Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
10 September 2026
2 contributions
No. 10 North
17. What estimate she has made of the cost of setting up No. 10 North.
Can the Minister be really specific? How many civil servants and special advisers are due to be permanently staffed at No. 10 North, and once they are all in place and working there, will the Government publish statistics for their attendance at the office?
Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
8 September 2026
2 contributions
Fuel Duty: Cost of Living
22. What estimate he has made of the average annual cost to motorists of discontinuing the 5p fuel duty reduction from December 2026.
I cannot believe the Minister just said he wanted to give families breathing space when the RAC Foundation has found that, since fuel prices increased due to international issues earlier this year, the Treasury has raked in £1 billion extra from the VAT on fuel. How can it possibly be fair on motori…
Commons
Oral Questions
Church Commissioners
3 September 2026
2 contributions
Lighthouse Summer Holiday Programme
5. What steps the Church of England is taking to support the Lighthouse summer holiday programme.
Over the summer, I was delighted to visit Lighthouse Princes Risborough for both its opening and closing ceremonies. It welcomed 450 local children over a week for fun activities, with a lot of chaos—I may have been gunged in the closing ceremony—but all underpinned by Christian teaching. Similar sc…
Commons
Debate
1 September 2026
2 contributions
Sudden Cardiac Death: Young People
I have initiated this Adjournment debate on behalf of my late constituent and his family. It concerns a tragic case that raises serious questions about emergency response, clinical training, information sharing, and whether the systems meant to save young lives are fit for purpose.
On 31 January 20…
I do agree with the hon. Gentleman, and I will explore many of those issues later in my speech.
When paramedics arrived, they found Adam cold, blue, not breathing, and without a pulse. They immediately started CPR, and took him to Harefield hospital, with the support of Thames Valley Air Ambulance.…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
16 July 2026
2 contributions
EU Entry-Exit System: Transport Delays
What a weekend, Mr Speaker! Ministers will be hovering by the phone on Monday or Tuesday. What a visual display of success or failure there will be, as the number of holidaymakers heading to the continent ramps up for the summer season. The Government have had two years on this. Multiple Select Comm…
I have always enjoyed my exchanges with the Minister. As the nation learned devastatingly last night, trying to defend a single position for a prolonged period does not always have a happy ending. If we get the chaos that is predicted for holidaymakers and freight operators this weekend, will the Go…
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
14 July 2026
2 contributions
General Practice Partnership Model
6. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the partnership model in general practice.
I am grateful to the Minister for that answer, but GP partnerships across rural areas such as mine in Mid Buckinghamshire face considerable uncertainty as the Government review the model for practice funding. Can the Minister be really clear about when the next steps review of the Carr-Hill formula …
Commons
Proceedings
8 July 2026
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
I congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing this urgent question, and Mr Speaker on granting it. There is deep concern across the whole country about the Government’s decision, which particularly affects our coastal communities. That was demonstrated clea…
Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
7 July 2026
2 contributions
Large-scale Solar Farms
Ministers have consistently been trying to argue that solar needs 1% of agricultural land, yet in a spectacular display of disjointed Government, their own land use framework talks about 9% of our agricultural land being taken out of food production for environmental schemes. At the same time—[Inter…
At the same time, EDF chief executive Simone Rossi has said that the Energy Secretary’s expansion of solar and wind is creating far more electricity generation capacity than is needed. EDF is even calling for a pause on the approval of new projects, so before he shuffles over or perhaps shuffles off…
Commons
Statutory Instrument
6 July 2026
Draft Electricity Capacity (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
As ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. With your indulgence, I will start by welcoming the new Conservative Member, my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South. I am sure that, in a series of firsts as he finds his feet around the House of Commons, his first Delegat…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
30 June 2026
Defence Investment Plan
Mid Buckinghamshire is proudly home to RAF High Wycombe and RAF Halton. Given everything in the defence investment plan on aircraft, drone innovation and the space field, coupled with the Secretary of State’s absolutely correct commitment to our defence personnel, training is critical. RAF Halton ha…
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 June 2026
2 contributions
Farming: Financial Sustainability
Would my hon. Friend agree that another uncertainty is coming down the path? The Climate Change Committee is asking farmers to reduce livestock numbers by up to 40%. That would devastate and make unviable so many farms—complete madness.
Does the Minister accept that it is a choice made by this Government—maybe not by DEFRA, but by the Treasury—to bring in the carbon tax from 1 January? The Government cannot change events in the middle east, but they could choose to delay or scrap that tax.
Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
23 June 2026
Support for Industry
Mid Buckinghamshire is home to a number of businesses that are part of the supply chain for the aerospace and defence industries. Those businesses rely on steel that is categorically not made here in the United Kingdom. If the Department for Business and Trade fails to rectify the cliff edge that is…
Commons
Statutory Instrument
17 June 2026
2 contributions
Draft Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. The Opposition do not intend to oppose this statutory instrument.
There is no doubt about the importance of a strong nuclear safeguards regime for the success of our nuclear industry. It must demonstrate to the world that civil nuclear …
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that. His point speaks to the practicalities of these regulations, and I join him in his ambition for his constituency and the wider nuclear industry in the UK to be the absolute global gold standard. We must be competitive to ensure our energy, security and econo…
Commons
Statutory Instrument
17 June 2026
2 contributions
Delegated Legislation Committee
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. The Opposition do not intend to oppose this statutory instrument.
There is no doubt about the importance of a strong nuclear safeguards regime for the success of our nuclear industry. It must demonstrate to the world that civil nuclear …
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that. His point speaks to the practicalities of these regulations, and I join him in his ambition for his constituency and the wider nuclear industry in the UK to be the absolute global gold standard. We must be competitive to ensure our energy, security and econo…
Commons
Statutory Instrument
17 June 2026
2 contributions
General Committees
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. The Opposition do not intend to oppose this statutory instrument.
There is no doubt about the importance of a strong nuclear safeguards regime for the success of our nuclear industry. It must demonstrate to the world that civil nuclear …
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that. His point speaks to the practicalities of these regulations, and I join him in his ambition for his constituency and the wider nuclear industry in the UK to be the absolute global gold standard. We must be competitive to ensure our energy, security and econo…
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
16 June 2026
Topical Questions
My right hon. Friend the shadow Foreign Secretary rightly challenged the Government on the use of Chinese slave labour in the manufacture of solar panels. Chinese companies also dominate the mining companies using slave labour to extract cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so how much mo…
Commons
Oral Questions
Housing, Communities and Local Government
15 June 2026
Topical Questions
Will the Minister for Housing and Planning review the 2,500 square metre threshold for edge of town centre and out of town centre planning applications and conduct an assessment of their impact on the high street, particularly through the lens of supermarkets setting up things like key cutting and s…
Commons
Westminster Hall
15 June 2026
Brain Cancer
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Barker. I was reflecting with my constituents Greg and Sally, whose son has a brain tumour, when I met them in my constituency office this morning—they also attended the all-party parliamentary group meeting a few weeks ago—on what has actually …
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
11 June 2026
Topical Questions
More than two thirds of driving test centres have a maximum 24-week waiting time, and the average waiting time for a test is 22.3 weeks—a month longer than in July ’24. For all the Government’s talk of recruiting new examiners, the instructor recruitment conversion rate is just 4%. When will the Gov…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
11 June 2026
Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire: Transport Links
It has been announced to great fanfare that East West Rail will be the main transport connection from Cambridgeshire to Bedfordshire, as well as in the other direction to get to the new Universal park. However. if the Government cannot get the bit of East West Rail that has been built operational—we…
Commons
Statutory Instrument
10 June 2026
2 contributions
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair this afternoon, Mr Wishart.
Across the country, drivers, particularly of older, often less expensive vehicles, have been hurt by the fees imposed by low emission zones and so-called clean air zones. Between ultra low emission zones and clean air zones…
If local authorities pass on the fee, what will be the Government’s response?
Commons
Statutory Instrument
9 June 2026
Draft Contracts for Difference (Allocation) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. The lens through which we must view any legislation on contracts for difference, including the draft regulations before us, is one that asks: what do contracts for difference mean for all our constituents who ultimately pay the e…
Commons
Oral Questions
Home Department
8 June 2026
Topical Questions
As if the Government’s announcement on watering down the provisions of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023 were not disappointing enough, the secondary legislation to enact what is left of it still has not been tabled. Where is it?
Commons
Proceedings
8 June 2026
Water Companies
I have many criticisms of the operating practices of Thames Water, but further to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Exmouth and Exeter East (David Reed), I am very concerned about the total dysfunctionality in how the planning system interacts with water companies. This is a problem no…
Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
2 June 2026
Household Energy Bills
Labour came to office with bold promises to cut energy bills, but in the real world we have seen bills go up, up and up again. In answer to the first question, the Secretary of State said that he wanted to do all he could to cut energy bills, so here are some ideas for how he could do so. He could s…