Commons
Debate
24 February 2026
2 contributions
Online Harm: Child Protection
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is a procedural question. Given that the long title of the Bill is not in the motion, does that mean that the Bill can effectively cover any subject or theme if the Order Paper is seized on that day?
Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Thank you for that clarification, but my understanding is that that is the short title, not the long title. Is it the case that the long title can be used to tag in any related subjects to expand the scope from the narrow one here?
Commons
Ministerial Statement
23 February 2026
Local Government Reorganisation
What about the cancelled mayoral elections, such as those in Sussex and Hampshire? Do not the same arguments that the Secretary of State has made apply to those elections, or is he just afraid of our candidates, Katy Bourne and Donna Jones?
Commons
Debate
23 February 2026
Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving
Clearly, the system needs reform, but many families that have managed to get through the system and get an EHCP will be concerned by the announcements and the uncertainty today. I note that the Government anticipate that by the end of this decade there will be a reduction in children with the highes…
Commons
Debate
23 February 2026
Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address
An additional concern that I have with the appointment of Peter Mandelson is that the American Government had compromising information in the form of the Epstein files. I wonder what consideration was given to the appointment of an ambassador who would be going into sensitive negotiations with a for…
Commons
Debate
9 February 2026
3 contributions
Leagrave Station: Step-free Access
I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way in this very important debate. This issue affects constituencies across the country, including mine—we have problems at Weybridge station. May I draw to her attention my new clause 69 to the Railways Bill, which sets out a requirement for an accessibil…
Specifically on third-party funding, does the Minister agree that when it comes to infrastructure projects such as airport expansion, noting Heathrow’s proximity to my constituency, airports really should be a key target in terms of further funding, in order to improve accessibility on our railways?
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Commons
Committee Stage
5 February 2026
20 contributions
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fourth sitting)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey.
Clause 9 brings within scope of the NIS regulations a new category of technology service providers, known as relevant managed service providers. MSPs play a critical role in the UK economy. Research conducted by the Department for Science…
The scope and breadth of the organisations regulated by these provisions is one of the most important parts of the debate. If the hon. Member can wait a moment, that point will form the bulk of my speech. It was also mentioned by my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Spelthorne.
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Commons
Committee Stage
5 February 2026
18 contributions
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank all hon. Members on both sides of the Committee for taking part, and the officials for their work on the Committee stage of this important Bill.
The Bill will significantly update and expand the Network and Information Systems …
I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I am reminded of the Committee’s evidence session earlier this week, in which expert after expert lined up to raise concerns around the scope of the definition. Although they acknowledged the importance of and appreciated the reasons for leaving some thin…
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Commons
Oral Questions
Science, Innovation and Technology
4 February 2026
Teenagers’ Use of Social Media
The public support a ban on social media for the under-16s, Conservative Members support a ban on social media for the under-16s, and Labour Members support a ban on social media for the under-16s. The Secretary of State has said many fine words about her concerns for children’s safety online, but w…
Commons
Committee Stage
3 February 2026
25 contributions
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)
Q 38 Thank you for giving your time this afternoon. I have a couple of questions, which I will deal with in one go. The first is for Natalie. Ofcom’s role in cyber-security regulations will be expanded significantly under the Bill. What preparation has Ofcom undertaken to ensure it has sufficient ca…
Q Natalie, I am going single out Ofcom, which has a lot on its plate at the moment, particularly when it comes to the implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023 and all its other duties. Are you set up to administer your duties under the Bill? Are your resources siloed, given Ofcom’s competing con…
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Commons
Committee Stage
3 February 2026
4 contributions
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (First sitting)
Q Thank you, Jen and David, for coming to give evidence to us morning. Two questions. First, one to you, Jen. Lots of UK corporations have been the subject of recent major cyber-attacks, such as Jaguar Land Rover and M&S. Under the Bill as drafted, these remain outside the scope of the regulatio…
Q Thank you for giving evidence this morning. The Bill would not have prevented recent attacks on high-profile parts of UK industry such as Co-op, Marks and Sparks, and Jaguar Land Rover. What more do you think can be done to mitigate the risk to jobs, supply chains and the UK economy from further l…
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Commons
Debate
22 January 2026
6 contributions
Local Government Finances: Surrey
The amount of money that local government authorities have, such as Surrey county council and the new east Surrey and west Surrey unitary councils, has a huge day-to-day impact on residents. It determines the provision of services and the protection of our communities, and it is essential to the man…
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, although it sounds like it was more for the Minister than for me. He has given the Minister time to prepare for his inevitable question, which I hope she addresses in her speech.
