Commons
Proceedings
8 July 2026
12 contributions
NHS Corridor Care
I beg to move,
That this House has considered NHS corridor care.
I express my sincere thanks to the Backbench Business Committee for granting time to the important subject of corridor care, and I declare my interest as a proud serving NHS emergency doctor working in A&E at St George’s hospital…
My hon. Friend and I are not performing a double act today, but he leads me on perfectly to the next part of my speech, as I go on to say that “corridor care” is something of a misnomer. Treatment in a corridor, far away from oxygen, proper equipment and emergency cords to pull, without privacy or d…
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Commons
Oral Questions
Justice
30 June 2026
Topical Questions
T4. Mr Speaker, you will be alarmed to know that one in seven NHS staff in England experienced a physical attack while on shift last year. Our paramedics, doctors, nurses, police officers and firefighters go to work every day to save lives, yet they face unimaginable abuse. We have to clamp down on …
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 June 2026
2 contributions
Children: Development of Essential Skills
I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate.
Given the thunder, I think someone upstairs agrees with you. I call Jim Shannon.
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 June 2026
2 contributions
Workplace Exposure to Silica Dust
I will call Liz Jarvis to move the motion, and I will then call the Minister to respond. 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. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunit…
By prior agreement, Ian Lavery will now speak. There is sufficient time for him to have five minutes, if he would like.
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
21 April 2026
West Bank: Illegal Settlements
The brutal suffering of Palestinians on the west bank remains unchallenged, and the Norwegian Refugee Council has now exposed that depraved sexual violence by Israeli soldiers and settlers is rampant against Palestinian women and girls. That is abhorrent. Will the Foreign Secretary tell us what she …
Commons
Westminster Hall
15 April 2026
4 contributions
Cost of Heating Oil
Order. Because so many Members wish to speak, you are likely to have two minutes each. If anyone intervenes, that limit will reduce or some of you will not be called, I am afraid.
I thank everyone for keeping to time. We now come to the Front-Bench speeches.
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Commons
Debate
16 March 2026
Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill
I associate myself with all the comments made by my hon. Friends the Members for Kensington and Bayswater (Joe Powell) and for Hammersmith and Chiswick (Andy Slaughter). It is an honour to follow them. This is not an issue on which there will be any contention at all between me and the Secretary of …
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
4 March 2026
Engagements
Q7. The suitability and financing of temporary accommodation needs addressing urgently. Children arriving on my shifts in A&E with breathing problems due to mouldy rooms in their temporary accommodation has become a grim reality. Since 2019, 74 homeless children have died due to the conditions…
Commons
Westminster Hall
11 February 2026
2 contributions
New Medium Helicopter Programme
I will call Adam Dance to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. 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. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Mem…
It is very nice.
Commons
Westminster Hall
11 February 2026
4 contributions
Hughes Report: Second Anniversary
Order. This is an incredibly important topic. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak. Because so many Members want to get in, I would be grateful if you can try to stick to approximately four minutes each, to allow everyone to get a say.
I remind Members that it is discourteous not to attend for the opening speeches and then to make interventions. As a result, those Members who have been here from the start and will be here until the end will now have a shorter time limit imposed on them. Because of the number of Members who have in…
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Commons
Westminster Hall
20 January 2026
3 contributions
Water (Special Measures) Act 2025: Enforcement
I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. Timings-wise, we will stick to approximately five minutes per person at the moment, which should make possible one or two interventions as well.
The passion is very welcome, but in the spirit of trying to be fair and make sure everybody gets at least five minutes, we are now on a strict time limit, with no more than five minutes for the final two speakers. I call Josh Newbury.
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Commons
Oral Questions
13 January 2026
A&E Waiting Times
Working my shifts in A&E over Christmas and the new year, like many colleagues up and down the country I experienced what has become the undignified norm of corridor care. I welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to ending it. The all-party parliamentary group on emergency care, which I cha…
Commons
Debate
15 December 2025
NHS: Winter Preparedness
I would like to pay tribute to all the incredible staff at St George’s hospital in Tooting. I did my A&E shift with them this week, together in the trenches.
The Labour Government inherited an NHS that was bursting at the seams. With flu cases on the rise, the NHS feels as though it is working …
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 December 2025
Veterinary Medicines: Northern Ireland
I will call Robin Swann to move the motion. I will then call the Minister to respond. 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 to wind up, as is th…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 December 2025
4 contributions
Local Media
Many hon. Members wish to speak. I suggest a ballpark time of approximately four minutes. I call John McDonnell.
Thank you very much.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
25 November 2025
Violence against Women and Girls: London
It is a pleasure to serve under you as Chair, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Apsana Begum) for securing the debate. Since she has come to Parliament, she has been a tireless campaigner on this issue and a real credit to her community and any victim of violen…
Commons
Oral Questions
13 October 2025
Topical Questions
Up and down the country, people are being priced out of their communities by sky-high rents and extortionate housing costs. In Wandsworth, the rent for a one-bed flat will cost the average Londoner almost half of their monthly take-home pay. Does the Minister agree that we must put an end to this si…
Commons
Westminster Hall
15 September 2025
3 contributions
Children with SEND: Assessments and Support
Order. I am keen to get everybody in because this is such an important topic. To do so, I will have to change the time limit to two minutes.
Order. Much as I appreciate the love and support that you are showing one another, I really want to get everybody in, because Members have sat through the debate for a long time in order to be heard.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
10 September 2025
Windsor Framework: Internal Market Guarantee
I will call Jim Allister to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make speeches only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the M…
Commons
Westminster Hall
10 September 2025
2 contributions
Equality Act 2010: Impact on British Society
Before I call Andrew Rosindell again, I remind Members that if they would like to make a significant contribution today, they should bob, and I will get them in for the debate. I call Andrew Rosindell.
You can enjoy a little more time.
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
2 September 2025
2 contributions
Gaza: Ceasefire
11. What discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on civilian deaths in Gaza.
Last week’s Nasser hospital bombings murdered many innocent people, including five journalists, and the double-tap method used was particularly barbaric. Article 79 of the Geneva convention states that journalists are civilians during war, and article 8 of the Rome statute makes it clear that attack…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
4 June 2025
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Almost eight months ago, the UN commission of inquiry found that Israel has implemented a concerted effort to dismantle the healthcare system in Gaza, and that the killing and disappearance of healthcare workers amounts to the crime of extermination. UK doctors in Gaza describe it as a “slaughterhou…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2025
3 contributions
Groceries Code Adjudicator
I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate.
Order. I will now impose an informal four-minute limit. If we run short of time, I will have to impose it formally or reduce it.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2025
Leasehold Reform
I will call Ruth Cadbury to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. 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 to wind up, as is the c…