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HANSARDHigh Streets15. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s support for high streets.13 Jan 2020HANSARD Australian BushfiresI welcome you back to your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. We should remember that on new year’s day National Grid announced that this country just had the first ever year in which…09 Jan 2020HANSARD Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Suffolk)I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate, but before I make my point, may I congratulate you, Mr Speaker, for the first time on your appointment? I think you will…05 Nov 2019HANSARD Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Suffolk)My hon. Friend is right to be open and clear about the challenges that we face in Suffolk, but does she agree that it partly reflects the long-standing impact of the funding…05 Nov 2019HANSARDMental Health Services8. What steps he is taking to ensure the adequate long-term provision of mental health services.29 Oct 2019HANSARDMental Health ServicesI welcome my hon. Friend to her position. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will be more than familiar with the long-running problems at the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS…29 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: UK Readiness7. What recent steps the Government have taken to ensure that (a) businesses and (b) the public are prepared for the UK leaving the EU.23 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: UK ReadinessIn my previous exchange with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, I asked him what steps would be taken to support firms and farms affected by no deal and he set out the…23 Oct 2019HANSARDOffshore Wind IndustryIn East Anglia, we want to be champions of clean growth and are very proud that off our coast we are generating 52% of this country’s offshore wind output, but we want to go much…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillDoes the right hon. Gentleman think that we should still leave the European Union—yes or no?22 Oct 2019HANSARDOffshore Wind Industry11. What support her Department is providing to the offshore wind industry.22 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker. I am used to waiting, but unfortunately so are my constituents—when it comes to the A14 in South Suffolk. The prospect of an independent trade policy is a…17 Oct 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyI was being generous in giving way but, with hindsight, perhaps I should not have been. The point is that coal use has definitively slumped massively and our CO 2 emissions have…17 Oct 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse), but I have to say that while it is a great thing that we have generally seen more consensus on this issue in…17 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI very much welcome the extra police we will see in Suffolk and the extra powers for the criminal justice system to act as a deterrent. Does my right hon. Friend share my concern…16 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUWhat is the cash value of the support that my right hon. Friend plans to make available for agricultural and manufacturing businesses in the event of no deal, specifically in…08 Oct 2019HANSARDUS Tariffs: Scotch WhiskyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right—we should not engage in personal attacks on the President, but is it not nevertheless a strategic concern for us that we are seeing an…07 Oct 2019HANSARD No-deal Brexit: Schedule of TariffsI very much agree with my hon. Friend’s point that the best way out of this situation is to pass a deal and avoid a no-deal outcome. However, I recently met arable farmers in my…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsI do not know whether, given his busy schedule, my right hon. Friend will have had time to read the EU’s latest free trade agreement, which is with Vietnam, but even a cursory…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillIt is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Batley and Spen (Tracy Brabin). I echo all hon. Members who rightly said that, following what we might describe as the…02 Oct 2019