Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
15 July 2026
2 contributions
Engagements
Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 15 July.
I associate myself with the Prime Minister’s remarks about Ann Widdecombe. I take this opportunity to thank him for his public service, and wish him and his family all the best for the future.
Most of us can only dream of playing the role of Jude Bellingham—scoring the winning goal and leading our …
Commons
Proceedings
15 July 2026
2 contributions
Oral Answers to Questions
Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 15 July.
I associate myself with the Prime Minister’s remarks about Ann Widdecombe. I take this opportunity to thank him for his public service, and wish him and his family all the best for the future.
Most of us can only dream of playing the role of Jude Bellingham—scoring the winning goal and leading our …
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
14 July 2026
Access to NHS Dental Services
The hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) is right about dentistry. We have had no clarity from the Minister as to the vision for the future. What should people expect? Is it the plan that most people should go private and not be able to access NHS dentistry? When I chaired a Holderness He…
Commons
Proceedings
14 July 2026
2 contributions
Points of Order
On a point of order, Mr Speaker.
The Leader of the House, in his reply to me, suggested that I had cost my right hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) her job as Chief Whip when, like him, I found myself embarrassed at the Dispatch Box because I was given an instruction. In fact, it came from No. 10 and told…
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 July 2026
4 contributions
Support for Pig Farmers
It is a great pleasure to participate in this debate, Sir Christopher, and to have the Minister in his place.
I agree with practically every word that has been said by colleagues across the House about the importance of the pig industry. It is the largest agricultural output of Yorkshire and the Hu…
I have represented pig farmers in Holderness for 21 years—it has always been volatile, and the farmers accept the volatility, but never has there been quite such a concatenation of issues all at the same time, including the introduction of the regulations and the closure of abattoirs. Scotland was h…
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Commons
Proceedings
8 July 2026
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
On 2 January, Grace and Sarah Keeling and Mark Ratcliffe tragically lost their lives in the sea at Withernsea. Through that day and late into the night, coastguard rescue officers fought in the most terrible conditions to save lives. They did so out of duty, not for remuneration.
When thousands and…
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
22 June 2026
Further Education Pathways
I recently met Alex Miles, managing director of Yorkshire Learning Providers, and heard a worrying tale that differs greatly from what the Minister has told the House today. I heard that established apprenticeship standards are being defunded and that new product foundation apprenticeships that no e…
Commons
Debate
10 June 2026
2 contributions
Railways Bill
One concern that has been repeatedly raised during scrutiny is that Great British Railways will both operate services and have significant influence by being the directing mind over access to the network. If a future Hull Trains application were to compete with a GBR-operated service for scarce capa…
Does my hon. Friend agree with new clause 85, which would make the interests of disabled people a key performance indicator for Great British Railways? I have been contacted by Katrina, a constituent from Sproatley, who has an upper limb disability as a result of thalidomide and relies heavily on ra…
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
9 June 2026
2 contributions
Waiting Lists: Unreported Removals
11. What assessment he has made of trends in the level of unreported removals from waiting lists.
People in Beverley and Holderness want high-quality and speedy care, not massaged waiting list numbers that suit Labour narratives. Of course, Mr Speaker, you will remember that the last Labour Government had form on this as well, because the National Audit Office repeatedly found that the numbers w…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2026
5 contributions
Improving the UK Visa System
Order. A Member has come in rather late and did not apply to speak in the debate, so I suggest that he does not speak. I call Daniel Zeichner.
Order. Given the number of speakers here, it is going to work out at about four and a half minutes each. I am not going to bring that in strictly for now, but if everybody is considerate of that, we will be able to get through.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2026
Rail Freight
I will call Lisa Smart to move the motion. I will then call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from both the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. If that has not been secured, you should not speak. As is the convention f…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2026
3 contributions
Seasonal Hospitality Businesses in Coastal Areas
We have a lot of wannabe speakers in this very short and time-constrained debate. I will set and stick to a speaking limit of three minutes, which might mean that we do not get everybody in, so if anybody feels like being shorter and punchier, that would be great.
Admirably done. I call Richard Foord.
