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HANSARDFishing Communities9. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support fishing communities. [R]17 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Sector: Trade OpportunitiesI welcome my right hon. Friend to her place, and I am grateful for her reply. With 50% of the UK’s offshore wind fleet anchored off the East Anglian coast, local businesses have…03 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy Sector: Trade Opportunities1. What steps her Department is taking to increase trade opportunities for the UK energy sector.03 Nov 2022HANSARDColleges Week 2022I beg to move, That this House has considered Colleges Week 2022. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for…27 Oct 2022HANSARDColleges Week 2022I agree wholeheartedly. Later in my speech, I will highlight some of the strategic working that is required to make the most of the opportunities in the offshore energy sector…27 Oct 2022HANSARDColleges Week 2022indicated assent.27 Oct 2022HANSARDColleges Week 2022We have had a very good debate. Perhaps it would have been greater if more Members were here, but we have the graveyard slot on a Thursday afternoon. I want to highlight some of…27 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryWe have had a full and productive debate. I will quickly run through a few points—I apologise if I miss any hon. Members. The right hon. Member for Knowsley (Sir George Howarth)…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryI beg to move, That this House is concerned by the growing crisis in NHS dentistry; notes that nine out of ten dental practices in England do not accept new NHS patients; regrets…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention, and I agree wholeheartedly with him on that point. I will come on to it as I set out what I believe needs to be done to improve…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, which came at an appropriate time. Indeed, he may well have been reading my speech, because that was the next point I was coming…20 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillThe past 10 years have been remarkably successful, with the offshore wind industry and the Government working hand in hand. The industry has raised genuine concerns, which I…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI welcome my right hon. Friend to his new role and commend him for the prompt and decisive action he has already taken. He has rightly said that the Government wish to protect the…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEnergy Prices BillI am largely supportive of the Bill, as there is an urgent need for assistance to be delivered at speed to hard-pressed families and businesses, but it is important to avoid any…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Dental Training College: East AngliaI will contribute very quickly, Madam Deputy Speaker, if you will give me the opportunity. My hon. Friend the Member for Broadland (Jerome Mayhew) has set out a great vision of a…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Dental Training College: East AngliaI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and apologise for hijacking his debate. Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. This is a multifaceted challenge; there is no one solution and no…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Dental Training College: East Angliarose—11 Oct 2022HANSARD Dental Training College: East AngliaI speak as an MP with a foot in both camps: I am a Suffolk MP but I also represent the Norfolk and Waveney integrated care system area. Does my hon. Friend agree, as my hon.…11 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanIn the Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth area there is already an enterprise zone that has been very successful, although the land allocated needs to be adjusted to take advantage of…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care UpdateIt is welcome to hear that D is for dentists. As a constituency neighbour, my right hon. Friend is very much aware that there is a crisis in NHS dentistry in Suffolk. There have…22 Sept 2022