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HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillOr even where it went. We could add up the figures that were taken off innocent men and women in the ITV drama alone, but across the country, I suspect it was tens of millions of…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillIt is a great honour to follow the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) and that poignant ending, with which we all empathise. He has done an enormous amount get us to…20 Mar 2024HANSARD Post Office (Horizon System) Offences BillMy right hon. Friend makes a good point: the Post Office main accounts would have had debtors saying that they were owed money—20 Mar 2024HANSARDSerious Medical Conditions: Financial SupportMy constituent Jenifer Picton is currently undergoing extensive treatment for cancer and is consequently unable to work. I wish Ms Picton all the very best with her treatment. She…18 Mar 2024HANSARDSerious Medical Conditions: Financial Support1. What steps his Department is taking to support financially people unable to work due to serious medical conditions.18 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) BillFirst, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) for bringing forward such an important Bill. I rise to speak not just on behalf of my constituents in…15 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) BillI say “Well done” to my hon. Friend, too, for his efforts to rescue chickens and for giving them that good laying—they can often lay for many years afterwards. We in this place…15 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office LegislationI thank the Minister for bringing this statement to the House, as it clearly moves things in the right direction for closure. I have talked many times in this House about similar…13 Mar 2024HANSARDAutism: Initial Teacher TrainingThat was a very useful response, for which I am very grateful. I recently brought my ten-minute rule Bill to the House, which was specifically about mandating autism training in…11 Mar 2024HANSARDAutism: Initial Teacher Training20. Whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that initial teacher training courses include early identification of autism.11 Mar 2024HANSARDNeonicotinoids and other PesticidesPollinators, which are obviously the subject of the debate, are particularly important, but what about human health? Norfolk County Council is the first council in the country to…05 Mar 2024HANSARDNeonicotinoids and other PesticidesI am the first person to say that we need to look at insecticides and make them safer. However, I represent a constituency that produces a large amount of sugar beet, and this…05 Mar 2024HANSARDNorfolk Devolution Deal18. What steps he is taking to implement the Norfolk devolution deal.04 Mar 2024HANSARDNorfolk Devolution DealThe Budget, in a couple of days’ time, could do two things for Norfolk. First, it could announce the county deal to give Norfolk control of its future. Even more importantly, it…04 Mar 2024HANSARD Digital ExclusionOn that point, when the Minister sums up, perhaps he can address BT’s plans for the switchover from analogue to fibre lines for phones. That will cause huge problems in…28 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnder the new changes, the minimum income threshold for family visas is being raised incrementally over the next year. However, the only date we have been given so far for that…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationI echo some of the words of the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali). I had an email overnight from a lady in Australia whose father was…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) BillI do, which is why the retirement age needs to be looked at properly, in the context of the retirement age for those in similar roles in society, such as police officers. Getting…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) BillThis is a very useful little Bill. It is hard to argue with any of it, and I am grateful to the hon. Member for Newport West (Ruth Jones) for introducing it. When I was reading…23 Feb 2024HANSARDShort-term Lets: National Registration3. What progress her Department has made on introducing a national registration system for short-term lets.22 Feb 2024