Commons
Ministerial Statement
25 November 2025
G20 and Ukraine
I was very pleased that the Prime Minister mentioned Sudan; we cannot be blind to Russia’s malign interest there or across the Sahel. What discussions has he had with Prime Minister Modi about his approach to Russian oil and what appear to be his overly friendly social media posts towards President …
Commons
Oral Questions
25 November 2025
Topical Questions
The Secretary of State will be aware that since the law change, the number of children who have received NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis for severe epilepsy has been pitifully low. Families and campaigners believe that part of the reason is that the Home Office still has large responsibility …
Commons
Westminster Hall
19 November 2025
4 contributions
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called. It is clear that we need a three-minute time limit if we are to get everybody in, but I cannot guarantee that we will.
With apologies to other Members who wished to speak, I now call the Lib Dem spokesperson.
+2 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
19 November 2025
Suicide: Reducing the Stigma
Order. If we stick to about seven minutes each, everybody can get in.
Commons
Ministerial Statement
18 November 2025
Gaza and Sudan
I very much welcome the Foreign Secretary’s proactive statement, and I hope that will be the pattern of engagement with Parliament going forward. In addition to the horrendous atrocities that she and others have detailed, the World Food Programme has identified that 700,000 people face catastrophic …
Commons
Debate
13 November 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
I will speak to Lords amendment 28, which was introduced in the other place but relates specifically to my constituency. The Eskdalemuir seismic array, which is near the village of Eskdalemuir in my constituency, is a seismological monitoring station established to detect seismic signals from nuclea…
Commons
Debate
11 November 2025
BBC Leadership
I have long been a champion of the BBC as a UK national institution, but at the last charter review I raised my concern about the prevalence of a metropolitan elite at the heart of the BBC—not just at UK level but in Scotland—who do not always convey that they understand or indeed respect rural or o…
Commons
Westminster Hall
5 November 2025
14 contributions
Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights
Before we start proceedings, I want to say two things. First, this debate is oversubscribed, so not everyone will get to speak. I hope to call 10 Back- Bench Members to contribute for three minutes each. If Members take interventions, they will not get extra time because this is an hour-long debate.…
The debate may continue until 6.30 pm.
+12 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
5 November 2025
5 contributions
Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of Access
I will call Gordon McKee to move the motion. I will then call the Minister to respond. Two other Members have indicated that they may wish to speak, but they can make a speech only with the approval of both the Member in charge and the Minister. I proceed on the basis that those two Members have tha…
I sense that a large number of people want to make an intervention, but they must keep them short; otherwise, Mr McKee will not get to deliver his speech.
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
5 November 2025
10 contributions
House Building: London
I am going to impose an informal five-minute limit, and we will see how we get on.
I call Peter Fortune, who I am sure will stick to the five-minute limit.
+8 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 November 2025
2 contributions
Official Development Assistance Reductions
It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion), the Chair of the International Development Committee, because I want to refer to one or two things that the Committee has been doing. I thank the hon. Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) for securing the debate.
Gi…
That is partly right, because negative stories have prevailed and we have not had people on the other side rebutting them, as we have not had advocates on the ground. I feel that many non-governmental organisations became far too corporate in their approach: they did not have the local people who we…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 November 2025
3 contributions
Video Games: Consumer Law
Order. I am sure the hon. Gentleman knows he cannot intervene, having not been here at the start of Mr Goldsborough’s contribution. That is a House rule.
Order. I am sure that if Members make specific references to games and their various levels, they will share that information directly with Hansard.
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Commons
Proceedings
30 October 2025
Business of the House
Kelloholm is a former mining community in my constituency. Like the rest of Upper Nithsdale, it has few amenities, so it came as a complete shock to local people when, out of the blue, SNP-led Dumfries and Galloway council suggested closing the Hillview leisure centre as a possible budget-saving mea…
Commons
Proceedings
30 October 2025
Sudan: Protection of Civilians
I thank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker, as you have done with a number of others, but this important issue should not have to come to the Floor of the House by way of an urgent question. The Government must be more proactive. The Minister for Africa gave a commitment to the Intern…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
30 October 2025
Investment in Businesses
A major lodge development at Irvine House near Canonbie, and the potential for a Center Parcs in the borders, show that there is still great potential for jobs in the tourism industry my constituency. Will the Secretary of State encourage the Chancellor to follow the advice of the Scottish Hospitali…
Commons
Proceedings
16 October 2025
Business of the House
I welcome the right hon. Gentleman to his post, and my athletic constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont), to his.
Today at 2 pm there will be a protest in Moffat by campaigners who are making a last-ditch attempt to save the local Bank o…
Commons
Oral Questions
Church Commissioners
16 October 2025
Small Churches in Rural Constituencies
Can I ask the hon. Lady to encourage the Church Commissioners to share best practice and their experience of sustaining small churches in rural communities with the Church of Scotland? Sadly, in my constituency we have seen almost the wholesale closure of every small church in a rural area.
Commons
Oral Questions
16 October 2025
Tourism: Major Energy Infrastructure Projects
My constituency has the largest number of wind turbines, either constructed or consented to. Does the Minister share my concern that the Scottish Government continue to override the views of local councils and local communities in consenting to further projects that are to the detriment of the lands…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
15 October 2025
Pride in Place
Borderlands was a fully-funded initiative launched by the former Government, and it is now supported by the Department, the Scottish Government and the Scotland Office here in Westminster. It is designed to meet all the objectives that she has set out in the south of Scotland, Cumbria and Northumber…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
14 October 2025
Middle East
I very much welcome the release of the hostages and what the Prime Minister said about aid. However, flooding Gaza with aid is not an end in itself; this is about its distribution to those who need it most. What reassurances can he give the House that gangsters and criminal gangs will not play any p…
Commons
Oral Questions
14 October 2025
Topical Questions
Will the Minister confirm that there is now a timetable to ensure that everyone who has a radio teleswitch meter will have it replaced without losing their electricity, heating or hot water?
Commons
Proceedings
4 September 2025
Business of the House
Will the Leader of the House join me in recognising Gretna Green in my constituency as not just the wedding capital of the UK, but the wedding capital of Europe? It is particularly popular with couples from the north-west, and obviously, any MP who is still looking to be wed would be made most welco…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 September 2025
5 contributions
Future of Terrestrial Television
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the future of terrestrial television.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. We are here to debate a hidden threat to a vital service that most of our constituents use every week, and that service is digital terrestrial TV, common…
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and throughout my speech I will make the point that nobody should be required to pay to watch television. As he said, it is particularly an issue in rural areas, where broadband services can be extremely patchy and speeds highly variable. In more urban and sub…
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Debate
3 September 2025
Hospitality Sector
On that point, does my right hon. Friend agree with my constituent, Stephen Montgomery, who is the director of the Scottish Hospitality Group, that the very circumstances he is setting out have brought the industry to the brink, and that unless the Government start listening, it is going to go over …