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HANSARDGlue Traps (Offences) BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North East. What a great addition to our legislation the…19 Jan 2022HANSARDLevelling Up: East of EnglandI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. It is also a bridge over the River Wensum, as he knows. A consultation was undertaken and, taking that into account, the best…18 Jan 2022HANSARDLevelling Up: East of EnglandIt may be unpopular in the hon. Member’s part of the city, but does he recognise that it is very popular in the county of Norfolk?18 Jan 2022HANSARDLevelling Up: East of EnglandI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) for calling this debate. We have limited time, so, inevitably, all the high-falutin’ arguments that I was…18 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillDoes the hon. Gentleman not accept that the Bill also includes provisions for totally free and suitable photographic ID for anyone who needs it, so the poor are protected?17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillI once met Winnie Ewing when I was at school and she came to talk to a politics class I was attending. However, on the new clause, I rise to ask what is the rationale for choosing…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillThe hon. Member makes the point that if we put an administrative hurdle, by which he means photographic ID, in the way of the voters the turnout would go down, but that…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillIn an earlier speech, reference was made to an electoral judge suggesting that personation was neither here nor there, but does my hon. Friend recall the evidence to the Bill…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillThe right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) said that there was too little time for this debate, but those of us who sat on the Bill Committee will not recognise…17 Jan 2022HANSARDElections BillWe will have to agree to disagree on that because there was very lively debate in Committee. I have made a number of interventions, so I will keep my comments short and on only…17 Jan 2022HANSARD BBC FundingWe have to accept that the media landscape, and importantly its use, has changed beyond recognition over the past few years, so I agree with Lord Grade, the former chair of the…17 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraine: Territorial Integrity14. What steps his Department is taking to help protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine.10 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraine: Territorial IntegrityIt has been suggested that our support for Ukraine might include the provision of weapons systems. Is that true?10 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe brilliant news on unemployment rates means that businesses in Broadland are crying out for staff. Bernard Matthews has been working with HMP Norwich to provide jobs for…14 Dec 2021HANSARDConduct of the Right Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South RuislipIt could have been so much better today. We had a precious chance to debate the issues that are most important to the people of Scotland, and SNP Members know what those issues…30 Nov 2021HANSARDGlue Traps (Offences) BillWhen I was preparing for this debate, my mind was drawn to the question of how long we, as a community, have been considering our responsibilities for and relationship with the…19 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIn this place we often focus on things that can be measured. We talk about money and how it can change the quality of life of our constituents. All too often, however, we…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe sooner the offshore transmission network is constructed in the southern North sea, the better. It will save money for consumers and limit the damage to local communities and…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhile an aircraft carrier is the ultimate expression of hard power, does the Secretary of State agree with me that the soft power expressed by HMS Queen Elizabeth and the carrier…15 Nov 2021HANSARDDraft Green Gas Support Scheme Regulations 2021In support of that latter argument, I draw attention to British Sugar’s Cantley factory for sugar-beet processing in my constituency, which wants to put in an anaerobic digester.…03 Nov 2021