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HANSARD Beer DutyWhere did they all go?15 Jul 2025HANSARD Energy PlanningThere are plans for major solar farms, substations and other infrastructure in North West Norfolk and across the county, taking high-quality agricultural land out of use. The…10 Jul 2025HANSARDElectricity Market ReviewUnder the current system, the most expensive generator sets the clearing price for electricity, pushing up prices for consumers and businesses. Can the Secretary of State explain…10 Jul 2025HANSARDRelations with the European UnionThis Government have a track record of announcing trade deals and then nothing actually happens, as our steel sector can attest. Two months on from the Prime Minister crowing…10 Jul 2025HANSARD UK-France Nuclear PartnershipClearly, our deepest and closest relationship on nuclear deterrence is with the United States of America. Can the Minister confirm how this agreement will affect that…10 Jul 2025HANSARDPoverty ReductionFirst, it was a humiliating reversal of the Chancellor’s winter fuel cuts. Now, welfare cuts that she rushed to meet her fiscal rules have been shredded, leaving unfunded spending…01 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformHealth and sickness benefit spending is set to hit £100 billion by the end of the Parliament, so why is the Secretary of State not bringing forward proper reforms rather than…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountWill the Minister confirm that park home residents in North West Norfolk and across the country, who pay their bills directly to the site owner, will also benefit from the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn March, the Minister for Care told me that no decision could be taken on a new dental school at the University of East Anglia until the spending review settlement was known. Now…17 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareWill the Minister confirm that the funding envelope that she set out in a letter to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in King’s Lynn in April stands unchanged after this spending…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentThe Minister may be in denial, but this U-turn is a humiliation for the Chancellor, who claimed that economic stability demanded taking money from vulnerable pensioners, and for…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Business Rates Relief: High-street BusinessesI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (Sir Gavin Williamson) for securing this important debate. I would thank Members from across the…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Business Rates Relief: High-street BusinessesAbsolutely. That is the sort of risk taking and job creation that we want to see across all our constituencies around the country, and it is that opportunity that the Government…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewIn her statement, the Lord Chancellor said that under her earned progression plans, if offenders follow prison rules they will win earlier release. The review says that thousands…22 May 2025HANSARDClean Energy Transition: Spending ReviewThe Climate Change Committee says that we will need oil and gas until at least 2050, but rather than maximise North sea production, the Government are taxing it out of existence.…20 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThe Justice Secretary could have chosen to deport more of the thousands of offenders in our jails, maxed out court sitting days, repurposed buildings or procured temporary…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsYes, it is.15 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitThere has been an astonishing lack of transparency by the Government ahead of the dud deal that they look set to agree next week, and that was personified by the Paymaster…13 May 2025HANSARDIncome Tax: Personal AllowanceIn the last Westminster Hall debate that I took part in I think we were limited to 90-second speeches, so it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to expand at some considerable…12 May 2025HANSARDIncome Tax: Personal AllowanceThe Minister referred to the Employment Rights Bill. Has he seen the survey from the Britain Retail Consortium in which 70% of the businesses that were surveyed, which are major…12 May 2025