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HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI welcome the Secretary of State and his team to what I think is one of the most important Departments in Government. As a sometimes lonely voice on the Conservative Benches…05 Sept 2024HANSARDHealthcare Provision: East of EnglandMy hon. Friend makes a really important point about productivity in the health system. I have been a Health Minister and I have observed that—not because of ministerial diktat,…03 Sept 2024HANSARDHealthcare Provision: East of EnglandI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is my friend as well, for giving way. How wonderful it is to see so many people present for this debate at the beginning of term. I point…03 Sept 2024HANSARDHealthcare Provision: East of EnglandI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making the point about dentistry that I think we all understand, particularly in the east. Does he agree that the real cause is…03 Sept 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Work RequirementI thank the hon. Gentleman for that answer and congratulate him and his colleague the Secretary of State on their appointments. All of us who are serious about the health service…23 Jul 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Work Requirement8. If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring newly-qualified dentists to work for the NHS for a set period of time.23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsIt is a great honour to speak in this new Parliament, my fifth, and particularly to follow the hon. Member for Barking (Nesil Caliskan), who spoke with dazzling eloquence about…23 Jul 2024HANSARDImmigration and Home AffairsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that there are different types of crimes and different types of prisoners, and that many people in our prison system at the moment, particularly…23 Jul 2024HANSARDDraft Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I do not want to detain the Committee with a long digression on local government finance, but does my hon. Friend agree that, as well as remuneration for time, it might be an…13 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I am enjoying his knockabout speech, but does he welcome the £650 million package we put out last spring to reverse the covid…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget Resolutionsrose —11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt merits recording that the debt figure we are dealing with comes from a £500 billion bail-out of the banks under Gordon Brown, £375 billion of quantitative easing, £70 billion…11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget Resolutionsindicated assent.11 Mar 2024HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Gerald Jones), not least to inject a little context into this afternoon’s debate. The truth is…11 Mar 2024HANSARD Budget ResolutionsDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is extraordinary that the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas), representing the Green party, did not welcome the £270 million for…06 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsRural Norfolk is experiencing a dental crisis and a generation of children are in danger of going without dental care. I welcome the dental recovery plan, but I notice that it…05 Mar 2024HANSARDFarmingIt is a great pleasure to speak from the Back Benches in this farming debate, and to welcome the Secretary of State—I have not seen him yet in this role—and the great…04 Mar 2024HANSARDFarmingI agree. If we are to lead the world in net zero agriculture, it is all about metrics and data. It is about picking up a pint of milk, a potato or a loaf of bread and knowing its…04 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsRural areas are particularly vulnerable to the high energy costs we have seen in the last two years. They are 150% more vulnerable to fuel poverty. Does my right hon. Friend agree…04 Mar 2024HANSARDFarmingI could not agree more. The Secretary of State, whose constituency is North East Cambridgeshire, has lived the reality of getting water off the land as much as anybody. That…04 Mar 2024