Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Terry Jermy and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 18th December 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Zöe Franklin—not here.

[Terry Jermy (South West Norfolk) (Lab)]

Merry Christmas, Mr Speaker, and I hope you get to enjoy a turkey from Norfolk.

Water availability is increasingly important for my farmers, and Conservative austerity and cuts to the Environment Agency made obtaining water abstraction licences and permits painfully slow and often expensive. Can the Minister provide an update on work to speed up that process so that farmers are not kept waiting for important decisions?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Terry Jermy and Lindsay Hoyle

Monday 28th October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Terry Jermy (South West Norfolk) (Lab)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Mr Jermy, you started to bob and then you stopped, so I was not sure you had a question, but please let us hear it.

[Terry Jermy]

Many rural villages in my constituency have spent hours producing excellent neighbourhood plans, with some areas hoping to go to public referendum and adoption soon. Given that such plans help communities to shape growth, will the Minister confirm what prominence the Government will afford neighbourhood plans as part of planning reforms?