Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
10 September 2026
2 contributions
Topical Questions
T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
No sum of money can truly replace the loss of a loved one. On my summer supermarket surgery tour, I spoke to one constituent who lost his father as a result of contaminated blood products. He wanted me to ask the First Secretary of State about future scheduled payments. Will she consider index-linki…
Commons
Oral Questions
Women and Equalities
9 September 2026
2 contributions
Conversion Therapy
4. What steps she is taking to ban conversion therapy.
I welcome the steps that the Minister has outlined. Under the Conservative Government, we saw multiple attempts to bring forward a Bill but one never made it through the successive Government cycles, so I hope that the Minister will learn from those lessons and bring forward a Bill that is properly …
Commons
Debate
9 September 2026
Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [Lords]
Other jurisdictions and countries around the world have taken steps to look at the issue of fume events in aircraft cabins. When such events happen, there is no requirement to engage with passengers and let them know, and there is a lack of regulation and scrutiny. Will the Minister meet me and the …
Commons
Debate
8 September 2026
3 contributions
Retirement Property Management Companies: Regulation
The situation that the hon. Gentleman describes is somewhat analogous to what we see with park homes, for which there is a requirement for a fit and proper person test, with regulation from the local authority. Might that suit the situation he outlines?
I mentioned earlier in response to the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare) that this was in some sense analogous to the issues that park home residents face. While there is a fit and proper person test in that instance, it is often lacking and not the tightening regulation that people had hop…
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
Housing, Communities and Local Government
7 September 2026
Democratic Participation: Young People
I would like to put on the record some fantastic youth organisations, such as Harrogate Youth Council in my constituency, that do their bit to engage young people in democracy. My office manager will attest that I also do my bit by having an endless stream of work experience students through the off…
Commons
Westminster Hall
7 September 2026
Hate Crime Law: Misogyny
My hon. Friend talks about co-ordinated campaigns and harassment. Over the weekend, I, like many people, saw the manhandling of a female protestor at the Reform conference and the horrendous comments made about that individual on social media. Does she agree that that was completely unacceptable, th…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
7 September 2026
Economic Growth
The Chief Secretary
talks about £150 million for investment in the north. How much of that funding is actual new capital expenditure from this Government, or is it simply a repackaged, reannounced sum of money for the north?
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
16 July 2026
Topical Questions
In my capacity as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cabin air quality, I recently met pilots and cabin crew about the impact of fume events and the lifelong consequences that they can have for them. What steps are the Government taking to investigate, research, regulate and mitigate thos…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
16 July 2026
Mass Transit Systems
My understanding is that Tracy Brabin, the Mayor of West Yorkshire, is bringing into force the Weaver Network, but in York and North Yorkshire we do not yet have an equivalent. One of the challenges that people face is that they often connect over the boundary of those two counties. I used to live i…
Commons
Westminster Hall
16 July 2026
Protecting Built Heritage
My constituency has loads of fantastic built heritage, including Knaresborough House, Knaresborough castle, Starbeck Baths and much more. I really enjoyed reading the report and noted the recommendation about safe harbour, where trusted bodies could temporarily take control of at-risk assets to stab…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
9 July 2026
NATO Summit
The Foreign Secretary has rightly highlighted the UK’s unwavering commitment to our ally, Ukraine. Her Estonian counterpart recently said that
“Russia wages war not only with missiles, but with narratives.”
