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HANSARDShort-term Lets: National RegistrationNorth Norfolk has a significant number of holiday lets, Airbnbs and the like. I am glad that the Minister says the Government will look at this in moderation because, in life, too…22 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. I welcome the fact that 20 Nightingale courtrooms have been set up around the country to boost capacity, but none of them appears to be in the east of England. I know we are…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesGiven the Post Office’s track record with accuracy, I am very glad that we have heard from the Secretary of State—I would rather take her assurances at the Dispatch Box than…19 Feb 2024HANSARDUK EconomyBefore I came to this House, I was a director of quite a large retail group in North Norfolk. No one has made the point that in the last quarter of the year the country saw Babet,…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Potential ExtensionI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham) for bringing this important debate to Westminster Hall. This is all about certainty: certainty for the Ukrainians…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Potential ExtensionI thank the hon. Lady for being so kind as to help me in that way. I totally agree with her. I have been to Ukraine twice: in November 2022 and in February 2023. I remember…06 Feb 2024HANSARD Autism (Early Identification)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the training of teachers in relation to the early identification of autism; and for connected…30 Jan 2024HANSARDSupport for Children with SENDA number of colleagues have mentioned initial teacher training. Perhaps they and the Secretary of State should look no further than tomorrow, when my ten-minute rule Bill comes…29 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. With many banks closing on high streets, the post office is picking up so much slack, but in rural areas the limits placed on the amount of cash that can be paid in at the…25 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationMy rural constituency of North Norfolk has exactly the same problems with notspots. One of the fundamental problems seems to be the planning process, in which planners or the…24 Jan 2024HANSARDLoan ChargeIt has been referred to many times this afternoon, but the number of times in the last few weeks that I have spoken here about the Post Office scandal is well known, and it has…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsEnding veteran homelessness and rough sleeping has been an absolute passion of the veterans Minister. Can he give us an update on how this is faring after the festive period?18 Jan 2024HANSARDHonours SystemThe Post Office scandal and Paula Vennells’ handing back of her CBE has shone a real light on the need for more scrutiny and transparency in the honours system. Does the Minister…18 Jan 2024HANSARDHonours System14. What steps his Department is taking to increase transparency in the honours system.18 Jan 2024HANSARDOnshore Wind Farm CablesAlthough I am a huge supporter of offshore wind, there is no doubt that the trenching through my beautiful countryside is not without its own set of problems. Flooding,…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnshore Wind Farm Cables3. What recent assessment the Government have made of the environmental impact of onshore wind farm cables.16 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. The Prime Minister recently visited Bacton gas terminal in North Norfolk, which is home to a third of the UK’s gas supply and in the future could be an enormous hub for green…16 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon ScandalI welcome this legislation, and I thank the Minister for the amount of work he has done at such great speed. We are still at a midway point in the journey. There are still…10 Jan 2024HANSARDHorizon: Compensation and ConvictionsAs a former sub-postmaster, last week’s drama brought up many emotions from my time serving from 2014 to 2019. I have mentioned Fujitsu five times in this Chamber, asking five…08 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Compensation BillThe Minister is right when he says that this is a miscarriage of justice. As I have often said in this place, I was formerly a postmaster, and I can remember when the tills did…19 Dec 2023