Commons
Westminster Hall
2 July 2026
3 contributions
Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths
Gentlemen may take off their jackets off if they wish.
I remind Members to bob if they wish to be called in the debate.
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
15 June 2026
Brain Cancer
I thank the Petitions Committee and my friends from Brain Cancer Justice, who I affectionately think of as the provisional wing of the all-party parliamentary group on brain tumours.
In July last year, we launched Margaret’s trial at University College London hospital. Thanks to the donations of th…
Commons
Westminster Hall
1 June 2026
3 contributions
Child Sexual Offender Data
Order. I point out to Members that this is an incredibly important debate, which is why so many of you are here today. I would ask you to be brief in your interventions, out of respect for all other Members who have something to say.
Order. Will the Member please sit down? Please do not make me have to intervene a third time.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
16 April 2026
4 contributions
NHS Federated Data Platform
Order. Mr Wrigley has asked me if he can sum up at the end of the debate—his chances were in his hands. Because the debate is so popular, I will now impose a two-and-half-minute time limit on contributions. I call Dawn Butler.
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
+2 more contributions in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
14 April 2026
Topical Questions
At 2 pm today, many Members of this House will be attending the funeral of our dear friend Phil Woolas, the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010, who passed away from a glioblastoma brain tumour on 14 March. I am sure that everybody would wish to send their condolences to his wid…
Commons
Westminster Hall
19 March 2026
3 contributions
Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Past
I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. I also ask you to be mindful about issues of sub judice; we have been given some flexibility by the Speaker, but I urge you to err on the side of caution when referring to ongoing cases.
I apologise to the two Members who are standing; we have 12 minutes left for Back-Bench speeches, so that is six minutes each.
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Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
11 March 2026
Engagements
Silently and in semi-secrecy, London and the south-east of England are experiencing the largest mass eviction by a private landlord in decades. Criterion Capital has issued at least 130 no-fault eviction notices across its portfolio, including in Britannia Point in Collier’s Wood in my constituency.…
Commons
Proceedings
9 February 2026
6 contributions
Brain Tumour Survival Rates
I beg to move,
That this House notes that survival rates for brain tumours have seen little improvement in decades and that brain tumours remain the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40; expresses concern at the limited availability of clinical trials for brain tumour patients; cal…
Together with a number of Members here, I met representatives of Servier, and people are now in receipt of vorasidenib. I would be happy to talk to the hon. Lady about how we went about that.
On its own, foundational research is not enough for the people who will be diagnosed with glioblastoma this…
+4 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
15 January 2026
2 contributions
Food Inflation
In order to get everybody in, I ask Members to adhere to a discretionary five-minute limit on speeches. I call Katie Lam.
I am very sorry to say this, but it would be great if the two final Back Benchers could stick to about four minutes.
Commons
Westminster Hall
7 January 2026
7 contributions
Advanced Brain Cancer: Tissue Freezing
Debates on brain tumours are a bit like buses—there are none for ages, then they all come one after the other. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Caerphilly (Chris Evans) for organising this debate—the second of two debates on this topic on consecutive days. I send my condolences to Ellie and her…
My hon Friend is absolutely right. Let us be absolutely clear: there is no route for an improvement in any of the rare cancers unless there are more trials—and the system mitigates against that. There is a lot of talk at the moment about the Government of stakeholders. The stakeholders involved in d…
+5 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
6 January 2026
Less Survivable Cancers
I thank the hon. Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) for organising this debate. My purpose is to find a cure for glioblastoma brain tumours, the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40, with a life expectancy from diagnosis of just nine months and a five-year survival rate of 5%. The o…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 December 2025
3 contributions
Acquired Brain Injury Action Plan
Flattery will get you nowhere.
I think that may be your modus operandi.
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Commons
Proceedings
1 December 2025
Budget Resolutions
I welcome this Budget and the difference that it will make to families who have endured the cost of living crisis for far too long. I welcome the £150 cut to energy bills from April—a lifeline for households that have stretched every pound as far as it will go. I welcome the freeze on rail fares, be…
Commons
Proceedings
30 October 2025
Business of the House
When Lloyds closes in January, Mitcham will lose its last remaining bank, yet Link has refused a banking hub, claiming that the nearest branch in Tooting is just 14 minutes away. That figure comes from bus timetables, not real journeys by residents, many of whom have recorded it taking 20 minutes or…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
29 October 2025
Engagements
A fourth patient has entered the glioblastoma drug trial set up in memory of my late sister. Today, we are joined by Ben Trotman, a patient of a similar trial in 2022 that was funded by the Jon Moulton foundation. Since then, Ben has married Emily, and in March they welcomed beautiful baby Mabel. Wh…
Commons
Oral Questions
21 October 2025
Topical Questions
In the Secretary of State’s list of what has happened since his last oral questions, he failed to mention the appointment of our hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Dr Ahmed) as a Minister. He is particularly looking at life sciences. Without life sciences and drug trials, we will not see…
Commons
Westminster Hall
11 September 2025
2 contributions
Consumer Affairs
Not to mention Wagon Wheels.
Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. I can see they are doing so, which is good.
Commons
Debate
11 July 2025
3 contributions
Rare Cancers Bill
It is a matter of delight that the hon. Lady’s brother-in-law is still well and that the tumour has shrunk. But I should say to the House and all Members that that machine, which my late sister campaigned and raised funding for, is currently situated in a private hospital in London because it would …
I do not want to detain the House too long. I just want to put on record my admiration for my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur) in guiding the Bill to this point and now hopefully forward—with a former Member of this House, Julie Elliott, now Baroness Elliott, in the House …
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Commons
Debate
10 July 2025
Children’s Health
When we talk about children’s health, we often think about the start of life—safe births, vaccinations and early years support—but we also need to talk about those children whose lives will be short, those with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. Across the country, families caring for a …
Commons
Committee Stage
2 July 2025
Rare Cancers Bill
Does the Minister agree that keeping a list of people with rare cancers is only any use as long as there are some drug trials? Last night we launched a first trial, in my sister’s memory, for glioblastoma, with every penny raised by people donating, holding bake sales and running marathons. Is that …
Commons
Westminster Hall
25 June 2025
English Wine Production
I think the hon. Member has finished speaking. The hon. Member for Winchester might want to intervene on the Minister at an appropriate time.
Commons
Westminster Hall
25 June 2025
2 contributions
GP Funding: South-west England
Order. I remind Members to bob if they wish to be called. I ask for some self-restraint, with speeches restricted to six or seven minutes, so that we can get everybody in.
I respectfully say to Members that, while I do not have the power to stop interventions from people who turn up 45 minutes, an hour, or an hour and three quarters into a debate, speaking on a personal level—I am not the most formal of Chairs—I think it very impolite to make an intervention when you …
Commons
Westminster Hall
18 June 2025
Marriage between First Cousins
I will call Richard Holden 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 the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is…
Commons
Westminster Hall
18 June 2025
Future of the Gas Grid
Don’t look at me or you will find that your speech is very short.