Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
14 July 2026
2 contributions
NHS Buildings: Extreme Heat
19. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent heatwaves on hospitals.
I appreciate the Government’s plans to upgrade the NHS estate, but the heatwaves are happening now, and staff and patients are enduring unbearable conditions: wards without air conditioning, temperatures of more than 30°, radiotherapy machines and MRI scanners failing, IT servers overheating, and so…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 July 2026
State of Climate and Nature
I thank the Minister for including land use and food systems within this outline. It is so important that that is included as part of the triple challenge of climate, nature and food.
We know that we can meet our climate and nature goals only if we catalyse and incentivise private sector investment…
Commons
Debate
6 July 2026
Environmental Protection
The Minister has touched on organised crime. As I am sure she is aware, modern slavery can be a real issue within the waste crime sector; we have had some powerful debates on that issue in the Chamber. The waste crime action plan sets out that people will be held to account and given community servi…
Commons
Oral Questions
Justice
30 June 2026
Knife Crime: Custodial Sentences
Mr Speaker, I know that you are a great supporter of the Parliamentary Knowledge Foundation. Next Thursday, it will be bringing MPs to Empire Fighting Chance, a boxing gym in my constituency that has been involved in the Government and Idris Elba-led anti-knife crime coalition. Does the Minister agr…
Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
25 June 2026
2 contributions
National Resilience
5. What steps his Department is taking to improve national resilience.
I am sure that I am not the only one who feels that they are not designed to withstand the current heat—and neither are many of our public buildings and infrastructure. May I urge the Minister to make sure, while also talking to colleagues in other Departments, that we factor in climate resilience w…
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 June 2026
North Sea Oil and Gas
About 90% of the reserves in the North sea have already been extracted. Has the hon. Gentleman looked at the analysis of how expensive it is to reach the rest of the reserves? One reason they are still there is that it is far more expensive to extract them. Has he seen whether there is an economic c…
Commons
Westminster Hall
23 June 2026
13 contributions
Environmental Sustainability: UK-Indonesia Collaboration
I beg to move,
That this House has considered UK-Indonesia collaboration on environmental sustainability.
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. I am also pleased to see the Minister for the Indo-Pacific in her place; I did want this to be an Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Of…
I certainly think that peatlands are incredibly important. It has been one of my frustrations that we put so much emphasis on forests, and on the UK on planting trees—like a race to how many millions of trees each party can pledge to plant—whereas, as the hon. Member says, the carbon sequestration i…
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Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
16 June 2026
2 contributions
Tibetan Plateau: Environmental Change
1. What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of the level of risk to countries arising from environmental change in the Tibetan plateau.
Mr Speaker, I echo what you said about Jo Cox. I think her message is more important today than it ever was.
I thank the Minister for her response. China’s actions, from environmentally destructive mining to building dams to divert water sources, will have consequences far beyond the Tibetan platea…
Commons
Westminster Hall
8 June 2026
Progression of Bills through Parliament
In 2009 and 2010, I used to be the Whip in charge of Friday sittings, but even now I would struggle to explain just how things work with some of the Back-Bench Bills, given some of the shenanigans that go on. Does my hon. Friend agree that it destroys our constituents’ faith in parliamentary democra…
Commons
Oral Questions
Solicitor General
4 June 2026
Violence against Women and Girls
The first time I met the Prime Minister was when, as Director of Public Prosecutions, he came to Parliament to meet a group of MPs to outline his 10-point plan for tackling female genital mutilation. Since then there have been hundreds of reports of FGM cases but very few prosecutions. What is the S…
Commons
Oral Questions
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
4 June 2026
Topical Questions
T6. Cleaning up perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or forever chemicals, costs water companies and bill payers huge amounts every year. Does the Minister agree that polluters should foot the bill for remediation, and can the “polluter pays” principle be included in the clean water Bill?
Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
2 June 2026
Topical Questions
T6. I thank the Minister for the £13.5 million for the Temple Quarter heat network in my constituency. Where Bristol leads with City Leap, others can follow, so what are the Government doing to support other places in following our example, in order to get investment in decarbonising our cities?
Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
2 June 2026
2 contributions
Voluntary Carbon and Nature Markets
15. When he plans to publish the Government’s response to the consultation entitled “Voluntary carbon and nature markets: raising integrity”.
I thank the Minister for her response, and I welcome the UK’s leadership. Investors are concerned that the role of nature-based solutions in carbon market frameworks is not being fully recognised. With London Climate Action Week fast approaching, can she reassure investors that the Government see na…
Commons
Debate
27 April 2026
2 contributions
Ernest Bevin
On that point, will the Minister give way?
Yes. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) on securing the debate. We do not talk about Ernest Bevin enough, even in Bristol. There is a bust of him in the Unite building, which was the Transport and General Workers’ Union building, and there is a plaque …
Commons
Westminster Hall
27 April 2026
2 contributions
Animal Testing
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for opening the debate. She is a real asset to the Petitions Committee. She has led a number of debates on animal welfare issues with great expertise. She is a…
It is important to make the case that this is not just about people being horrified by the cruelty involved. It is also about the fact that the tests have been proven in so many cases not to be effective, not to yield useful results and not to be the best way to make progress in medical discoveries.…
Commons
Oral Questions
25 February 2026
Electronic Travel Authorisation: Dual Nationals
I was contacted in the early hours of this morning by two constituents who became proud British citizens in December. They did not have time to apply for British passports—they are from other EU countries with passports from there—because they were off on an extended honeymoon in south-east Asia. Th…
Commons
Oral Questions
5 February 2026
Topical Questions
T2. Today a letter is on its way to the Secretary of State. It is signed by over 40 MPs and peers, and highlights the Coalition for Fisheries Transparency’s “Criminal catches” report. Will the Minister agree to meet us to discuss how we can stop the UK becoming a dumping ground for illegal seafood…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
4 February 2026
Engagements
Q3. I welcome the news that Bristol East will be getting another three breakfast clubs. As I have seen, these clubs are not just about making sure that no child starts the school day hungry, but about giving staff extra time with children to spot whether there might be trouble at home. On that not…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 February 2026
2 contributions
Indefinite Leave to Remain
Will my hon. Friend give way?
I have encouraged many of my constituents to participate in the consultation that finishes on 12 February, but I am concerned to hear that some of the changes might be introduced in April this year. I know from past experience with Government consultations that it tends to take an awful long time fo…
Commons
Westminster Hall
21 January 2026
Animal Welfare Strategy for England
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, as always, Ms Lewell. I am tempted to join the discussion about non-stun slaughter, but I will not, other than to say that my understanding is that the derogation to allow it is meant to cater to domestic populations, yet we are exporting quite a lot. Not al…
Commons
Westminster Hall
20 January 2026
ADHD Diagnosis
In the last few weeks, I have visited two alternative learning projects in my constituency. One is the Wheels Project, which gets children working on restoring cars. The other is Enemy of Boredom, which is a brilliant thing, getting children video gaming while learning at the same time. What is amaz…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
19 January 2026
Arctic Security
I welcome the Prime Minister’s strong response, and the assurances that we have heard from the Foreign Secretary today. She has rightly made it clear that Donald Trump’s claims to need to possess Greenland for security reasons are complete and utter nonsense. The United States already has access. Th…
Commons
Proceedings
19 January 2026
Business Rates: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure
I hope the Minister will join me in congratulating Bristol East’s Lost and Grounded Brewers, which has just appeared on the list of the eight best breweries in Britain in The Times . He may recall that just before the Budget, I brought another Bristol East brewery, Left Handed Giant, to meet him and…
Commons
Westminster Hall
15 January 2026
3 contributions
Food Inflation
On Friday, I visited the Coexist Community Kitchen in my constituency, which does amazing work to get the community in. It runs cookery classes, is accessible and has affordable and healthy food, and sometimes it is free. Quite a lot of people go there on social prescriptions. On the issue of cross-…
It is always easy to criticise regulation, but we often find that regulations are introduced for very real reasons, whether that is protecting public health, animal welfare and so on. Will the hon. Member tell us which of the regulations and requirements she has listed ought to be dropped?
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