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HANSARD British House Building IndustryI agree with almost everything that the hon. Lady has said, but I ought to point out—I declare an interest, because as part of an Industry and Parliament Trust fellowship I spent…05 Sept 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019Will the Chancellor tell us when we can expect an announcement on funding for serviced plots of land?04 Sept 2019HANSARD School Funding: East AngliaI join my hon. Friend in congratulating my parliamentary neighbour, the hon. Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis). Would he agree with me that to say that the new Prime Minister…03 Sept 2019HANSARD School Funding: East AngliaI think the hon. Gentleman misspoke—at least, I hope he did. Will he confirm that since £10,000 is a five-figure sum, he meant to say “six-figure sums”?03 Sept 2019HANSARD School Funding: East AngliaAnd he didn’t mention it!03 Sept 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentIt is great to have an optimist as Prime Minister. Once we have left the EU, can we please have more service plots of land, so that people can bring forward their own housing…25 Jul 2019HANSARDCommon Agricultural Policy and Market Measures (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I will not detain the Committee for long, Sir Henry. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship; I always feel that Committees go better when someone from Norfolk is in the…07 May 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI am grateful to my hon. Friend, with whom I have regular discussions. He makes an interesting point about Germany, and the fact that the Bundesverfassungsgericht has often made…29 Mar 2019HANSARD HousingYes. I do not want to be building houses that we will be knocking down in 30 or 40 years’ time because they are so dreadful. That is utterly pointless. The hon. Lady mentioned…28 Mar 2019HANSARD HousingI do, and I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for reminding me of that. There is a lot of evidence that if people live in better, more spacious, healthier homes, there are lower…28 Mar 2019HANSARD HousingYes, I do, although I could easily get into a long discussion about viability that would consume the rest of this debate, which I cannot do. There are big problems with the whole…28 Mar 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Farming PolicyMr Speaker, because I can lip read, I know that you want me to ask a question about pork and pork products, and it is true that we have a very successful industry, but it…28 Mar 2019HANSARD HousingI am sorry, but I will not give way—only because of the lack of time; I need to leave the Minister a couple of seconds. What did Adam Smith say? “People of the same trade seldom…28 Mar 2019HANSARD HousingOf course people who are given cash will be grateful, but if there is a subsidy for demand rather than supply, we will not fundamentally solve the problem. Would it not be a good…28 Mar 2019HANSARD HousingI am sorry to see Members leaving the Chamber, because we are about to discuss the Government’s top domestic priority, which is of far more concern to many people up and down the…28 Mar 2019HANSARD HousingYes, I do, although if one went on a sales course, one would be told “Benefits, not features.” One does not explain that a vacuum cleaner does 3,000 revolutions per minute rather…28 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentMy right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) did not ask the Minister to restate the position. He asked why the European Council went for the earlier date, rather…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentI never knew we were going to have such a treat this evening, so it is a great pleasure to have the opportunity to ask my hon. Friend a question. It so happens that I have a copy…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day AmendmentThis Government have had half the time it took to fight the second world war, two thirds of the time it took to fight the first world war, and the entire length of the Kennedy…27 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Exit Day Amendmentrose—27 Mar 2019