Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
1 July 2026
Engagements
Q13. In Ashfield, four workers, including two nurses, were kicked out of their HMO, only for Serco to put four illegal migrants in their place. One of those illegal migrants was a Pakistani national who went on to rape a vulnerable young girl in a park in Ashfield. He is now doing 14 years in prison…
Commons
Debate
22 June 2026
7 contributions
British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
First, I would like to declare an interest: I am a former coal miner and a member of the British Coal staff superannuation scheme.
In the 1950s, there were over 700,000 men working in the pits in this country—people like my grandads, great grandad, dad and uncles—in fact, I cannot remember any male…
It is heart-warming to know that former miners are living out their final years in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency. He is quite right; they need to live in dignity, and a fairer surplus sharing agreement would allow them to live a more comfortable life. Let us not forget that once they get the ext…
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Commons
Proceedings
9 June 2026
North Belfast: Violent Attack
Of course, the Secretary of State will know the answer to this question: did the assailant enter the United Kingdom as an illegal migrant or asylum seeker?
Commons
Proceedings
28 April 2026
5 contributions
Houses in Multiple Occupation
I am speaking about this subject tonight because over the past six years, I have been contacted by hundreds of families in Ashfield who have raised serious concerns about the impact that houses in multiple occupation are having on my community. Anyone can set up an HMO overnight, with no qualificati…
I do agree with the use of article 4 to put HMOs through the planning process. I have forced my local council to do that, but unfortunately it is doing it only in certain areas. I would like to see it being done throughout the constituency.
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Commons
Debate
20 April 2026
2 contributions
Security Vetting
The problem the Prime Minister has got is no one believes him. The public do not believe him, the MPs on this side of the House do not believe him and his own gullible Back Benchers do not believe him. So does the Prime Minister agree with me he has been lying?
Mr Speaker, I have the greatest respect for you and your office, but I will not withdraw: that man could not lie straight in bed.
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
20 April 2026
Topical Questions
T5. Some 25% of Selston high school has had to be closed down because of structural problems. It has submitted a bid to the school rebuilding programme. Can the Minister please ensure that it gets the funding it needs to reopen its doors?
Commons
Westminster Hall
26 March 2026
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Craniocervical Instability
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. Huge thanks go to the hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury) for securing this debate about Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a condition I had never heard about until this Session of Parliament.
Just a few months ago, a young lady came to see…
Commons
Debate
23 March 2026
Hatzola Ambulance Attack
Does the Minister agree with members of the Jewish community who think the hate marches increase the risk of antisemitic attacks, and if he does, will he ban them?
Commons
Oral Questions
23 March 2026
Antisocial Behaviour
Antisocial behaviour in social housing in my community is creating a living nightmare for some council and social housing tenants. Does the Minister agree that if we have prolific offenders responsible for antisocial behaviour from these council houses, the tenants should be asked to leave? They sho…
Commons
Oral Questions
Work and Pensions
9 March 2026
Topical Questions
T7. At least £10 billion a year is being paid in universal credit to households with at least one foreign national residing there—a truly shocking figure—but what I want to know is how much is being paid in PIP, carer’s allowance and attendance allowance to foreign nationals.
Commons
Westminster Hall
25 February 2026
4 contributions
Minister for Men and Boys
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I give huge thanks to the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans) for securing this very important debate. The question is: do we need a Minister for men and boys? I would say that ideally we do not, but we already have a Minister fo…
I think we could make the Equality Act much better. We do not have to have an Equality Act in this country. On the Minister’s first point, in this country we should not really need a Minister for women, and we should not really need a Minister for men. We should probably have a Minister for people—a…
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Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
28 January 2026
2 contributions
Engagements
Q10. It was reported on the TV yesterday that the Labour Back Benchers are revolting. Now, that is a matter of opinion, but unlike the Labour Back Benchers and the Prime Minister— [ Interruption. ] Unlike the Labour Back Benchers and the Prime Minister— [ Interruption. ]
Unlike the Prime Minister of our country, I have never been thrown out of or barred from a pub, and after yesterday’s disastrous announcement to save our pubs, it is no wonder he has cleared off to China, but I have one question for the Deputy Prime Minister. Will he come with me to Ashfield to visi…
Commons
Oral Questions
Work and Pensions
26 January 2026
Personal Independence Payment Review
Could one of the Ministers please explain to me and the people of Ashfield why the UK has one of the highest rates of disability in Europe?
