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HANSARDSerious Fraud Office: Economic CrimeOne way the Serious Fraud Office can be made more effective is through access to more registers of beneficial overseas interests. We know that fraudsters, tax dodgers and crooks…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Police ReformSarah Taylor, the Minister’s Labour colleague and Norfolk’s police and crime commissioner, has been turning things around in Norfolk, where PCCs have a very chequered history. She…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI am pleased to speak today in full support of Lords amendments 38 and 40. I would also like to take the opportunity to press the Minister on the Government’s response in the…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Planning and Infrastructure BillI am getting an indication that he will not do so, which is a shame. I support the development of more homes in North Norfolk; there are 2,400 households on our housing waiting…13 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Transparency: Overseas TerritoriesDoes my hon. Friend agree that the documentation often exists to prove ultimate beneficial ownership, where it suits the individuals concerned? In some cases, we have a perverse…05 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Transparency: Overseas TerritoriesYes, I am frighteningly aware, because I have tried to access these registers myself, and I have relied upon reports by other organisations to tell me what is really going on.…05 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Transparency: Overseas TerritoriesI congratulate the hon. Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell) on the way he has framed this discussion, because we are debating the impact of these tax arrangements in the…05 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsStalham, a beautiful market town in North Norfolk, is one of the places receiving support from the high streets taskforce to revitalise its high street, and local businesses are…04 Nov 2025HANSARDLow-flying Military Aircraft9. What steps he is taking to reduce the potential impact of low-flying military aircraft on people living in North Norfolk constituency.03 Nov 2025HANSARDLow-flying Military AircraftDozens of my constituents have contacted me to express their frustration with the training patterns of both RAF and American fighter jets over North Norfolk’s towns and villages.…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Independent Lifeboats: Government SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I am delighted to respond to this debate on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, and congratulate the hon. Member for…29 Oct 2025HANSARDLife Sciences Innovative Manufacturing FundScientists at the Norwich research park and Quadram Institute are doing incredible work in the field of agri-science, which could transform the future of food for the better; in…22 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I am a serving Norfolk county councillor. It is two years since the Conservatives in Norfolk oversaw…21 Oct 2025HANSARDJhoots PharmacyFor almost two years now, the people of Sheringham have been suffering from completely unacceptable service from our local branch of Jhoots. Shortages of drugs, shortages of…15 Oct 2025HANSARDPrison Rehabilitation5. What steps he is taking to support rehabilitative programmes in prisons.16 Sept 2025HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. On 16 June, I asked a written question to the Department of Health and Social Care, seeking an update on plans for a new dental school at the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDPrison RehabilitationI thank the Minister for his response and welcome him to his place. We have a prison population crisis, but rather than building or releasing our way out of it, we have to reduce…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]I had the pleasure of serving on the Bill Committee, and I am pleased to see the Bill back before the House. Although it does good work, it simply does not go far enough in its…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseSea Palling in my constituency has little mobile signal, and its emergency sirens were removed 16 years ago. Ahead of the weekend’s emergency alert test, I asked the Cabinet…04 Sept 2025HANSARD Living Standards: East of EnglandThe hon. Gentleman knows as well as I do how rural and isolated much of Norfolk can be. I represent the oldest constituency in the country, and I have been shocked by the living…03 Sept 2025