Commons
Westminster Hall
1 July 2026
Regeneration in Reddish
I am delighted, as I always am, that Stockport is getting rightful attention in this place. Does the hon. Member agree that it is genuinely disappointing that although the Government talked about giving extra money to local councils, and have overall, Stockport has been short-changed? He will know, …
Commons
Westminster Hall
1 July 2026
2 contributions
MPs’ Second Jobs: Prohibition
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Western, and I really congratulate the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) on securing this important and very timely debate, which he opened very well.
Being a Member of Parliament for my constituents in Hazel Grove is an enormous privile…
I welcome your advice and guidance, Chair.
I will move on to talk about those Members who receive payments for posting on social media. Members of the UK Parliament should not receive payments from platforms such as X. I also note the entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests for the ho…
Commons
Proceedings
29 June 2026
Diethylstilbestrol: Intergenerational Impact
I am here because my constituent Helen, from Romiley, came to see me at my advice surgery on Saturday. I was waiting to raise this point until the Minister was close to ending her speech, because I want to understand what is being done and what more the Government can do to give information to peopl…
Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
25 June 2026
UK-EU Relations
This week marked 10 years since the EU referendum vote, and the world has changed since then, with an unreliable Trump in the White House and Putin bombing schools in Ukraine. Labour’s red lines are holding Britain back. They are hurting the British people and playing into the hands of those who see…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
25 June 2026
Draft Conversion Practices Bill
I really welcome the Minister’s statement today and the introduction of this draft legislation, and I look forward to writing to constituents who have been in touch with me to express their disappointment that conversion practices are still legal. In particular, I will mention Isabelle from Offerton…
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
9 June 2026
2 contributions
Dental Recruitment Incentive Scheme
13. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the dental recruitment incentive scheme.
My constituent John, who is from Bredbury, has been in touch because like so many others his local dentist is going private and for many families in my constituency, private dentistry simply is not an affordable option. Research by the British Dental Association found that 96% of practices are not a…
Commons
Oral Questions
Home Department
8 June 2026
Topical Questions
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon has publicly thanked the donors who funded the recent Unite the Kingdom marches, which needed a significant police presence. We have heard mention several times this afternoon of equality before the law, so does the Home Secretary agree that the laws regarding the reporting of …
Commons
Oral Questions
Home Department
8 June 2026
Unite the Kingdom Rally: Policing
I think the Minister speaks for the whole House in thanking the Metropolitan police for policing riots and protests that go beyond the realms of what is legally appropriate or acceptable, and that should happen to everybody, whatever the subject of their protest. Does the Minister agree that the rul…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2026
8 contributions
Rail Freight
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the role of rail freight in the transport network.
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Stuart. Compared with many other aspects of the transport network, rail freight rarely gets the attention I feel it deserves, yet it can help us to a…
The hon. Gentleman has, in his customary way, championed the needs of his constituents and the whole of Northern Ireland. I agree that rail freight is a very good thing of which there should be more. I am very keen to hear what the Minister has to say.
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Commons
Debate
1 June 2026
Lord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response
I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement, and I thank members of the ISC and the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare) for their work on this matter. I acknowledge again the women and girls who found the courage to come forward about the abuse that they endured at the hands of ri…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
19 May 2026
High Speed 2 Reset
Before being elected to this place, I was a member of the independent panel for the community and environment fund and the business and local economy fund for HS2, which was responsible for disbursing funding to communities disrupted by the building of a whacking great railway line. Communities righ…
Commons
Westminster Hall
28 April 2026
International Parental Child Abduction
It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dr Murrison. I warmly congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Minehead (Rachel Gilmour) on securing this important debate. I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak on an issue of such importance to many families across the country and …
Commons
Debate
27 April 2026
Lord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response Update
I thank the Chief Secretary for advance sight of his statement. The women and girls who spoke out against Jeffrey Epstein and those connected to him did so at enormous personal cost. We must never lose sight of the fact that their bravery is the reason we are having this conversation at all.
The Pr…
Commons
Oral Questions
23 April 2026
Business of the House
I am here subbing for my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Bobby Dean), who, as has already been mentioned, welcomed his new daughter late last Thursday. I am very pleased to tell the House that mum Gemma and baby Lyla are both doing very well indeed.
Yesterday, the Public Accou…
Commons
Oral Questions
23 April 2026
National Resilience
Earlier this year, the NATO Secretary-General said:
“We are not at war, but we are not at peace either.”
Trump’s reckless war in Iran has shown how vulnerable our country is to external shocks, while Putin’s imperial ambitions pose a once-in-a-generation threat to our security and our way of life.…
Commons
Oral Questions
23 April 2026
Ministerial Code
At Prime Minister’s questions yesterday, when asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey), the Prime Minister failed to deny that he knew that his team were lobbying for a head of mission role for Matthew Doyle, and that they were doing so with his authority. Under …
Commons
Petition
22 April 2026
Stockport Green Belt
I present this petition on behalf of the residents of the constituency of Hazel Grove. It accompanies a similar petition for the residents of the constituency of Cheadle, presented by my hon. Friend the Member for Cheadle (Mr Morrison), with over 3,000 signatures.
The petition states:
The petition…
Commons
Debate
22 April 2026
Government Procurement Strategy
We need to do far more to back British small businesses through public procurement, both to boost growth and to ensure our national security. Public procurement amounts to hundreds of billions of pounds a year. The Procurement Act was meant to ensure that more of that money reached British small bus…
Commons
Westminster Hall
22 April 2026
7 contributions
Mountain Rescue
I beg to move,
That this House has considered Government support for mountain rescue.
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I know that many colleagues across the House and people in our communities share a deep appreciation for the extraordinary work that mountain rescue tea…
I am grateful for the intervention. We need to use whatever technology exists to make the work of mountain rescue volunteers even more effective. I will come on to talk about the work they do to find people who are missing, but drone technology can certainly help with that, and we should welcome it.…
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Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
21 April 2026
Topical Questions
Last month, the Rycroft review confirmed that the UK faces persistent and strategic interference from hostile states and warned that our defences against information warfare are “worryingly weak”. With important elections across the country in two weeks’ time, including in my Stockport council area,…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
20 April 2026
Antisemitic Attacks
Our Jewish community has contributed to our national story for centuries, and we are right to be proud that our country welcomes citizens to our shores who fled persecution elsewhere, including my nan, who came here in the late 1930s, fleeing the Nazis. Much of the discussion this afternoon has unde…
Commons
Debate
20 April 2026
Security Vetting
I am going to try again, because a number of right hon. and hon. Members have asked this question, and I am not quite sure I have heard an answer from the Prime Minister. Why did he choose to ignore the advice from the then Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case, to seek security vetting before confirming Pe…
Commons
Oral Questions
16 April 2026
Business of the House
Next week sees the funeral of my constituent Bob Humphrey-Taylor. Bob was a pillar of our community, and the driving force behind so many projects across Mellor and Marple, especially those with links to our industrial heritage. He was often dressed as the 18th-century industrialist Samuel Oldknow, …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
14 April 2026
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. I especially welcome in his remarks the recognition of people’s individual experiences and the commitment to compensating them fairly in a way that minimises the administrative burden placed upon those who have been harmed.
The infected blood…
Commons
Committee Stage
14 April 2026
5 contributions
Representation of the People Bill (Seventh sitting)
Hear, hear!
We have had a good discussion of the amendments that I spoke to on behalf of the Chair of the JCNSS, the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington. I do not feel a desire in the room to move to a Division, so I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Clause 60 orde…
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