Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
14 July 2026
2 contributions
Lung Cancer Screening Programme
12. What progress his Department has made on ensuring that incidental findings from the lung cancer screening programme are followed up.
Mr Speaker, if there is a five-a-side doctor in the House, I would be most grateful.
Following the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the big killers in my constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East. Chiesi, …
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
14 July 2026
2 contributions
Health Inequalities: Staffordshire
Question No. 12 please.
It’s the football, Mr Speaker—it’s Tuesday. Sorry.
Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
23 June 2026
2 contributions
Cost of Living: Wythenshawe and Sale East
15. What steps she has taken to help support people with the cost of living in Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency.
My constituents Darren and Nicole shared with me their story of hardship in raising five children on one income. Like me, they are grateful to this Chancellor for ending the two-child benefit cap. Will she consider an independent process for advising the Government on how much universal credit needs…
Commons
Debate
27 April 2026
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
A teacher in my constituency wrote to me today with concerns about the Bill, pointing out that some MPs will be voting tonight who were born after the Good Friday/Belfast agreement. We need to let that settle for just a moment. The Secretary of State is right to say that this is our last opportunity…
Commons
Oral Questions
14 April 2026
2 contributions
Maternity Care
2. What steps his Department is taking to improve maternity care.
The nation should be grateful for this Secretary of State and for what he is doing for maternal services, yet at Wythenshawe hospital in my constituency, the most recent Care Quality Commission report rated maternity services inadequate for safety. What assurances can the Secretary of State give tha…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
19 March 2026
International Development
As a former shadow International Development Minister, I know that one issue our nation has not grappled with is that 90% of the usurious levels of debt repayments for the poorest nations across our planet are governed by English law through the City of London. We could raise millions out of poverty…
Commons
Oral Questions
19 March 2026
Business of the House
I am sure that the whole House will agree that we could not do our jobs without the hard work and dedication of our staff. Will the Leader of the House join me in commending Mark Grayling, who has been with me for five years, who worked for other MPs before, and who has dedicated his working life to…
Commons
Westminster Hall
19 March 2026
Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Past
My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech, and she was an excellent Minister in her own right. Will she join me in paying tribute to Councillor Tommy Judge, who has been the Labour councillor for Sharston ward in my constituency for many years, and who was a victim of the 1974 bus bomb? He is stand…
Commons
Debate
17 March 2026
Middle East
Thomas More, a former occupant of your chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, once famously said that when we cut down laws to defeat the devil, we are defenceless when the winds turn against us. In conflict the enemy always has a vote, and Iran has chosen to restrict the strait of Hormuz. Does the Secretary …
Commons
Debate
16 March 2026
Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
As an alumnus of Manchester Metropolitan University, I noticed that it has stripped Peter Mandelson of all the honours that it gave to him while he was chancellor of that institution between 2016 and 2024. Can the Chief Secretary confirm that any contacts with Government and the Department for Educa…
Commons
Oral Questions
16 March 2026
Strait of Hormuz
The Joint Maritime Security Centre has designated the Persian gulf situation as critical, and Nautilus International, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and the UK Chamber of Shipping have designated the strait of Hormuz, the Persian gulf and the gulf of Oman as a warlike are…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
14 January 2026
Northern Powerhouse Rail
February will represent the 25th anniversary of the opening of the second runway at Manchester airport in my constituency, with capacity for 60 million passengers. Does the Secretary of State agree that his announcement will finally allow the airport to achieve its full potential?
Commons
Ministerial Statement
17 December 2025
Local Government Finance
Changes to funding formulas can throw up huge anomalies. The Minister is well aware that Trafford council, which covers part of my constituency, is one of those anomalies. Will she commit to work with my Trafford parliamentary colleagues, Trafford council and me to see if we can iron out some of tho…
Commons
Proceedings
9 December 2025
Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Kenova
We know that this was a brutal, murderous conflict, but, as we are reminded today, it was internecine as well at times. “There’ll be days like this”, in the words of one of Northern Ireland’s famous sons, but does the Secretary of State agree that, even on days like this, we should continue to keep …
Commons
Oral Questions
Work and Pensions
8 December 2025
Topical Questions
T3. The Government’s new youth investment fund is supporting the charity Nacro in my constituency to build a youth hub in Wythenshawe park. The Minister knows my constituency well, so I am sure he will agree that this project shows that we have an Administration who are serious about investing in ou…
Commons
Westminster Hall
18 November 2025
Flood Risk and Flood Defence Infrastructure: North-west England
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Sarah Hall) for this important and timely debate.
For my constituents in Wythenshawe and Sale East, flooding is a growing concern, severely affecting local communities on both sid…
Commons
Debate
4 November 2025
Supporting High Streets
The hon. Member is making a very impressive speech. Cultural institutions are also important for our high streets. I note that it is the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, who lived in Chawton House in Alton in his constituency. Hopefully that will help to regenerate his high street as w…
Commons
Debate
20 October 2025
3 contributions
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
The former Government set up a trust fund of £40 million for the Chagos islanders. After four years, only £12,000 had been spent. That is how they treated Chagossians under the last Government.
I am fond of the hon. Gentleman, who speaks of “doublespeak”. It was not long ago in my political lifetime that the former Member for Witney, the then Prime Minister, invited His Excellency Xi Jinping for a pint in The Plough at Cadsden, in Oxfordshire. As he departed back to China from the airport …
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 October 2025
Manchester Terrorism Attack
During my time in and around public life, Manchester has faced a number of terrorist atrocities: the ’92 and ’96 IRA bombs, the death of Detective Constable Stephen Oake in 2003 at the hands of an Islamic extremist, the 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack, and now this vile attack on Manchester’s Je…
Commons
Statutory Instrument
1 September 2025
2 contributions
Draft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025
I beg to move,
That the Committee has considered the draft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. The purpose of the order, laid before this House on 1 July, is to ensure that the full range of maritime legal …
I thank the Opposition for their support for this statutory instrument and welcome the right hon. Member to his elevated place. This is like the ghost of Christmas past, as we shadowed one another in opposition not so long ago, and I wish him well in his new position. He asked me a number of questio…
Commons
Statutory Instrument
9 July 2025
3 contributions
Draft Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025
I beg to move,
That the Cttee has considered the draft Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. The UK’s airspace is a vital piece of our national infrastructure that is essential to economic growt…
I am grateful to the hon. Member for Orpington for stating the Opposition’s support. UK aviation enjoyed its most successful month in history in April. Over the next 20 years, we are looking at the doubling of numbers in aviation, and freight as well, so modernising our airspace is critical to makin…
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Debate
4 July 2025
2 contributions
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow East (John Grady) for promoting this short but important Bill. I wanted to get further into Newcastle United’s Inter-Cities Fairs cup win in 1969, but I do not think today is the day.
I thank all who have contributed to the debate. I thank the hon. Memb…
Today is 4 July and there will be fireworks across the pond, but we want rocket boosters under our space industry. Most of Europe is landlocked—or I should say space-locked—which provides the UK with a unique opportunity to be a launchpad for satellites produced all around Europe. That is the market…