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Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
2 June 2026
Climate-related Transition Plan
The people of Skidby, Little Weighton and Walkington are not opposed to the clean energy transition, yet 90% of them are opposing the 2,500-acre clean air solar farm that is swamping that area, in conjunction with other such farms. They are against multiple large-scale solar developments industriali…
Commons
Debate
20 May 2026
Banking Hubs
The banking and cash hubs in Hornsea, Withernsea and now Hedon in my constituency are fantastic and really work well, but is the hon. Gentleman aware that Lloyds is the only major bank that does not allow the deposit of cheques at post offices and cash and banking hubs, and that that is damaging to …
Commons
Debate
28 April 2026
14 contributions
Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges
I think my right hon. Friend is being a little too harsh on the limited number of Labour MPs present. The entire reputation of the Prime Minister of this country—the leader of their party—is on the line, and they are not turning out for him, because they know that he is now a laughing stock. Having …
The hon. Gentleman is giving a powerful speech. He says that all allegations should be investigated properly. With the greatest respect to him, the Foreign Affairs Committee is not looking into whether the Prime Minister misled the House, and neither are the police. There is no process to do that, o…
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Commons
Oral Questions
28 April 2026
Global Trade: Support for Businesses
Integrated industrial clusters such as Saltend in my constituency provide fundamental chemicals and other inputs into defence and wider industries right across the country. Yet higher energy costs and global events mean that they are under unprecedented pressure. Will the Minister look at establishi…
Commons
Debate
20 April 2026
Security Vetting
This is a humiliating day for the Prime Minister, and for the House, and for the whole country, yet still the Prime Minister is not being open with us. He is relying on some later inquiry, when the Cabinet Secretary told him in writing, in the official briefing, that he must seek vetting prior to th…
Commons
Oral Questions
14 April 2026
Cancer Treatment
May I pursue the point about coastal communities and cancer care? A young dad in Withernsea, a coastal town in my east Yorkshire constituency, went to the doctor repeatedly saying that there was something wrong with him and was repeatedly told that he was fine, before being diagnosed with stage 4 ca…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 April 2026
Middle East
Going further and faster on renewables is entirely compatible with new licences in the North sea. My constituents can see that the Prime Minister has very little power to reopen the strait of Hormuz, but total power to order new licences for Jackdaw and Rosebank in the North sea. How can he stand th…
Commons
Oral Questions
13 April 2026
Local Youth Services
The Liberal Democrats were in government! We did it together!
Commons
Oral Questions
13 April 2026
Short-term Holiday Lets: Registration
In rural and coastal communities, hospitality is already under massive pressure thanks to the tax rises, regulatory impacts and other negative impositions of this Government. May I urge Ministers to ensure that if we are to bring in a registration scheme, we gather the data and do not move in too he…
Commons
Oral Questions
26 March 2026
2 contributions
Open Access Rail Services: Beverley and Holderness
13. Whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that open access rail services continue to be available in the Beverley and Holderness constituency.
As the Minister knows, before Hull Trains, Hull and east Yorkshire were a forgotten part of the rail network. Hull Trains put that right, connecting the great port city of Hull, and indeed Beverley, directly to London. It is also one of the most popular train services in the whole country. I am plea…
Commons
Proceedings
24 March 2026
13 contributions
Oil and Gas
Does my right hon. Friend, like me, feel sorry not only for all the consumers up and down the country who see billions of taxes that could be paid if we just produced more oil and gas here—that could be used to lower their taxes when they fill up their cars and travel to work—but for the two Ministe…
If we were to accept the argument that it would make no difference to the international price—notwithstanding the fact that there are global markets and that supply and demand leads to much lower prices in some places than in others—we are still talking about billions of pounds in forgone taxes, whi…
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Commons
Oral Questions
24 March 2026
Clean Energy: Private Sector Investment
The Minister will be aware that major hydrogen projects in the Humber area, including those led by National Gas, are ready to go. They are vital to our region, which has £18 billion of value-add and 360,000 jobs, but without certainty from Government, investors cannot commit. When will the Governmen…