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HANSARDFarmed Animals: Cages and CratesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for opening the debate on behalf of…16 Jun 2025HANSARDFarmed Animals: Cages and CratesI entirely agree. It is through the good work of organisations like the RSPCA that we can increase awareness of those improved standards. As I have mentioned in this Chamber…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Long-term Medical ConditionsIt is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Peter Prinsley) for securing this debate. This…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Spending Review: Health and Social CareI warmly welcome the news that waiting lists are continuing to fall, not by chance, but because of the choices made by this Government. As the Minister will know, both the…12 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Government recently announced £7.5 million of funding for the British Sugar factory in my constituency, support that unlocks a further £43 million of investment. In Liz…12 Jun 2025HANSARDLocal Authority FundingPockets of deprivation in many rural communities, like my South West Norfolk constituency, are often masked by more affluent surroundings. Will the Minister reassure me that…09 Jun 2025HANSARDLocal Authority Funding21. What steps her Department is taking to ensure that councils in areas with higher levels of deprivation receive adequate funding.09 Jun 2025HANSARD Environment Agency: East of EnglandThe Minister and I have talked on many occasions. I do not envy the scale of the challenge that she has, particularly in relation to pollution. She and I have talked about…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Environment Agency: East of EnglandThe right hon. Member represents North East Cambridgeshire; as the Member for South West Norfolk, I share a border and very similar geography with him, and I recognise many of the…04 Jun 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare in FarmingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay), my constituency neighbour, for securing this much-needed…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare in FarmingUnfortunately, Sir John, you have missed the first 80% of my speech. I was coming on to how crucial the environment in Norfolk is to the local economy and the threat that…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Animal Welfare in FarmingI absolutely support that proposal. Intensive farming presents a significant risk from a disease point of view, so we need to heed such calls. I will quickly conclude. Next year…03 Jun 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsI will not as I have limited time—apologies. Take the Droves solar farm application in my constituency. If approved, 20% of the application site would cover grade 2 land, and…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsI congratulate the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson) on securing the debate, which is an important one for my constituents and indeed the whole county of…15 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy residents are very concerned about animal welfare issues, which is why there was such outrage at the weekend after reports in a national newspaper of horrific abuse of animals…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThe prison capacity crisis has been years in the making. Does the Minister welcome the news that Wayland Prison in Norfolk has been granted planning permission just this week, by…15 May 2025HANSARD Youth ServicesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon East (Natasha Irons) for securing this important debate. The issue is close to my heart because I spent many years as a youth worker…15 May 2025HANSARDSolar FarmsI encourage the right hon. Member to let me get to the end of my speech, as I may answer his question. I will then be happy to have a conversation with him. The fact is that…15 May 2025HANSARDFlooding: Planning and Developer ResponsibilitiesI am pleased that the hon. Member, my county colleague, mentioned internal drainage boards. For every pound that King’s Lynn and West Norfolk borough council in my constituency…13 May 2025HANSARDChurches and Religious Buildings: CommunitiesI will speak quickly. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. In a Westminster Hall debate earlier this year, I was pleased to note that there are an…13 May 2025