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HANSARD Future of HorseracingVery briefly, I welcome the Minister’s confirmation that the levy review will happen by April 2024. However, overwhelming concern has been expressed from Fakenham to Bangor, from…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Future of HorseracingI agree that the Home Secretary should sign off on the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations; they are based on analysis and fact. If she signs off on them, it shows the…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Future of HorseracingI feel very strongly about this subject, not only because I represent Newmarket but because I had the joy of riding in races at Newmarket. I was the first MP in modern times to…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Future of HorseracingI totally agree. That point is another problem that needs to be addressed, and my hon. Friend is right to raise it. All these problems drive down the amount of money going into…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Future of HorseracingI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of horseracing. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie, and to open this debate on the future…25 Oct 2023HANSARD Future of HorseracingWill the hon. Gentleman give way?25 Oct 2023HANSARDTraining of NHS StaffMay I congratulate the Secretary of State on being ahead of track to hire 50,000 more nurses this Parliament, as we committed to in the 2019 manifesto? However, can I push him by…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]On infrastructure of national scale, in order to keep people on side, is it not also vital that such projects are in the right place—unlike the Sunnica development near my…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the work that the Chancellor and the Prime Minister have done to promote work on artificial intelligence done here, and in developing an ecosystem for that. It is clear…20 Jun 2023HANSARDPersonal StatementThank you very much, Mr Speaker. I am grateful to you for giving me the opportunity to make this personal statement at the earliest possible opportunity. In March, I wrote to the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my right hon. Friend on a brilliant first performance at Prime Minister’s questions. Will he keep the Government laser-focused on the issues that matter to people,…17 May 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry UpdateI add my voice to those thanking Sir Brian Langstaff and the whole team for the work they have done. We all recognise the complexities of delivering a scheme that is effective. I…19 Apr 2023HANSARDChildren with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesWhile we all recognise the importance of increased maths, which has been much discussed today, it is vital for children’s life chances that literacy continues to improve. The only…17 Apr 2023HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities: Specialist WorkforceI agree with everything my hon. Friend has said, and would add Suffolk to the list of places that would like to be a pathfinder area. Does he agree that early intervention is…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Large Solar FarmsBefore the Minister moves on, will she give way?21 Mar 2023HANSARD Large Solar FarmsI am grateful. Does that mean that if a solar farm project is not well designed, it will not be passed? The Sunnica proposal in my West Suffolk constituency is very badly…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Large Solar FarmsAs a supporter of solar energy, I think the central point is that, if there is no local support for projects because they are in the wrong place, that will undermine support for…21 Mar 2023HANSARD SEND and Alternative ProvisionI congratulate the Minister, her predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Will Quince), and the Secretary of State for Education on an excellent paper. I would press…06 Mar 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI will in a moment. That inefficiency means that different parts of the NHS cannot talk to each other, and indeed cannot talk to social care. It means that a person can end up…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSOf course, it is critical that people do not have to use a computer to access a universal service. Many people will never use a computer in their lives, but the fact of the matter…23 Feb 2023