5 sq meters!). This becomes a fruiting body.