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HANSARD Flood Preparedness: NorfolkMultiple!20 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS Dentists: AccessHaving training locally at the University of East Anglia is important for my constituents, but in the short term, what steps is the Minister taking to speed up the process by…19 Nov 2024HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI have been contacted by a constituent who had concerns about how they were treated in a rape case, and about the communication that came from the police and the CPS. What steps…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Council TaxLabour used to say that it would freeze council tax. Can the Minister now confirm that its policy is actually to put council tax up because of the flawed, broken promise on…14 Nov 2024HANSARD Social Security Advisory Committee: Winter Fuel PaymentThe Government say that they want everyone who is eligible for pension credit to claim it and get it, but as the Social Security Advisory Committee points out, they expect only a…12 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)On the new hospital programme, the Government committed in the Budget to move swiftly to rebuild reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete hospitals. The Queen Elizabeth hospital in…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)rose —05 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsHMP Garth has been likened to an airport because of the number of drones that illegally fly drugs into that prison. What urgent action is the Lord Chancellor taking to end that…05 Nov 2024HANSARDReducing ReoffendingLast week I met former prisoners who had taken part in Greene King’s Releasing Potential scheme, which is now being expanded with two further training kitchens going into prisons…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSchool Curriculum: Workplace SkillsI think we will have to agree to disagree with the Minister about the record of the last Government on driving up apprenticeships, and in particular the work done by our colleague…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesDoes the Minister accept that agricultural relief was introduced to protect family farms from being broken up, precisely to reflect their role as food producers and custodians of…04 Nov 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Sir Mark. I congratulate the hon. Member for Basingstoke (Luke Murphy) on securing his first Westminster Hall debate on…31 Oct 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityInvesting in transport infrastructure will boost productivity, so is the Chancellor listening to Members from across the east of England and across the House, and will she back…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsThe Chancellor, the Education Secretary, the Health Secretary and the Work and Pensions Secretary have all made significant announcements to the media and not to the House. Will…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI am grateful to the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) for securing this urgent question. The Opposition welcome the NAO report. Every hon. Member will regularly be…24 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityParliament legislated for a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving, but judges are yet to impose such a sentence, despite such cases as the…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillIn a discourtesy to the House, the very extensive impact assessment to which the Deputy Prime Minister has referred was published only a couple of hours before the debate, but one…21 Oct 2024HANSARDSt Helena: UK ImmigrationThe Minister says this deal will cost taxpayers £6.65 million. Will he now be transparent and tell the House how much UK taxpayers will pay to Mauritius so that we can continue to…21 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am not giving way. Finally, I want to say something about the commencement of this legislation. If passed unamended, the excepted peers will be unceremoniously booted out at the…15 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI begin by declaring an interest as my wife, the noble Baroness Evans of Bowes Park—although she does not always make me call her that—is a Member of the other place. She was also…15 Oct 2024