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HANSARD Future of FishingWe should bring fishing communities and their generational knowledge into the policymaking process. We should guarantee sustainable stocks by working closely with national…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingI beg to move, That this House has considered the future of fishing after 2026. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. Britain has some of the richest…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingThat was a very unhelpful intervention. Nevertheless, I will carry on as I was before. It is interesting to note that after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, in which Admiral…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingI am going to carry on. Of the 35,000 tonnes of fish that arrive in Boulogne each year, two thirds come from British waters. There is an opportunity to rebuild the industry. One…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesFirst, I should declare an interest as an active farmer of 865 acres. Secondly, I represent a constituency with some of the most fertile farmland in the country, and since the…04 Nov 2024HANSARD International EngagementWill the right hon. Lady update the House, following the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, on whether the Government have considered a Commonwealth free trade deal…28 Oct 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Energy Projects and Food SecurityIt is a pleasure, Sir Mark, to serve under your chairmanship. I thank the hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Llinos Medi) for securing this debate. As one of the very few farming MPs—I…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSmall Boat CrossingsGiven that dangerous foreign criminals have been using the European convention on human rights as a loophole to remain in the UK, does the Home Secretary agree that it is time to…21 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandI thank Jess Asato, whose constituency of Lowestoft neighbours mine, for securing this important debate. The issue of SEND provision in the east is pertinent, particularly in my…08 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandThat is your subjective opinion—I accept that. In my view, this policy is the politics of envy, pure and simple. This particularly distasteful tweet from the Education Secretary,…08 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandI have not quite finished, Sir Mark.08 Oct 2024HANSARD SEND Provision: East of EnglandI will stop there.08 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsIn the Foreign Secretary’s oral statement he said: “A binding judgment against the UK seemed inevitable”. That seems misleading verbal baby food at best. So far, there has been a…07 Oct 2024HANSARD Illegal ImmigrationIt is a pleasure to serve under you, Sir Mark. I hope to stay within five minutes, just about. When we see pictures of boats entering Dover packed full of supposedly desperate…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Sanctions: RussiaGreat Yarmouth is a constituency like no other. In many ways, it feels two or three decades behind the rest of the country, but what may seem to be a criticism is in fact the…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressI am delighted to hear from the Secretary of State that progress is being made. Recompense, apology and all the things that should go with that cannot come too soon. This House…09 Sept 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthAs I see it, the taxpayer is now accountable to the state. The state is not accountable to the taxpayer, and I think that a lot of our lack of growth is rooted in the fact that…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Post Office HorizonI am pleased to hear from the Minister that the Government will expedite payments to those people who have been extremely badly treated by a state-owned entity in this national…30 Jul 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ7. My constituents in Great Yarmouth have little doubt that uncontrolled legal and illegal immigration since 1997 has damaged and disrupted their community and undermined their…24 Jul 2024