Jim Shannon — Hansard — Westminster Brief

Commons Debate 8 September 2025

Renters’ Rights Bill

Just last week, I was asked a similar question back home; the legislation back home is not covered by this House. The issue for those who have animals is that almost every person who has an animal in a flat, apartment or other property always looks after the property as if it were their own and the …

Commons Debate 8 September 2025

Defence Industrial Strategy

I thank the Minister very much for the incredibly good news that he and the Labour Government have delivered today in this Chamber. Every one of us across this great United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will relish the idea of jobs coming our way. We in the Democratic Unionist party…

Commons Proceedings 8 September 2025

Omar al-Bayoumi: Arrest and Extradition

I thank the Minister for his update and his answers. Does he not agree that our obligation to expose international terrorism and support our allies in the fight against those responsible for the 9/11 bombings is incredibly clear? Every step must be taken to ensure that anyone on British soil underst…

Commons Proceedings 8 September 2025

Palestine Action: Proscription and Protests

I thank the Minister for all his answers. I was and am pleased to see steps to ensure that protesters who were outside the realms of peaceful protest and demonstrating support for a proscribed organisation were dealt with in terms that line up with the law. Palestine Action’s illegal street protests…

Commons Oral Questions Defence 8 September 2025

Defence Industrial Base

I thank the Minister, who is a regular visitor to Northern Ireland, for his answers. Thales has received significant contract work from the Ministry of Defence, with 200 jobs coming out of that, and Spirit AeroSystems has also achieved some of that, with extra jobs, but many other defence companies …

Commons Ministerial Statement 4 September 2025

Early Education and Childcare

I thank the Minister for his very positive statement. He works very closely with the Minister in Northern Ireland, who announced back in May a package of measures worth some £55 million for the same purpose. The uptake has been huge, and has demonstrated the need for working families to receive help…

Commons Proceedings 4 September 2025

Business of the House

I wish to raise concerning reports of an increase in Taliban crackdowns on women in Afghanistan. Those include widespread instances of violent beatings, arbitrary arrests for so-called non-compliance with extreme dress codes, total bans on women’s education and the forced closure of women- led busin…

Commons Oral Questions Solicitor General 4 September 2025

People Smuggling

I thank the Solicitor General for what she is personally trying to do, and indeed the rest of the Government. If we are to prosecute people smugglers effectively, we need global action. May I focus her attention on the Republic of Ireland? We have a porous border between Northern Ireland and the Rep…

Commons Westminster Hall 4 September 2025

Future of Terrestrial Television

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I thank the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) for securing today’s debate on this issue. It is right to start this conversation, which needs to be heard. I will follow what others who wish to see te…

Commons Westminster Hall 4 September 2025

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

It is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell— I think I have done so three or four times this week already. I thank the hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Alison Bennett) for bringing this issue to the House and for the passion she obviously has for this subject. She brought that t…

Commons Westminster Hall 4 September 2025 2 contributions

Procedure Committee

I thank the Chair and the Committee for their hard work in releasing this. I have a simple question. Some of us sitting here today could, in three months’ time, find ourselves seriously ill suddenly and unexpectedly. I presume that would need to be backed up by a letter from a consultant, a doctor o…

The brief question is: has the Committee considered that?

Commons Debate 3 September 2025

Diabetes in Sport

I commend the hon. Member for bringing forward this debate; he is right to highlight these issues. I want to tell him about a young boy from back home. I recently read an article on diabetes.co.uk about a young man called Ryan Nixon-Stewart from Lisburn in County Down who has his sights set on Olymp…

Commons Proceedings 3 September 2025

Property Taxes

I commend the shadow Chancellor for bringing forward this subject for debate. He clearly shares my deep concern that I have, and that I think everyone in this Chamber should have, that the Government are considering a further tax on property, despite the fact that the Prime Minister committed to not…

Commons Oral Questions Women and Equalities 3 September 2025 2 contributions

Young Disabled People: Labour Market Inequalities

5. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle inequalities faced by young disabled people in the labour market.

Research by the national disability charity Sense found that more than half of disabled benefit claimants with complex needs between the ages of 18 and 34 say that there are few jobs that meet their needs as disabled people. What steps can the Minister take to ensure that more employment opportuniti…