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HANSARDIsrael and PalestineLast week, I visited Kfar Aza for the second time. Since I last went there four years ago, a massacre has taken place. When I was at the kibbutz last week, I felt it was the…08 Jan 2024HANSARDGender RecognitionThis is my first time commenting on this issue. Recently, the “genderbread person” concept was found on a school intranet in Ipswich. It promoted the idea that biology does not…06 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyThe town centre has become one of the dominant issues in Ipswich. When I talk to constituents, it comes up perhaps more than any other issue, particularly over the past year or…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Over the summer, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, my hon. Friend the Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley) published a non-binding code of…04 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationI welcome the measures, but it is a shame they have taken so long. They should have been published after the last ONS stats were published, when I suggested a number of ideas…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseFor over 10 years, 100 of my constituents at the Mill development in Ipswich have been in limbo, unable to move on with their lives, re-mortgage or sell their properties, because…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Net Migration FiguresIt is quite clear that my right hon. Friend gets it on net migration. It is a shame that many people do not get it. In 2019, I stood on a manifesto when net migration was around…28 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeIt is a pleasure to contribute to this debate on the King’s Speech. Much of the work on crime and policing, I of course welcome: tougher sentencing for the most serious criminals;…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI first raised this issue in this place on 18 May 2020. The Rwanda scheme was stuck in the courts for 18 months. Enough is enough. Does the Home Secretary agree that one of the…15 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeNo, I am not going to give way in this speech. I have great respect for the police of this country, but that does not mean that they do not sometimes get it wrong, or that as…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationThe Minister deserves great credit for all the work he has done on this issue. I am really pleased that the Novotel in Ipswich will be put back to its proper use. At the heart of…24 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOver 200 of my constituents at the Mill development in Ipswich have been living in a cruel form of limbo for over 10 years. The building has deep cladding and structural problems.…16 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI think it is disgusting to choose the day after the massacre to start waving Palestinian flags outside the Israeli embassy. I also find what happened at the Cenotaph disgusting,…16 Oct 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2I very much welcome the commitment to Ely North junction and also to Haughley junction. They will deliver major benefits for my constituents, including an hourly Peterborough to…16 Oct 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2Of course it is right that we discuss investment in our rail network in the north and the midlands, but we also have to have a discussion about East Anglia. Time and again, Ely…18 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateThe one-year anniversary of the Novotel in Ipswich being taken over by the Home Office is about to be met. My right hon. Friend knows how strongly I feel about this. Anger in…05 Sept 2023HANSARDHigher Education ReformA key stakeholder is the British taxpayer, who ends up picking up a £1 billion bill for people who cannot pay back their student debt. Bricklayers, roofers and carpenters—there…17 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsRecently I visited Rushmere Hall Primary School in Ipswich, which is doing a fantastic job to support all neurodiverse pupils, particularly dyslexic pupils; however, its head…17 Jul 2023HANSARD Illegal Migration BillMany opponents of the Bill seem to support uncapped safe and legal routes. The reality of that would be that potentially over 1 million people could get the ability to come here.…17 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI will speak to Lords amendments 2, 12, 20 and 22, on arrangements for removal, to Lords amendments 31, 33 and 35 to 38, on arrangements for those under the age of 18 and for…11 Jul 2023