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Commons
Proceedings
22 January 2026
Agricultural Sector: Import Standards
I have the Animal and Plant Health Agency in my constituency—it is confusingly named the Weybridge centre, but it is actually in New Haw—I thank the shadow Minister for his advocacy on this issue, and the Government for putting in the funding for the redevelopment.
Commons
Ministerial Statement
22 January 2026
Local Government Reorganisation
I support unitarisation and the efficiency savings it brings, but may I caution the Secretary of State a little on his language? A lot of the waste he is talking about is people’s jobs. Many hard-working council workers, who have huge uncertainty about what will happen to them over the next couple o…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
19 January 2026
Arctic Security
All relationships, particularly special relationships, must have a foundation of respect and mutual consent. What is the view in NATO on economic measures being used to force the annexation of a sovereign NATO territory?
Commons
Ministerial Statement
7 January 2026
Ukraine and Wider Operational Update
The Secretary of State has explained that he does not want to be drawn on the questions from the shadow Secretary of State for Defence and others on troop numbers or the exact nature of the force that is being conceptualised and put together, but it is more than reasonable for Members of this House …
Commons
Debate
6 January 2026
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
The cyber Bill should be one of the most fundamentally important pieces of legislation the House will consider in this Parliament, because the UK’s cyber-resilience is a cornerstone of the foremost duty of Government: the protection of the people.
The shadow Secretary of State has already made clea…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
5 January 2026
Venezuela
As the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Nordic countries, I am very grateful for the comments of the Foreign Secretary and the Leader of the Opposition on Denmark and Greenland. I am also grateful that the Foreign Secretary confirmed just a few moments ago that she and the Prime Ministe…
Commons
Debate
5 January 2026
Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief
Fourteen months is a long time for farmers to have the sword of Damocles over their heads. Many still do, because this is only a partial U-turn in the policy. The Minister has said many, many times today that he is and has been listening to farmers, but will it take another 14 months before he hears…
Commons
Westminster Hall
16 December 2025
5 contributions
Quarries: Planning Policy
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) for his highly technical and broad speech, and particularly for his points about the environmental concerns about quarries.
I want to talk about Whiteh…
That is a very good point. Of course we need aggregates to be produced, particularly for the construction sector. I find it confusing that there has been such a push for the site at Whitehall farm. Industry and the residential sector need to work with each other. We need industry because people want…
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Commons
Westminster Hall
10 December 2025
AI Safety
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Butler. I am very grateful to the hon. Member for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed) for bringing this important debate to the House today. He gave a very thoughtful speech, which reflected his clearly very strongly held beliefs about the risks …
Commons
Debate
9 December 2025
Railways Bill
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
My mission for my constituents is to keep Runnymede and Weybridge moving. Supporting and improving our train services is a vital part of delivering that.
On the changes that the Bill delivers for people across my constituency, the proof of the pudding will be in th…
Commons
Oral Questions
2 December 2025
Topical Questions
The Elections Act 2022 expanded the franchise to over 3 million British nationals living overseas. As MPs, we have a duty to represent those who have lived in our constituencies, but we do not know who they are or where they are. How can our embassies help?
Commons
Debate
26 November 2025
8 contributions
Budget Resolutions
Expectation management is normally deployed because something is not so great. The scene is set that things are going to be really bad, so that when the day arrives, people think, “Actually, that thing we thought wouldn’t be so good is actually quite good.” However, the expectation management around…
I suggest the hon. Member looks at the OBR report, which, as I mentioned, was released half an hour before the Chancellor stood up and which goes into detail about why that statement is entirely false.
Surrey is one of the biggest contributors to taxation revenue. It is my constituents who will be …
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Commons
Debate
25 November 2025
2 contributions
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
My constituency is on the outskirts of London—we are not in London; we are very much in Surrey—but we suffer from the fact that many decisions that affect my constituents on a daily basis are made in London, often to our detriment, and we have absolutely no control over them. I recognise the strong …
Yesterday, my constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Spelthorne (Lincoln Jopp), asked the Minister whether Surrey will get a mayor. He did not get much of an answer—we can only imagine what has led the Government over the past year to get cold feet on the election of mayors going forw…
Commons
Debate
12 November 2025
14 contributions
Taxes
The Minister just said at the Dispatch Box that national insurance contributions for employers were raised “to support the NHS”. Was that hypothecated or not?
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