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HANSARD Children of AlcoholicsI am very grateful to the hon. Member for making a powerful, personal and political point. He is absolutely right. For my part, people often ask me how on earth I ended up in this…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Children of AlcoholicsThe hon. Lady makes another excellent point. As I know the Minister and his Department understand, not only is there no magic bullet but many of these issues circulate and form…26 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning: Floods Resilience TaskforceIn areas like Mid Norfolk, planning is the key to avoiding developments that cause and exacerbate flooding. In Attleborough, a recent planning application for 350 houses on a…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning: Floods Resilience Taskforce10. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the floods resilience taskforce on future planning considerations.24 Nov 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsWill the Minister give way?15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsI rise not just as the Member for Mid Norfolk, but as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on science and technology in agriculture. As Members will be aware, Norfolk is…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsWill the Minister give way?15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsDoes the shadow Minister agree that as well as all the points that have been made about agriculture and solar, there is a democratic point here? Residents in 14 villages in my…15 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesThank you, Mrs Hobhouse, for guiding us this afternoon. I thank the Minister, the Opposition spokesman, my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore), and the—I…13 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesThe hon. Lady makes an important point. That is all part of the planning mix and we have to get it right. My last point is about data. When an area floods, we reach for data and…13 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesI am sorry; I thought we had 90. We have to put funding in the hands of people who have responsibility. Thirdly, I want to create planning liabilities for development companies so…13 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesThe hon. Lady makes a brilliant point; at the risk of opening the floodgate of interventions too early, I will absolutely come on to her point at pace, so that Members from across…13 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesCertainly. Do we have 90 minutes?13 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesThat is a very good point, and I do agree—in fact, I will go a lot further than that, if Members will allow me to get to the radical, central elements of my Bill. However, I do…13 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is my constituency neighbour and good friend. Yes, my Bill absolutely does address that issue; I will take his steer and get to the guts…13 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesThe hon. Member—I am tempted to say my great and hon. Friend, since we have spoken in this Hall together so many times—is absolutely right. My constituency has 130 villages and…13 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesI beg to move, That this House has considered flooding and planning and developer responsibilities. It is a great pleasure to be here under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I am…13 May 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree with me, as a card-carrying advocate of industrial strategy, that this argument applies to some of our other key high-growth sectors, such as…12 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Mid Norfolk is a proud rural and military constituency with many employees working at RAF Marham and Swanton Morley barracks, which is home to the Queen’s Dragoon Guards and…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEnergy Consumer SupportFor the record, I and my constituents are proud of the southern North sea development—the largest wind farm in the world, begun under the last Government. However, we are not…18 Mar 2025