Commons
Oral Questions
Housing, Communities and Local Government
14 July 2025
Topical Questions
In reply to an earlier question, the Planning Minister said that he wanted to increase the number of people who engage in the preparation of local plans. He will know that even if that number was doubled, it would still be a small proportion of the local community. When applications are being consid…
Commons
Proceedings
10 July 2025
Business of the House
At a recent constituency surgery, a constituent came to me who is in receipt of the survivor police pension. She drew my attention to the anomaly that if she were to remarry or cohabit, she would lose her pension. There has been an ongoing campaign about this for a number of years. I am looking to a…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
8 July 2025
Road and Rail Projects
I will follow on from the Secretary of State’s reply to my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh) about the service between Grimsby, Cleethorpes and King’s Cross. The Secretary of State rightly mentioned digital signalling on the east coast main line, which will improve cap…
Commons
Debate
8 July 2025
Government Resilience Action Plan
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster referenced the considerable spending on flood defences over the next few years. He will be aware that the port of Immingham and much of the south bank of the Humber was severely affected by a tidal surge in 2013. Although much work has been done in recent yea…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
30 June 2025
Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery
I thank the Minister for his statement and for the briefing he gave me earlier today. It is disturbing that when the Government reached out to the company for additional information, it was not forthcoming. The shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew …
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
30 June 2025
Topical Questions
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of welcoming the Secretary of State to my home town of Cleethorpes, where we witnessed the national Armed Forces Day event. Earlier, he referred to the volunteers who made this possible. My constituent Alex Baxter, whom he met on Saturday, has masterminded the Armed F…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
26 June 2025
Business of the House
Reference has already been made to Armed Forces Week. Like Members from across the House, I will be taking part in events this weekend. North-east Lincolnshire is staging the major national event, and around a quarter of a million people will descend on Cleethorpes this weekend to take part in the e…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
26 June 2025
Road Network: Condition
The Minister is familiar with the campaign that I and neighbouring colleagues have been running for many years to improve the A180. When will she have some good news for us?
Commons
Ministerial Statement
23 June 2025
UK Modern Industrial Strategy
Belated though it is, the announcement about energy costs is obviously vital to the steel sector. The Secretary of State is well aware of the situation in Scunthorpe. Will he give an assurance that, for the foreseeable future, production of virgin steel will continue in Scunthorpe? Will he work with…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
12 June 2025
Gibraltar
This welcome agreement has been a long time coming. Those of us who have had the privilege of visiting Gibraltar on official delegations are aware of how loyal Gibraltarians are to Britain and the British Crown. On the talk of sovereignty, I think we have established that, other than the St Pancras-…
Commons
Proceedings
12 June 2025
Business of the House
Many of my constituents and millions across the country suffer from arthritis in its various forms. Earlier this week I met Arthritis Champions who are seeking a Government strategy to tackle this issue. Will the Leader of the House arrange for a statement from a Health Minister on how the Governmen…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
12 June 2025
Topical Questions
Greenergy, a company based in Immingham, has been forced to shut down and review some of its operations in the UK. In part, that is due to an influx of heavily subsidised hydro-treated vegetable oil from the US. Will the Secretary of State bear this in mind when he has trade negotiations with the US…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
11 June 2025
Spending Review 2025
Of course I welcome the continuing support for Scunthorpe steelworks, but may I gently remind the Chancellor that that support came seven months after I first raised the issue in the House, and we then had the panic of the Saturday sitting in April?
The Chancellor mentioned support for the Viking c…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
10 June 2025
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
I have spoken on a number of occasions in recent weeks about recognition of Palestine, and I put on record again that I think we should proceed with it. Certainly, a vote in this House, as was suggested a moment ago, would strengthen the Government’s position and, I would have thought, be helpful in…
Commons
Proceedings
5 June 2025
Business of the House
Greenergy operates a biodiesel facility at Immingham in my constituency, but it has had to go into a cold shutdown and review the future of its operations. This is in part due to subsidised imports from the US and the need to review the renewable transport fuel obligation, which affects not just the…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
4 June 2025
Regional Growth
I recognise the importance of assisting the city regions to boost the economy, but my Brigg and Immingham constituency covers the south bank of the Humber, which is home to a cluster of energy businesses that are of particular importance to the renewables sector. Can the Chief Secretary to the Treas…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2025
Animal Welfare in Farming
I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate, which, due to the delayed start, will now conclude at 4.31 pm, subject to there being no further Divisions. We will start with a four-minute time limit on speeches, which may have to drop if there are many interventions.
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 June 2025
3 contributions
Decriminalising Abortion
Order. May I clarify whether this is a live case?
I remind Members that they must bob if they want to catch my eye.
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Ministerial Statement
22 May 2025
Business of the House
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Chairman sends his apologies to you and the House. I know that he will be pleased to hear the Leader of the House’s comments about Tottenham Hotspur.
In addition to the business already announced, the Committee agreed at its meeting earlier this week to another …
Commons
Oral Questions
Church Commissioners
22 May 2025
Interfaith Cohesion
Interfaith work is vital to our local communities up and down the country. Does the hon. Lady agree that leadership is important and that if the Church of England were to follow the Roman Catholic Church and appoint its leader in days rather than months, it would give a great boost to interfaith wor…
Commons
Westminster Hall
22 May 2025
5 contributions
EU-UK Summit
I call Sadik Al-Hassan.
Sorry—I was told you had finished, Sir John.
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Ministerial Statement
20 May 2025
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Earlier, the Foreign Secretary used the phrase “morally wrong”. I entirely agree with that, and I am sure we can all agree that the original Hamas massacre is equally morally unacceptable. May I take him back to the issue of recognition? I am one of the Members who has previously supported the recog…
Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
20 May 2025
Northern Towns: Funding
The prosperity of northern towns is very much dependent on good transport connections. Will the Chancellor ensure that National Highways is adequately funded, so that it can improve access to the port and town of Immingham through improvements to the A180, and also that the Department for Transport …
Commons
Proceedings
19 May 2025
NHS and Care Volunteer Responders Service
This appears to be another rather muddled decision from the Government. The Minister has acknowledged that these volunteers provide a vital service, but if they want to continue they now have the inconvenience of going to the new portal, registering and so on. Would it not have been better at least …