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HANSARDRailways BillThe hon. Member will be aware that I have already addressed that question in answer to one of his colleagues, but if international companies, whether state-owned or private, make…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillThe Father of the House is nailing me down to a cast-iron assurance at the Dispatch Box. I am not in a position to do that, but I fully expect to be in this role in a future…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillI am grateful to the hon. Member, but he will recognise that if we look at the safety record under privatisation as a whole, compared with nationalisation previously under British…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillI quite agree with my right hon. Friend. It seems that the Government have insisted on going back to the future: back to the 1970s, with state control and a revamped British…10 Jun 2026HANSARDRailways BillMy right hon. Friend rightly says that the needs of disabled passengers such as his constituent, whom he so ably represents, are very important. That is one performance indicator…10 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2026Thank you for chairing the Committee, Ms Lewell. I am grateful for the Minister’s explanation of what is essentially a pickle of the Government’s own making. We will not divide on…09 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2026If we could have a bit more clarity on that, I would be grateful. The director of the Airports Council International Europe went so far as to say: “The UK Government is…09 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituents hate seeing organised shoplifting taking place with apparent impunity. Norfolk police recognises this and has identified suspects in more than a third of all…08 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressIt is a great pleasure to be the last Back-Bench contributor. I actually mean that, because unlike some debates which we have all been in, this one has been characterised by…03 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Response to Humble AddressI would never accuse the Government of being too clever by half, and I am unable to put myself in their heads. However, I hear the hon. Member’s concern. We have this drip, drip,…03 Jun 2026HANSARDPubs: Broadland and Fakenham5. What steps he is taking to support pubs in Broadland and Fakenham constituency.21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur economy needs access to oil. Last October, the Government announced that they were going to sanction Russian oil and jet fuel. Yesterday, they decided not to do so, on the…21 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.21 May 2026HANSARDPubs: Broadland and FakenhamPubs in my constituency will respond to that answer with disbelief. There were 74 pubs in my constituency at the last count—that may be an inaccurate figure now; it could have…21 May 2026HANSARD Banking HubsWe are talking about the rules. We know that the banks have withdrawn from our communities. My market towns of Fakenham and Aylsham have had all the banks go apart from one…20 May 2026HANSARD High Speed 2 ResetI am grateful to the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. The Secretary of State’s comments today demonstrate not only the challenges faced in the past and the…19 May 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseFurther to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Bridgwater (Sir Ashley Fox), I met two trainee midwives in a surgery just last week in my Norfolk constituency. They are…14 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressI will just deliver this point and then give way. We have the extraordinarily named “regulating for growth Bill”, which I think is oxymoronic—or perhaps just moronic—because it…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressMadam Deputy Speaker, you do not need me to tell you that this is a deeply unhappy Government. It is a deeply unhappy party sitting on the Government Benches, and Labour Members…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressI said I would give way to the hon. Member for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed).13 May 2026