Sam Carling MP: speeches

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• 1 Sept 2026 · Local Government Reorganisation: Cambridgeshire · Hansard source

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  I am troubled by the unpleasant allegations the hon. Gentleman is making. It would have been pleasant if he had come to talk to me about his concerns at any point over the last few months rather than he and a member of his staff attacking me on social media about this. It is not great. The hon. Gentleman is raising process concerns. I am sure we all want to see a proper process. Why was it that he went on to social media and made quite a large number of claims about Labour MPs being pre-briefed of an apparent announcement that never happened—claims that therefore cannot possibly have been true, and were not?

• 1 Sept 2026 · Local Government Reorganisation: Cambridgeshire · Hansard source

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  Might the hon. Gentleman give way again?

• 1 Sept 2026 · Local Government Reorganisation: Cambridgeshire · Hansard source

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  Will the Minister join me in congratulating all Cambridgeshire and Peterborough councils on the collaborative way in which they have worked together on this process? Despite coming up with different options that they may or may not back, they have remained in a position where they have been taking to each other throughout. Those dialogues have been ongoing and I think that is something to be commended.

• 1 Sept 2026 · Local Government Reorganisation: Cambridgeshire · Hansard source

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  Will the hon. Gentleman give way again?