Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
15 July 2026
Engagements
Q9. It is an emotional Prime Minister’s Question Time today, and I really welcome the tone that has been struck. I think we should hear more of this, more often. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] Last year, I convened a roundtable of stakeholders in my constituency to explore joined-up solutions to tack…
Commons
Proceedings
15 July 2026
Oral Answers to Questions
Q9. It is an emotional Prime Minister’s Question Time today, and I really welcome the tone that has been struck. I think we should hear more of this, more often. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] Last year, I convened a roundtable of stakeholders in my constituency to explore joined-up solutions to tack…
Commons
Oral Questions
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
9 July 2026
Topical Questions
From sea to plate, fisheries need the same long-term certainty as farmers in order to strengthen our food security, encourage healthy, high-protein diets and help to build jobs and skills pipelines that coastal communities need. Will the Minister consider committing to adopting the all-party parliam…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
2 July 2026
2 contributions
Well-paid Jobs: Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
8. What steps his Department is taking to support the creation of well-paid jobs in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency.
News of apprenticeship incentives, the youth jobs grant and the jobs guarantee will provide a welcome boost for my brilliant young people in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, but they and other jobseekers will want to know what permanent jobs they can move into. We have huge opportunities and experienc…
Commons
Westminster Hall
30 June 2026
3 contributions
High Street Regeneration and Unlawful Storefronts
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. He mentioned vape shops, barber shops and mini-marts. He will be aware of the evidence that some of those enterprises are masking quite serious organised crime on our high streets. This has been a decades-long failure in regulation…
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
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Commons
Oral Questions
Justice
30 June 2026
2 contributions
Support for Victims of Abuse
20. What steps his Department is taking to support women and children who have experienced abuse to access support services.
The brilliant Denise Farman has been the chief officer of Women’s Aid in Grimsby for the last 25 years. She has pioneered move-on accommodation for those women and children leaving refuge to start to build the foundations of their new life, which has been remarkably successful. She notes, however, t…
Commons
Westminster Hall
30 June 2026
2 contributions
High Streets
The hon. Gentleman talks about the BBC investigation work that has been undertaken in recent months, which has exposed a huge amount of organised crime, including child sexual exploitation, money laundering and links to false asylum claims. Given how the fronts of these shops—so many of them are fro…
The Minister is making a really important point. Grimsby town centre has diversified what the town centre offers; there will be a new cinema and more activities for families. That all ties into a youth offer with the brand new Youth Zone, a community hub for people in crisis, and town centre housing…
Commons
Westminster Hall
23 June 2026
6 contributions
Fly-tipping: Residential Areas
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the matter of fly-tipping in residential areas and associated impacts.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer, and to see so many colleagues here to participate in this important debate. I thank the Backbench Business Committee …
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Why on earth should everybody else pay for the mess that others create, particularly hard-pressed communities that are already struggling? Adding to their council tax burden or imposing additional costs is not fair.
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Commons
Ministerial Statement
4 June 2026
Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships Strategy
I congratulate the Minister on managing to unite the whole House around this issue—a rare moment. I declare an interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on kinship care, for which the Family Rights Group acts as the secretariat. I also reference the Lifelong Links programme, as the Mini…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 June 2026
High Street Businesses: Government Support
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Ms Lewell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) on securing the debate.
For some time now, there have been unrelenting efforts from colleagues across the House, many of whom are here today, to keep the fut…
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
1 June 2026
Topical Questions
T10. When the Secretary of State orders those Typhoons from Lancashire, will he commit to ensuring that they are fuelled by sustainable aviation fuel made in northern Lincolnshire?
Commons
Proceedings
21 April 2026
2 contributions
Road Surfaces (Maximum Noise Levels)
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit the use of road surfacing materials which generate in-vehicle noise levels above a specified maximum; to require the resurfacing of existing roads which generate in-vehicle noise above that maximum; and for connected purposes.
