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HANSARDElectricity Grid UpgradesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I and many Conservatives hope and aspire for a clean energy future, but I wish to make three points that the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDElectricity Grid UpgradesThe hon. Gentleman talks about speed and the need to do the transition quickly. May I draw his attention to the work of Bent Flyvbjerg? He wrote a book last year called “How Big…26 Nov 2024HANSARDElectricity Grid UpgradesWill the hon. Gentleman give way?26 Nov 2024HANSARDElectricity Grid UpgradesIf the Government choose to solve the housing crisis by taking into account our environment, why can we not do that with energy policy as well?26 Nov 2024HANSARDElectricity Grid UpgradesMay I put on the record my apologies for fluffing my speech a moment ago? One of the points I wanted to make is that we take into account our natural environment when we look at…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI appreciate that the hon. Gentleman is talking from personal experience about an important part of our education system. He talks a lot about teachers and the previous…25 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI met with National Grid yesterday and communicated my concerns about the Norwich to Tilbury line but we remained constructive and talked about community benefit schemes.…12 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsThis debate has been about APR, but I will talk about flood risk. Suffolk is, by its nature, a county at high risk of flooding. Large parts of my constituency are covered by…11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsLet me take a moment—Members throughout the House have an opportunity to watch—to address that exact case. The Labour party wants to tackle big landowners like James Dyson and the…11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsI will not, because I do not have long. In Framlingham, developments either side of Station road have increased the risk of surface flow in an area that is, again, at high risk of…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate and for giving way. Just last Friday, I visited a farm in my constituency. It is a family farm: David runs the construction side of…11 Nov 2024HANSARDChild PovertyChild poverty is a scourge in British society, and I am grateful that the Secretary of State is bringing forward a child poverty strategy. Has she decided how to measure child…11 Nov 2024HANSARDSchool Curriculum: Workplace SkillsEveryone knows that a knowledge-rich curriculum is the reason why the English education system improved dramatically under the last Government. The embedding of academic rigour…04 Nov 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorThank you for calling me, Ms Vaz. It is a pleasure and a privilege to serve under your chairmanship. I start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Leicestershire…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Business Property Relief and Agricultural Property ReliefIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I join in the tributes to my hon. Friend the Member for Gordon and Buchan (Harriet Cross) for securing this important…17 Oct 2024HANSARDAccess to Primary CareLast week, NHS Suffolk and North East Essex integrated care board announced plans to scrap the super-surgery in north Essex. To say that my constituents were incandescent would be…15 Oct 2024HANSARDRural Transport Links20. What steps her Department is taking to improve transport links in rural areas.10 Oct 2024HANSARDRural Transport LinksWhile I welcome the news that this Government plan to deliver 1,200 UK-made zero-emission buses to help local authorities deliver on their transport ambitions and seize…10 Oct 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWill my right hon. Friend give way?10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI am sure my hon. Friend will agree when I say that the economic inheritance that the Government received is incredible, considering that we had to deal with the covid pandemic…10 Sept 2024