Commons
Westminster Hall
8 July 2026
Draft UK-EU Agreement on Gibraltar
I congratulate the hon. Member on securing the debate. He mentioned cross-party support; does he agree that, as far as we are able to ascertain, the people of Gibraltar are glad that there is cross-party support for their position in this House, and that we must try to maintain that to ensure the sa…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
8 July 2026
Engagements
Q10. The Government have said that higher taxes are needed to fund rising welfare spending. In Northern Ireland, my party’s Communities Minister is taking action to reduce welfare fraud and error. Discussions were held between the Treasury and the Department that would have allowed Northern Ireland …
Commons
Oral Questions
Northern Ireland
8 July 2026
Community Cohesion
Community cohesion is important, both racially and politically. Everyone accepts that political leaders and others have to be cognisant of what they say and what they do, and whenever we are all remembering our dead, as we do, no one denies republicans the right to remember their dead. Does the Secr…
Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
7 July 2026
Topical Questions
T5. Will the Secretary of State consult the devolved regions on the roll-out of small modular reactors, so that all the consumer and job opportunity benefits can be shared right across the whole United Kingdom?
Commons
Westminster Hall
1 July 2026
2 contributions
MPs’ Second Jobs: Prohibition
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this timely debate. He is rightly elaborating on the need for more transparency, and he just alluded to the 10 Members whose second job income comprises the vast majority of the total. When this debate comes into the public domain, the question that alwa…
On the issue of any complexity adversely affecting a Member’s ability in the House, does my hon. Friend agree that while we all should be open and transparent and the register should be kept up to date, as the mover of the motion said, the final arbiter on all these issues has to be the voters? When…
Commons
Westminster Hall
30 June 2026
High Street Regeneration and Unlawful Storefronts
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his success in securing this debate, which I suppose is indicative of the crisis that he is talking about. I have secured a similar debate this afternoon on a directly related issue. This demands not only our attention, but immediate Government action, because in…
Commons
Westminster Hall
30 June 2026
12 contributions
High Streets
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the future of high streets.
When I was considering a title for this debate, I toyed with “High streets: a future?” or “High streets: is there a future?”, but I settled on something more neutral. We had a debate on a similar topic this morning in which …
I agree, and in a few moments I will talk about some of the positive developments, but they are chinks of light, not the answer. I believe that we need to look at this issue much more radically.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
24 June 2026
North Sea Oil and Gas
On the issue of what people think, does my hon. Friend agree that the vast majority of people across the UK are keen to see us move towards net zero? What they are not keen to do is to pursue a net zero eco-fanaticism that means we must have it today or tomorrow, rather than there being a gradual mo…
Commons
Westminster Hall
23 June 2026
Border Security: UK-Ireland Co-operation
On the issue of the porous border, no one expects a hard border constituting installations and so on, but I have been trying to get the Government to release the figures about how many electronic travel authorisations there have been, and I never get an answer. We do not even know the numbers for pe…
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
16 June 2026
Topical Questions
Will the Secretary of State join me in recommending that people visit the “06:29AM—The Moment Music Stood Still” exhibition that I and colleagues visited this morning in London, which shows examples of what happened on 7 October, so that we may all get more rounded information on why there is such a…
Commons
Westminster Hall
16 June 2026
Lifelong Learning: “University of the Air” White Paper
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. On the narrow cohort of people who normally benefit from higher education, does he agree that lifelong learning is an essential component for young people from working-class communities in particular? Many of them do not take part in traditio…
Commons
Westminster Hall
9 June 2026
Water Safety
I congratulate the hon. Member on securing the debate. On the subject of young children, many of them school age, there was a tragedy close to my constituency in August 2022, when two teenagers drowned. That is an example of what the hon. Member is outlining having happened recently across England. …
Commons
Proceedings
9 June 2026
North Belfast: Violent Attack
Tens of thousands of people are horrified at the circulation online of the video that the Secretary of State has alluded to. He quite rightly congratulates the members of the public who intervened—whether it was a hurl bat or a cricketing bat, they took action—but as tension rises, we now need to se…
Commons
Westminster Hall
9 June 2026
Police Service of Northern Ireland Training College
I congratulate the hon. Member on securing this debate. Does he agree that in addition to having a state-of-the-art training facility—and I agree with him on that—we need to have more police officers on the street. The police in Northern Ireland are understaffed, and we need to see more politicians,…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 June 2026
Community Pharmacies
Will the hon. Lady join me in paying tribute to the many people who work in community pharmacies, including my constituent Sadie Jefferson, who is 90 years old and retired last week from the community pharmacy where she had worked for 75 years? Hers is an example of the commitment and effort in comm…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 June 2026
Children: Development of Essential Skills
On the hon. Member’s point about involving all schools, does he agree that the problem is not so much about ensuring that young people who are interested and want to get on develop their skills? Disaffected and disinterested young people are the ones we really have to reach out to, to ensure that th…
Commons
Oral Questions
Justice
19 May 2026
Knife Crime Strategy
Has the Secretary of State established the success or otherwise of knife amnesties introduced by previous Administrations in reducing knife crime, given the prevalence—and increase—of knife crime in many large urban centres across the country?
Commons
Westminster Hall
28 April 2026
Park Home Owners
Does my hon. Friend agree that in many parts of Northern Ireland, but especially in my constituency, this is about striking a balance between those who own or rent their mobile homes and the site owners?
Commons
Debate
27 April 2026
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
Does the hon. Member agree that if ever there was a demonstration of the two-tier process in terms of legacy, we have it as a result of the Saville report? The same Saville report that was used to pursue Soldier F contained an assertion that Martin McGuinness probably had a submachine gun on the sam…
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
21 April 2026
Gulf Conflict
The Foreign Secretary’s push for consensus is to be welcomed. Hopefully, the strait of Hormuz will be open shortly, which will lead to short and medium-term progress. In the longer term, does the Foreign Secretary agree that a lasting peace in the middle east will be more easily secured if we can ta…
Commons
Westminster Hall
21 April 2026
2 contributions
Wheelchair Provision: Independent Review Body
I congratulate the hon. Member on securing the debate. On the issue of children getting access to wheelchairs, does he agree that sometimes the provision itself is fine, but parents subsequently establish that the wheelchair is not suitable and there can be difficulties in getting the best and most …
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Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
15 April 2026
Engagements
Q2. Severe hardship is being experienced by businesses, consumers and families right across the United Kingdom—not just normal costs of living but fuel costs, which are exceptionally high and getting higher. As we speak, protests are being organised for next week. We need action as quickly as possib…
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 April 2026
“For Women Scotland” Court Ruling: First Anniversary
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. On the point about the anniversary and the statement from the Minister for Women and Equalities that she intends to lay the guidance in a matter of weeks, will my hon. Friend join me in expressing the hope that that will be the long-overdue point…
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 April 2026
Hidden Credit Liabilities: Role of the FCA
I congratulate the right hon. Member on securing this debate. As he referred to earlier, the conditions that pertained in 2008 and the financial crash have resulted in banks making massive changes, but the banks should not be allowed—or encouraged by the FCA in some instances, as he has outlined—to …
Commons
Proceedings
25 March 2026
Foreign Financial Influence and Interference: UK Politics
I welcome the review, the Minister’s response and the general thrust of it. I am glad to see the list of people who responded at the back of the review. We responded on behalf of the Unionist community, and it is a good job that we did as no others seem to have done so.
On political donations in No…