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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith an enormous amount of work going to take place in the next few years in building energy and transport infrastructure, there are significant opportunities to enhance skills…25 May 2021HANSARD NHS Dentistry: WaveneyI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. The situation is very bad in Waveney. It is also bad in other parts of East Anglia, not least in North Norfolk and in the…25 May 2021HANSARD NHS Dentistry: WaveneyThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. There has been an underlying problem with NHS dentistry in the Lowestoft and Waveney area for a long time, with dentists retiring, leading to…25 May 2021HANSARD Britain’s RailwaysI welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. Greater Anglia’s current franchise agreement provides for the reintroduction of a through service from Lowestoft to Liverpool Street,…20 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent Martin Burnell is living with motor neurone disease, which is a progressive terminal illness for which there is no effective treatment or cure. Earlier this year,…17 May 2021HANSARDKickstart: Youth UnemploymentSuffolk’s gateway partnership has been very successful in promoting and rolling out the kickstart scheme, but to ensure that this initiative realises its full potential in…17 May 2021HANSARDKickstart: Youth UnemploymentWhat recent assessment she has made of the effect of the kickstart scheme on levels of employment among young people.17 May 2021HANSARD Adult Skills and Lifelong LearningIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) on securing this debate and on the pioneering…15 Apr 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd). In considering the provisions in the Budget presented by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghOn behalf of the constituents of Waveney, I extend their and my condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and all her family on the sad passing of the Duke of Edinburgh, who has been…12 Apr 2021HANSARDFemale Participation in STEMI welcome the Minister’s reply. Participation in STEM can lead to exciting career opportunities in such sectors as renewable energy, but to ensure that young women have every…24 Mar 2021HANSARDFemale Participation in STEMWhat steps she is taking to promote female participation in STEM.24 Mar 2021HANSARD Offshore Wind Farms: Unexploded OrdnanceThank you, Mr Dowd; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire (John Nicolson) on securing the debate. He has…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Levelling UpIn Lowestoft and Waveney, there are significant areas of poverty, and yet, as part of the wider East Suffolk Council area, we are in the priority 2 category. I would be most…16 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationFrom a Waveney and East Anglian perspective, the two main features of the Budget were the towns fund deal announcement for Lowestoft and the successful freeport bid for Felixstowe…09 Mar 2021HANSARDPost-16 Education and TrainingWhat steps his Department is taking to reform post-16 education and training.01 Mar 2021HANSARDPost-16 Education and TrainingI welcome my hon. Friend’s answer. The proposals set out in the further education White Paper are extremely welcome. In Suffolk and Norfolk, the colleges, the chambers of commerce…01 Mar 2021HANSARD Education Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. Further education colleges such as East Coast College are preparing for and will arrange a return on 8 March, although organising three…25 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI thank the Prime Minister for his statement and for the precautionary approach that he is pursuing to lifting the lockdown. It is clear that the impact of covid will be with us…22 Feb 2021HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)My comments will be made from the perspective of county areas, and I provide them both as an MP in the county of Suffolk and as chairman of the county all-party parly group. It is…10 Feb 2021