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HANSARD Coastal Erosion: Suffolk and NorfolkMy hon. Friend mentioned Hemsby and he is quite right: we have lost properties, as many people have seen in the press coverage over recent weeks. Does he agree that one challenge…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Coastal Erosion: Suffolk and NorfolkThe hon. Lady is absolutely right that there is a hugely important human aspect to this issue. Having been to the area and met residents who are losing their properties, I could…19 Dec 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI 100% endorse and agree with everything that my right hon. and learned Friend has been outlining, and the argument he is making is very powerful. Does he agree that, right now,…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillLike my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland), I thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the generosity he is showing in…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Great YarmouthFirst, I direct the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I do so specifically, not least because I feel passionately about small and…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Great YarmouthMy hon. Friend is spot-on. That challenge has been fed into me recently by a number of businesses: they have asked what more the Government can do to ensure there is collaboration…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend will be aware of the coverage over the past week or so of the sad loss of properties in Hemsby in Great Yarmouth through the impact of weather on our…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolMay I, too, send my best wishes to, and align myself with the comments of others about, detective chief inspector John Caldwell? What happened is a stark reminder of the…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Marine Management OrganisationDoes my hon. Friend agree that one of the benefits of the whole of East Anglia, working right down the coast from Great Yarmouth to his constituency, is that our local authorities…13 Dec 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for his generosity in taking interventions. He is quite right about the budgetary challenges facing the people in Northern Ireland at this time, with…29 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI always make it a priority to ensure that I am working with Committees. I will very happily have a look at that report. I am happy to talk to the hon. Member and his co-chairman…18 Oct 2022HANSARDPrisons: Working Environments and Violence at WorkWe are committed to making prisons a safe place in which to work and providing prison officers with the right support, training and tools to empower them to do their jobs. Our…18 Oct 2022HANSARDPrisons: Working Environments and Violence at WorkI appreciate the challenge that my hon. Friend fairly makes, and I would say a couple of things on that. First, anybody who is violent towards staff will face the full…18 Oct 2022HANSARDPrisons: Working Environments and Violence at WorkThe hon. Gentleman makes a valid point, as he often does in this House; we focus on the frontline service personnel, such as our brilliant prison officers, but their families and…18 Oct 2022HANSARDPrisons: Working Environments and Violence at WorkFirst, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his initial remarks in welcoming our team to our places. I am sure that there will be a range of issues on which, across this Dispatch Box…18 Oct 2022HANSARDOffenders: Employment after Release from PrisonGetting prisoners into employment helps not only to fill the 1.25 million vacancies that businesses have right now, but to drive down reoffending. To achieve that, we are building…18 Oct 2022HANSARDOffenders: Employment after Release from PrisonMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We want to get more prisoners the skills and qualifications that they need to get into employment and have the chance to contribute to society,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDOffenders: Employment after Release from PrisonYes. My hon. Friend makes an important point. We are investing in new roles, such as prison employment leads and a head of education, skills and work, to give our prisoners the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDOffenders: Employment after Release from PrisonMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and gives some key examples. The employability innovation fund announced in our prisons strategy White Paper will help prisoners to build more…18 Oct 2022HANSARDOffenders: Employment after Release from PrisonThe hon. Gentleman makes a clear and correct observation about timing. A private Member’s Bill on the subject—the Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill—will come before…18 Oct 2022