With that in mind, last week I sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media a…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
2 July 2026
Distillers
Earlier this year in my constituency, the much-loved brand Slingsby Gin went into administration. A cocktail of different things added to the pressure on the business. Will the Minister wish the new owners of Slingsby Gin, Chris and Asma Williams, good luck in their new venture, and tell me what ste…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
2 July 2026
Topical Questions
I recently visited Envirovent, a manufacturer and supplier of sustainable ventilation products just outside Harrogate. It was recognised in The Sunday Times’ best places to work 2026 and recently produced its three-millionth ventilation fan unit. Will the Minister join me in congratulating Enviroven…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 July 2026
2 contributions
Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths
The hon. Gentleman is, as always, generous with his time. We all fully appreciate the slant that he brings from Northern Ireland. Would he agree that there is also the issue of regional inequalities within England? We see in Yorkshire and the north of England some of the worst rates of survival when…
As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for diabetes, I should say that we have been pushing to make sure that, when people with diabetes have those diabetic care processes, those are better linked with other comorbidities and ancillary services. Does he agree that we need to see more of that …
Commons
Debate
2 July 2026
Access to Further Education
Quite often when I come to this place, it is to moan and groan, and gripe about something that has gone wrong, but today I want to highlight a really positive story. One of the first campaigns I ran after the general election was to secure an extension to the FE capital transformation fund for the r…
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
22 June 2026
2 contributions
SEND: Improvement
23. What steps her Department is taking to improve the SEND system.
I have been campaigning for a number of years to get the special school at Bilton Woodfield open. It was first set to open in September 2024, then it was delayed to September 2025, and we have now been told that it will open in September 2026. It beggars belief that a school that has had millions of…
Commons
Westminster Hall
18 June 2026
3 contributions
Stoma: Public Toilet Provision
I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this important debate and raising awareness of this issue. Anyone who was at Prime Minister’s questions last week will have seen me talk about living with ulcerative colitis. I am grateful that the Prime Minister has arranged for the Minister to meet me to tal…
I thank the hon. Gentleman for being so generous with his time. He listed restaurants, businesses and other places where one might find a toilet. In recent years, we have seen the hollowing out of local government and the loss of publicly accessible toilets provided by town councils, unitary authori…
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 June 2026
2 contributions
Abuse of Customer-facing Workers
I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman will join me in commending the work that organisations such as the Harrogate business improvement district do to support the town centre in Harrogate. It has recently hired a business crime officer who has 30 years’ experience in policing. Having organisations tha…
Does my hon. Friend agree that police powers could be beefed up through the use of public spaces protection orders? People in customer-facing roles often end up with abuse from people who might have been drinking. Does she agree that we should look at how those powers could be better used, given tha…
Commons
Oral Questions
Housing, Communities and Local Government
15 June 2026
2 contributions
Housing Developers: Accountability
6. What steps he is taking to increase the accountability of housing developers.
Constituents of mine living on the Kingsley Farm development have spent months chasing the developer, Stonebridge Homes, to finish elements of the estate that were agreed and outlined in the planning permission when it was granted. Residents of The Willows now find themselves in the exact same situa…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
10 June 2026
Engagements
Q11. Earlier this year, I found myself in hospital as a result of a flare-up from living with ulcerative colitis. I was bowled over by the support of local constituents and people who live with inflammatory bowel disease across the country when they got in touch. For people with IBD, however, care o…
Commons
Proceedings
10 June 2026
Speaker’s Statement
Q11. Earlier this year, I found myself in hospital as a result of a flare-up from living with ulcerative colitis. I was bowled over by the support of local constituents and people who live with inflammatory bowel disease across the country when they got in touch. For people with IBD, however, care o…
Commons
Westminster Hall
9 June 2026
Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National Monument
The hon. Lady was talking about how Sir David has had a number of species named after him. Does she agree that, going forward, we should do more to name our green spaces, such as Rotary Wood in Harrogate, which was planted by children, after legends like Sir David Attenborough?
Commons
Petition
9 June 2026
Review of the Student Loans System
I, like millions of people, took out a student loan. At the time I took it out, there were agreed terms and conditions; since then, Governments of different colours and persuasions have changed those terms, with no recourse for people like me and others across the country. It has become a tax on asp…
Commons
Oral Questions
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
4 June 2026
Access to Nature
Earlier this year, children from Pannal primary school went to their forest school in Sandy Bank woods, only to find that the path was cordoned off and trees had been felled. What steps is the Minister taking with her colleagues in the Department for Education and the Ministry of Housing, Communitie…
Commons
Proceedings
4 June 2026
Russian Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure
The latest attacks by Russia should be condemned in the strongest terms. Russia has rightly been made a pariah on the international stage for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the crimes associated with it, but it is slowly slinking its way back into cultural and sporting events, such as last mont…