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HANSARD Spending Review 2020 and OBR ForecastThe focus on the NHS and infrastructure is welcome. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn is on the frontline of dealing with covid, and it is 40 years old but was built to…25 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. Mr Parton, I want to ask about influence. We have seen companies linked to hostile states hiring former diplomats,…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q It was picking up on your point, which I think we all share, about ensuring that the investment security unit draws advice from the agencies and across other parts of…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q You mentioned Huawei. Were you involved in 2003 when BT was letting the contract for the network? Did you raise concerns at that point? Sir Richard Dearlove: No, I was not. The…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q Well, the ISC report makes clear that Ministers were not informed about the contract at all at the time. Sir Richard Dearlove: I knew about the contract and said I thought it…24 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (First sitting)Q In the Bill, there are 17 sectors listed where mandatory notifications are required. They include transport and communications, as in some of the points that Mr Western was…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Towns FundAs a member of the Public Accounts Committee, I have read the summary of the accounting officer’s assessment, and can also confirm that our report says that the permanent…18 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillIt is a pleasure to be called to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) and make a contribution reflecting my time as an adviser in the Ministry of…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFootball Spectator Attendance: Covid-19I declare an interest as a Norwich City season ticket holder and a supporter of my local club, King’s Lynn Town FC. This is an important debate. When the national restrictions end…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportThe Government’s financial support has included the very welcome £200 million for hospices. However, the Norfolk Hospice in my constituency has warned that the national…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economy UpdateAlthough Norfolk remains in tier 1, the additional support for hospitality, tourism and other businesses is welcome. As well as the short-term measures in this plan for jobs,…22 Oct 2020HANSARDEngagementsOn Saturday, I was at Norwich City’s match as part of the pilot to let fans back into football, and it is disappointing that the reopening has now been postponed. With King’s Lynn…23 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusAs demand for testing increases, some of my constituents are struggling to get slots, are having to travel significant distances, or are even being turned away from mobile test…15 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsTwo weeks ago, on a farm in Gayton in my constituency, I saw the damage being caused to the sugar beet crop by yellow virus. Will Ministers look seriously at the request from…10 Sept 2020HANSARDChalk StreamsI am grateful for that reply. Last year, water companies discharged sewage into our precious chalk streams and rivers in North West Norfolk and across the country 200,000 times. I…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTourism: Covid-19I join in the congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) on having secured this debate. I offer my apologies: I have been scrutinising the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDChalk StreamsWhat steps his Department is taking to (a) protect and (b) enhance chalk streams.10 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsKing’s Lynn will benefit from the Government’s levelling-up agenda, with £25 million through the towns fund. Will my right hon. Friend encourage Ministers to look favourably at…09 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to support this Bill, which will allow us to manage fisheries outside the common fisheries policy as an independent coastal state. For…01 Sept 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn serves more than 300,000 people across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. On the 40th anniversary of a hospital built to last…08 Jul 2020