Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
14 July 2026
Topical Questions
T4. The waiting time to see a cardiologist in the Manchester University NHS foundation trust is an unacceptable 66 weeks. What will the ministerial team do to reduce that waiting time?
Commons
Proceedings
6 July 2026
Rochdale Grooming Gang: Offender Deportation
We cannot call ourselves a civilised society while Shabir Ahmed is walking the streets of this country. I agree with the thrust of the question by the hon. Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam), but surely there is another approach to get him off the streets of our country: to put him back in prison …
Commons
Oral Questions
Science, Innovation and Technology
1 July 2026
Astronomy and Space Science: Funding
Particle physics and astronomy have had a rough deal since the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council—PPARC—was abolished about 19 years ago. I understand that the justification being put out by the Science Minister and other Ministers is that there has been a change to mission-driven resea…
Commons
Westminster Hall
23 June 2026
3 contributions
Fly-tipping: Residential Areas
Any hon. Members who wish to take off their jackets have permission to do so. I call Melanie Onn to move the motion.
Order. I remind hon. Members that if they want to participate in the debate, they should bob at the end of every speech. I will call the Front-Bench spokespeople at 10.30 am. Doing the simple arithmetic, that means there will be a time limit of four minutes on speeches.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
14 April 2026
4 contributions
Ground-mounted Solar Panels: Alternatives
Order. Two hon. Members have intervened after coming late to the debate. As a courtesy to the Chair and Members, they really should send a note. I have had a note from another hon. Member who wishes to intervene, who has done things properly and has not yet intervened. I say that to hon. Members for…
Order. I call the shadow Minister.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
14 April 2026
National Suicide Prevention Standard
I remind hon. Members that they may make a speech only with the prior permission of the Member in charge and the Minister. I have received no information that such permission has been given. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind…
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 April 2026
3 contributions
“For Women Scotland” Court Ruling: First Anniversary
Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to speak, as it is very helpful in determining whether to put a time limit on. Given the number of Members standing, however, I will not be putting a time limit on now.
Order. I remind hon. Members that interventions should be short and to the point. We have had two quite lengthy interventions. The business is not oversubscribed, so if hon. Members wish to bob, they may well catch my eye.
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Commons
Oral Questions
23 March 2026
Topical Questions
The Home Secretary has been commendably robust in her response to antisemitism and attacks on Jewish institutions, particularly since the two members of the congregation at Heaton Park synagogue were killed. After that attack, the Macdonald inquiry was set up to look into hate crime and public order…
Commons
Westminster Hall
23 March 2026
Puberty Blockers Clinical Trial
The hon. Member is making great efforts to be balanced in his presentation on behalf of the Petitions Committee. He says this is a complex area, but surely it is actually quite simple: we should not be experimenting on children, particularly as we cannot do double-blind experiments. Those are two fu…
Commons
Proceedings
18 March 2026
Student Loans
It is a long time since I went to university, but there was a belief then that the least important things we got out of it were degrees and job prospects. There was a value in education itself. The right hon. Lady seems to think that the only reason to go to university is mercenary.
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 March 2026
9 contributions
Immigration Reforms
Order. Members who wish to speak should bob. I have taken a rough count of those who have, and we will start with a four-minute limit, which I might have to reduce later.
Order. I remind Members of two things: first, interventions should be brief; and secondly, if you say “you”, you are referring to me.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
17 March 2026
Child Maintenance Service
I will call Vikki Slade, but I want to hear from the Minister because this is an important debate. I am going to restrict the hon. Lady to two minutes.
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 March 2026
5 contributions
Rural Roads
Can hon. Members leave quietly, please? We wish to start the debate.
Order. The hon. Gentleman has secured a debate that has attracted a lot of attention—I have 16 Members who have put in to speak. The rules say that I must call the Front-Bench spokespeople at 5.10 pm. At the moment, that means that those who have put in to speak will have a minute, or fractionally o…
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Commons
Westminster Hall
16 March 2026
4 contributions
Member Defections: Automatic By-elections
I was following the hon. Gentleman’s arguments closely and agreeing with them until he got to the point about Prime Ministers, because is it not a consistent position that if a hon. Member changes their political party there should be a by-election, therefore if there is a change in leader, as the C…
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving away again and I do not wish to push this point too far, because I personally do not think that there should be a general election if the ruling party changes its leader. However, the thrust of his argument was that what is in people’s minds when they v…
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Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
11 March 2026
Engagements
Q12. The National Audit Office report on Northern Powerhouse Rail, which came out on Monday, surprised none of us in its conclusion that the Department for Transport’s lack of engagement with mayoral authorities, local authorities and other involved parties in the north of England was leading to poo…
Commons
Oral Questions
25 February 2026
Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean Territory
Risking the accusation of creeping, Mr Speaker, may I say that it is a great pity that you are not in charge of these negotiations? The deal we have come to, or are coming to, is inexplicable both in principle and in relation to the costs to my constituents. I very much doubt that at the time of the…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 February 2026
4 contributions
Armed Conflict: Children
Order. I remind Members that the time for this debate is tight, so interventions should be short and to the point.
Order. I intend to call the Front-Bench spokespeople at 5.10 pm. That gives us just under 30 minutes, and seven Members are standing; I think three and a half minutes each would be appropriate, but please try to keep interventions brief. I remind Members to keep bobbing before I call somebody to spe…
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Commons
Westminster Hall
4 February 2026
Nurseries and Early Years Providers: CCTV
I remind Members that they may make a speech only with the prior permission of the Member in charge of the debate and of the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute debates.
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 February 2026
2 contributions
Postal Services: Rural Areas
I remind Members that they need to bob at the end of every contribution if they wish to be called to speak. There are 12 people standing; I intend to call the closing speeches at 3.30 pm, so I will impose a time limit of three minutes, which does not leave very much time for interventions.
Minister, I would be grateful if you could leave a couple of minutes at the end for a wind-up speech from the mover of the debate.
Commons
Debate
20 January 2026
4 contributions
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
rose—
I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I have heard him in this Chamber a number of times say that the United States supported this deal. The President of the United States clearly does not support it any more. I would have thought that that was the case for a pause, but I would also have tho…
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Commons
Proceedings
19 January 2026
Proposed Chinese Embassy
I think I heard my hon. Friend say clearly that the Government would not stand for coercion by the Chinese diplomatic service. Has the Foreign Office not been looking at what has been going on over the last 10 years? At the consulate in Manchester, people who were demonstrating against the Chinese G…
Commons
Debate
19 January 2026
Local Elections: Cancellation
As a former leader of a major council and a Labour MP, I find this completely embarrassing. A Labour Government should not be taking the vote away from 3.7 million people. It is completely unprecedented for a Labour Government to do that. There is clearly a vested interest for some councillors who m…
Commons
Debate
14 January 2026
West Midlands Police
It is absolutely clear that, by lies and conspiracy, the chief constable of the West Midlands created a no-go area for Jews in one of our major cities. He cannot, by whatever mechanism, continue in office, but will the Home Secretary consider prosecuting him for malfeasance in public office, or in s…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
14 January 2026
Northern Powerhouse Rail
I appreciate the Secretary of State’s recognition of the lack of investment that there has been in the north of England, but it is not as though there has not been jam to go around. While there has been almost zero new investment in the north, in the south we have seen Javelin trains, the Jubilee li…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
3 December 2025
Engagements
Q5. This country can be proud of its history of religious tolerance and religious freedom. The quid pro quo for that is the right to criticise religion. Can the Prime Minister assure the House that there will be no introduction or reintroduction of a blasphemy law, either by statute, judicial overre…