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 January 2026
Business of the House
Now that the Chagos Bill has been dropped from the Order Paper for 19 January, will the Leader of the House please confirm when consideration of the Lords amendments will be scheduled?
Commons
Westminster Hall
12 January 2026
12 contributions
Call for General Election
It is a pleasure to serve once again under your chairship, Sir Edward. Let us be honest: if this petition was likely to trigger a general election, I doubt very much whether some of my former colleagues would be in the room today, because many of them would lose their seats— [ Interruption. ] We all…
I will just correct the hon. Gentleman slightly. Nowhere in our national literature did anybody promise to cut council tax anywhere in the country. He may want to correct himself on that.
Anyway, I get people apologising for voting Labour. Sometimes the odd lunatic might say they are going to vote …
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Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
6 January 2026
Topical Questions
In November last year, the Energy Secretary and his entourage attended COP30 in Brazil. That was an event where a rainforest was chopped down so that the Energy Secretary could talk about saving rainforests. Does he understand the hypocrisy of it all?
Commons
Westminster Hall
6 January 2026
5 contributions
BBC Charter Renewal
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I must know a different BBC from most MPs here today. The BBC is a service that people are forced to pay for, even if they do not use it. That is not fair. People can even go to prison for not paying the fine; those people are normally youn…
Thank you, Mrs Harris. Look what they did to Cliff Richard: filmed a raid on his house when he was an innocent man. Look what they did to Princess Diana. Look what they did to Donald Trump, our closest ally. Bob Vylan were on stage shouting, “Death, death to the IDF.” What about the Gaza documentari…
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Commons
Oral Questions
Home Department
5 January 2026
2 contributions
Asylum Hotels
Happy new year to you, Mr Speaker. It is all well and good closing these asylum hotels, but they have to go somewhere else. The latest madcap idea that we hear from the Labour Benches is to build council houses for illegal migrants crossing the channel. Does the Minister think that will help to smas…
Answer the question.
Commons
Debate
15 December 2025
Violence against Women and Girls Strategy
Last week, I met an amazing lady, Rachel Williams, who after 10 years of suffering domestic abuse decided to leave her partner. Just a short while after, he entered the salon where she worked and shot her from two feet away with a shotgun. Luckily the second shot missed, but she has been left with h…
Commons
Debate
15 December 2025
NHS: Winter Preparedness
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. During the urgent question, the Health Secretary suggested that Reform UK were vaccine sceptics—that is not the case. I have had all my vaccines since being born, and I will continue to have vaccinations, including the flu jab. Is there anything you can do …
Commons
Westminster Hall
11 December 2025
5 contributions
Oil Refining Sector
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. Of course, we have been here before with industry in this country. I remember what happened to the coal mines back in the 1980s. I worked in the coal mines in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and the whole industry was decimated by the Co…
If the right hon. Gentleman wants to intervene, he is more than welcome.
What the Government did not realise at the time is that when they got rid of a coalmine—each coalmine had a football team, a rugby team, a cricket team, a community club, a miners’ welfare, a brass band and a bandstand in the …
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Commons
Westminster Hall
8 December 2025
Digital ID
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Edward. This Government are trying to create a Big Brother Britain. We had the ramping up of facial recognition and 30 arrests a day for social media posts, and they are getting rid of trial by jury in most cases. We also have children being radicalised …
Commons
Oral Questions
1 December 2025
National Curriculum Reform
Year 9 students at Quarrydale academy in Ashfield are currently studying politics, and on their display board they had the words “extreme right-wing parties”, “Nazi party” and “fascism”. At the side of those words, they had pictures of Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, my hon. Friend the Member for Clacton (…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
19 November 2025
3 contributions
Engagements
Q5. While those on the Labour Front Bench continue to peddle their own form of dog-whistle politics, Reform UK— [ Laughter . ] Reform UK is cracking on with the day job. Our Reform-led councils— [Interruption.]
Our Reform-led councils have already identified savings of more than £330 million in the first six months.
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