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HANSARDFirearms LicensingI thank the right hon. Member for his intervention. I will be addressing those issues in my speech. We need to be clear on what today’s debate is about. We are discussing a…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingLater in my speech, I will address some of the reforms that I think are needed. There are pressures on 3D-printed firearms, amendments and adaptions; those sorts of issues are…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingI will continue a little. In the year ending March 2025, 32 people were killed by shooting. When we look more closely at the figures, we see deeply troubling patterns. More than…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingI thank the hon. Gentleman; I think he has read a bit of my speech. Technological change is introducing new risks. The conversion of blank-firing weapons and imitation firearms,…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingI thank the hon. Member for that intervention.23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingThat was excellently put by my hon. Friend. All of us who had the pleasure of spending time with Christopher send our heartfelt condolences to his family, because he was, as my…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingI am going to make some progress. We must never fall into the trap of believing that good intentions alone are sufficient. Policy must be judged on outcomes. We must also…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingI am going to make some progress. We can ensure that legislation keeps pace with technological change, closing loopholes before they can be exploited, and we can ensure that our…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingThis has been a brilliant debate, which is what our constituents cry out for. It has been measured in tone, with solutions and not just mud-slinging. A fair amount of social media…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingThe hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham (Jerome Mayhew) always needs to have the final word. It is really helpful that we have put forward pragmatic solutions to an issue that…23 Feb 2026HANSARDRussian Influence on UK Politics and DemocracyI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 744215 relating to Russian influence on UK politics and democracy. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…09 Feb 2026HANSARDRussian Influence on UK Politics and DemocracyThe upside of this debate is that everyone present knows of the threats that we are facing from the Russian state, as do the over 100,000 people who signed the petition, but, as…09 Feb 2026HANSARDRussian Influence on UK Politics and DemocracyMy hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. One of the experts I spoke to worked on that campaign, to make sure that loopholes were being closed to protect Moldovan democracy. We…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseResidents in Stoke, Holy Cross and Upper Stoke in South Norfolk have been terribly let down by Anglian Water. The company digs up the road every two seconds, which has meant that…05 Feb 2026HANSARD National Cancer PlanThree hundred and eighty-eight days ago, the words were uttered to me, “You have stage 2C skin cancer.” I have had 388 days of scans, operations and treatments that did not need…05 Feb 2026HANSARDEngagementsQ12. From heat-tolerant rice trials to world-leading science at the Earlham Institute and the John Innes Centre at Norwich Research Park, South Norwich is helping to feed the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. My South Norfolk constituents welcome the Government’s commitment to 250 new neighbourhood health centres. For rural areas such as mine, where healthcare can be miles away,…13 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsConsider this a pincer movement from South Norfolk to talk about Wymondham railway station and Access for All. I have already had a productive meeting with the Minister for Rail…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseI have been working closely with local teacher and Labour Wymondham town councillor Lowell Doheny on the pressing issue of youth provision and wellbeing in our growing market…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Rural CommunitiesWould the right hon. Gentleman give way?07 Jan 2026