Commons
Petition
1 July 2026
Drink driving, drug driving and dangerous driving laws
The petition states:
The petition of residents of the United Kingdom,
Declares that current laws and procedures relating to drink driving, drug driving, and dangerous driving are failing to protect the public, as delays between arrest and prosecution allow suspected high-risk drivers, including re…
Commons
Petition
1 July 2026
Drink driving, drug driving and dangerous driving laws
The petition states:
The petition of residents of the United Kingdom,
Declares that current laws and procedures relating to drink driving, drug driving, and dangerous driving are failing to protect the public, as delays between arrest and prosecution allow suspected high-risk drivers, including re…
Commons
Petition
1 July 2026
Drink driving, drug driving and dangerous driving laws
The petition states:
The petition of residents of the United Kingdom,
Declares that current laws and procedures relating to drink driving, drug driving, and dangerous driving are failing to protect the public, as delays between arrest and prosecution allow suspected high-risk drivers, including re…
Commons
Westminster Hall
22 June 2026
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Newborn Screening Test
I congratulate my hon. Friend on introducing this debate and welcome your chairmanship of it, Mr Mundell. My hon. Friend referred earlier to 90% of children who are untreated potentially dying before their second birthday. That is a sobering statistic, but it is not a statistic; it is the reality of…
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 June 2026
High Street Shops: Illicit Activity
We have 10 or 12 people, including the Minister and Opposition spokespersons, wishing to speak. There are lots of people here, and I am sure there will be lots of interventions. I will therefore impose a four-minute limit on speeches, but that will have to be reduced if we have too many intervention…
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 March 2026
Reproductive Coercion
Natalie Fleet will move the motion and the Minister will respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and from the Minister. As is the convention in 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
11 March 2026
Engagements
Q8. National Highways, a Government-owned company, has reneged on a promise to replace a demolished footbridge at Park Lane West in Netherton. The footbridge crossed one of the busiest roads and junctions in Merseyside, used by countless residents, particularly children and parents going to and from…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
4 March 2026
China: Foreign Interference Arrests
I thank the Minister for the update, and I welcome progress made on the counter-political interference and espionage plan. Would the Minister return to the House as appropriate to further update us on that plan?
Commons
Petition
3 March 2026
A5036 Park Lane footbridge
The original footbridge over the A5036 at Park Lane, Netherton, provided a safe crossing for thousands of children and adults for decades. The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to ensure that the pedestrian footbridge over the A5036 at Park Lane West juncti…
Commons
Debate
11 February 2026
Local Government Finance
I thank the Secretary of State and his ministerial team for listening to my representations and those of my council. My experience of Tory Secretaries of State is that having them listen, let alone act, is about as rare as rocking-horse dung. The Opposition, who did not properly fund local governmen…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 February 2026
Taxation: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
I assure the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon that I read his parliamentary contributions assiduously, side by side with the Labour manifesto—so there.
Question put and agreed to.
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 February 2026
6 contributions
Town and City Centre Safety
Order. I remind Members that 20-odd people wish to speak. That means that everyone will get a maximum of about two minutes—I might as well give everyone a heads-up on that—so if there are to be interventions, then, as I have said in the past, can they be a sketch, not an oil painting, please?
Order. I remind Members that, should they wish to bob to be called in the debate, they should do so. Members have two minutes to speak.
+4 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 January 2026
4 contributions
Horse and Rider Road Safety
Order. I just want to bring it to Members’ attention that we will get to the Opposition spokespersons and the Minister at 10 past. Lots of people wish to speak and we have had lots of interventions. I am going to be as flexible as I possibly can, but I am not quite sure that we are going to get thro…
I was about to remind Members to bob if they wanted to speak, so thank you very much for doing so. Members will have only two minutes, so bear that in mind, especially when taking interventions, otherwise we will not get through everybody.
+2 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 January 2026
2 contributions
UK-France Relations
Order. I am sorry, but this is an intervention, not a short speech.
Order. I remind the hon. Gentleman that it is now 4.22 pm and the Minister has to speak, so I would be grateful if he could start to wind up.
Commons
Westminster Hall
9 December 2025
Medal for Wounded Service Personnel
I completely endorse what my hon. Friend is saying and his plan for a medal. Does he agree that organisations such as Veterans in Sefton in my constituency do a remarkable job, supporting people across Merseyside? This would be another symbol of our support for our veterans, who do such a fantastic …
Commons
Westminster Hall
26 November 2025
Young People not in Education, Employment or Training
Order. I will not remind Members to bob, because you are already bobbing—thank you for that. However, given that so many people wish to speak, I will regrettably be imposing a formal two-minute limit.
Commons
Westminster Hall
26 November 2025
Home Insulation
I will call Anna Dixon to move the motion and then I will call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they can only make a speech with the prior permission of both the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up,…
Commons
Westminster Hall
26 November 2025
3 contributions
1994 RAF Chinook Crash
Order. If the Minister wants to give way, she is perfectly entitled to, but you should not force it by standing up.
Before I call Alex Easton, I remind Members that I have allowed them more flexibility in coming and going than I would ordinarily, given the sensitivity of the issue and people having arrived late. Please bear that in mind in future.
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
18 November 2025
5 contributions
UNESCO: 80th Anniversary
Order. If colleagues can keep their speeches to five minutes, I will not need to impose a formal time limit at this stage.
Alas, I am going to have to drop the time limit for speeches to four minutes.
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
18 November 2025
2 contributions
Infrastructure: Cramlington and Killingworth
I will call Emma Foody to move the motion and then the Minister to respond.
Thank you very much for that point. I am sure we will be able to take it up with the House authorities.
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 t…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 November 2025
Houses in Multiple Occupation: Planning Consent
Things have moved on since I made my announcement during the suspension a few minutes ago, so I am going to put a formal two-minute limit on speeches. Regrettably, I still cannot guarantee that everybody will get to speak, and I will have to intervene as soon as your two minutes are up.
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 November 2025
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Order. Just before the hon. Gentleman responds, I remind Members that the Minister will speak at quarter past 4. The Minister is entitled to 15 minutes. I know other Members wish to speak; however, that is the way we must operate. I remind the hon. Member of that.
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 November 2025
Cross-border Healthcare
Order. Although there is no time limit, four more Back Benchers wish to speak and we are going to move on to the Front Benchers at half-past 3, so I ask Members to bear that in mind.
Commons
Debate
3 November 2025
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
Today is the culmination of over three decades of determined advocacy and persistence by a dedicated group of campaigners in search of social justice, many of whom are in the Gallery and were referred to by name by the Prime Minister. I wish to put on the record my thanks and admiration to all those…
Commons
Westminster Hall
28 October 2025
World Stroke Day
Does my hon. Friend agree that organisations such as the one he mentioned, the Stroke Association and others have a vital role to play in bringing these matters to the attention of this House for as long as it takes?