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HANSARDFarmingI rise as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on science and technology in agriculture, the deputy Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, and a…13 Mar 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities FundingAcross the 46 schools in Mid Norfolk, SEND provision is the No. 1 issue for parents, teachers and staff. Contrary to the party political broadcast from Ministers, in the last 14…10 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineI add my voice to those congratulating the Prime Minister on the way he has conducted the last week and on the policy, which I think enjoys if not unanimous then largely unanimous…03 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Growth FundingThe villages and towns of Mid Norfolk are reeling from the cost of living crisis and the Government’s taxes attack on jobs and small businesses. Rather than taxing rural areas and…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI will not, as time is short and colleagues want to speak. This policy is a prescription for the industrialisation of the countryside, cooked up in the Treasury in the summer when…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI rise to speak on behalf of Mid Norfolk, a rural, agricultural, food-processing constituency that is reeling from this surprise and savage attack that was not in the Labour…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Flood Preparedness: NorfolkIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) on bringing this debate to the House.…20 Nov 2024HANSARDDraft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024The hon. and learned Member is making a powerful and coherent argument. I think what he is saying is that this may or may not be a good law, but that he would have liked its…12 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ4. After 14 years shaping the UK’s long-term strategies for life sciences, agritech, fusion and space, I welcome the Government’s industrial strategy. However, too many of our…06 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and for her chairmanship of our Select Committee. I welcome bits of the Budget, including the £20 billion commitment. My right hon.…30 Oct 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI completely agree and the hon. Lady makes an important point. I was the Minister that covered that agenda. The science superpower piece is about our being a bigger player in the…30 Oct 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill). It is also an honour and a pleasure, after 14 years, to be able to rise as a free…30 Oct 2024HANSARDHorseracingMy hon. Friend is making a powerful and important point. Does he agree that if we do not support the UK racing industry, including supporting prize money, we will not only drive…24 Oct 2024HANSARDHorseracingI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate, which is well attended for a Thursday. He knows my family’s interest— I am about the only one who is not involved in racing;…24 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandIt is a great honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. May I start by thanking the hon. Member for Lowestoft (Jess Asato) for bringing colleagues from both sides of the…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityAs a distinguished vet, my hon. Friend is making a powerful case on welfare standards. Does he agree that one of the great prizes of British agriculture is that it sets such high…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point about young famers and mental health, and I know there is a brilliant project in his patch called Growing Well. Does he agree that the…08 Oct 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentIt was my good friend the now noble Lord Willetts in a coalition Government with the Liberal Democrats, and I will happily debate with the hon. Member some of the brave decisions…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentMid Norfolk is a profoundly rural constituency, with 130 villages and four towns, and in that very rural constituency, as with all rural areas in this country, people are paying a…10 Sept 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareIn Norfolk, as in many other areas, we saw during the pandemic some hugely complicated issues around early years, including lack of preparation and learning difficulties, which…09 Sept 2024