In Gr…
I appreciate that—thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Maybe we all need ear defenders in this place once in a while.
We have clear rules and protections for prolonged noise exposure in many workplaces because we understand that repeated exposure can damage hearing and affect health, yet when it comes …
Commons
Debate
21 April 2026
Middle East: Economic Update
I congratulate the Chancellor on her statement. The setting of electricity prices to international gas prices has long been blamed for the erratic nature of our electricity bills—indeed, that was previously accepted by the Conservative party. While the Conservatives complained about it and did nothi…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
16 April 2026
Women’s Health Strategy
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Minister and the noble Lady Merron on bringing forward this renewed strategy. My constituent Jodie Goodwin has recently been refused a hysterectomy for reasons of funding, despite the medical and surgical advice that that is what she requires to deal with her health…
Commons
Debate
14 April 2026
3 contributions
Crime and Policing Bill
I would like to recognise the work the Government have already undertaken to improve our high streets, including measures announced in the Budget last year: the taskforce to tackle organised crime groups; additional funding made available to trading standards, customs and excise, and His Majesty’s R…
My hon. Friend is right. It is an acknowledgement that action needs to be taken. That is reflected in other areas of action that the Government are already committed to and those we are likely to see further down the track, which I will come to later.
I think we are right to raise the length of the…
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Commons
Oral Questions
26 March 2026
Pothole Repairs: Government Funding
North East Lincolnshire council has received over £4 million. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Daniel Francis) mentioned, the council seems to be struggling to get that money out the door and those potholes filled. Areas like Winchester Road have got absolutely disgracefu…
Commons
Oral Questions
19 March 2026
EU-UK Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement: Negotiations
The negotiations are critical to UK fisheries. What plans does the Secretary of State have to keep this House and the fishing sector updated? Perhaps she or one of her colleagues would attend the all-party parliamentary group on fisheries, to ensure that we are up to date on all developments.
Commons
Oral Questions
17 March 2026
2 contributions
Topical Questions
T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Grimsby town centre is experiencing repeated attacks through antisocial behaviour, particularly by young people, and this is causing a huge amount of concern for shop workers and shoppers in the town. I welcome the Government’s additional funding for police officers, but what is the Department doing…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
12 March 2026
Topical Questions
T6. I wish my constituents a happy Great Grimsby Day, to commemorate the signing of our charter in 1201. UK titanium dioxide production like that at Tronox is under threat from aggressive Chinese practices, funnelling cheap product through companies that they buy, run down and hollow out, circumvent…
Commons
Oral Questions
11 March 2026
Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
My understanding is that letters must not be treated less favourably than parcels, but that is happening at the moment through internal Royal Mail targets. That is the case at the Fotherby Street sorting office in Grimsby, where a tracked-first policy is in place, meaning that parcels take priority,…
Commons
Debate
9 March 2026
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I congratulate the Government on making kinship care central to their policies. Many children in care experience significant disruption in their lives, through multiple home moves and school changes, and relationships with their brothers and sisters are so central to a child’s sense of identity, bel…
Commons
Oral Questions
9 March 2026
Immigration Policy
On the issue of indefinite leave to remain, the Minister said from the Dispatch Box that there will be “close consideration” of the public consultation that concluded last month, and yet last week the Home Secretary said that she is determined to push ahead with those changes to retrospective indefi…
Commons
Westminster Hall
9 March 2026
Type 1 Diabetes: Infant Testing
My hon. Friend is laying out, in a very careful and considered way, the importance of the screening process and the ease with which it can be implemented to avoid more tragic stories like Lyla’s. Does she agree that mandatory screening is essential, because most children diagnosed with type 1 diabet…
Commons
Debate
3 March 2026
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill
I am pleased to support the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill and the Lords amendments. The Bill is about backing a world-class aviation sector and supporting its growth in a way that meets our decarbonisation responsibilities. The fact that SAF could contribute to the 65% reduction in emissions needed…