Commons
Westminster Hall
2 July 2026
2 contributions
Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the matter of reducing levels of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke.
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I thank hon. Members for attending the debate.
Cardiovascular disease remains one of the United Kingdom’s…
I absolutely agree. If we could get fresh food to more of our communities and young people, it would have a massive positive effect on dealing with CVD—that must be dealt with.
This debate could not be more timely. The Government have rightly identified CVD as one of the UK’s biggest killers, and h…
Commons
Debate
17 June 2026
2 contributions
Private Sector Investment: Lancashire
My hon. Friend is a passionate advocate for the Ribble Valley in Lancashire. Does she agree that Lancashire has missed out on millions of pounds of investment because the likes of Manchester and Liverpool have been prioritised and because we have not had a fully functioning combined authority?
On transport and infrastructure, we are all aware in Lancashire that if we could have investment in a second bridge across the River Ribble linking the M55 and opening up Blackpool airport, and linking it with the M6 and the M65, we could have huge opportunity, but the Government, the Green Book and…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
10 June 2026
Engagements
Mr Speaker, integrated care boards have a statutory obligation to fully fund all essential medicines and pharmacy provision for the delivery of specialist end-of-life and palliative care at our wonderful hospices, such as St Catherine’s and Derian House, situated in our respective constituencies of …
Commons
Proceedings
10 June 2026
Speaker’s Statement
Mr Speaker, integrated care boards have a statutory obligation to fully fund all essential medicines and pharmacy provision for the delivery of specialist end-of-life and palliative care at our wonderful hospices, such as St Catherine’s and Derian House, situated in our respective constituencies of …
Commons
Oral Questions
28 April 2026
Conflict in the Middle East: Cost of Living
Cost of living, cost of living, cost of living—those are the three words that my constituents in South Ribble and the small area of Chorley that I represent contact me about every single week. They do not contact me about the Westminster bubble and process. Will the Chancellor please assure me that …
Commons
Debate
27 April 2026
3 contributions
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
Will the Secretary of State be absolutely clear that if the Bill is not passed, veterans will have no protection whatsoever moving forward?
rose—
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
21 April 2026
2 contributions
West Bank: Illegal Settlements
21. What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to oppose the expansion of illegal settlements in the west bank.
After the destruction of Gaza and the deaths of in excess of 72,000 Palestinians, it is evident that the Israeli Government have turned their attention not only to Lebanon and Iran, but also to the west bank. In the west bank there are now daily reports of extreme violence and death, as well as the …
Commons
Debate
15 April 2026
Strategic Defence Review: Funding
Does the Minister agree that we must understand that we inherited an MOD procurement system in disarray, unfunded defence programmes, an Air Force without enough aircraft or helicopters, a Navy without enough ships, and an Army with a low—Napoleonic—number of troops? We face wars in the middle east …
Commons
Committee Stage
14 April 2026
2 contributions
Armed Forces Bill (Fourth sitting)
I find this a fascinating debate because we can all see the meaning of the amendment, but the hon. Gentleman mentioned victims. If he recalls, we all visited the Defence Serious Crime Command and the victim support unit, and it was made clear that the victim support service has made some real improv…
Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the majority of courts martial involve non-commissioned individuals? Although senior commissioned officers are subject to court martial at times, they are in the minority. The majority are non-commissioned officers.
Commons
Oral Questions
Northern Ireland
25 March 2026
2 contributions
Good Friday Agreement
3. What steps he is taking to mark the anniversary of the Good Friday agreement.
We approach the anniversary of the Good Friday agreement, which was historic in that it ultimately delivered peace for a generation. With the knowledge that it requires constant political co-operation and public support, its biggest challenge no doubt is the Tory-Reform policy of leaving the Europea…
Commons
Committee Stage
24 March 2026
4 contributions
Armed Forces Bill (First sitting)
Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that we may be jumping the gun slightly? The covenant’s statutory guidance will explain in detail what due regard means in practice.
Does my hon. Friend share my concern that, with this amendment, we run the risk of creating a minimal requirement that organisations may seek to meet, without going any further, thus undermining the delivery and service of the covenant for our veterans?
+2 more contributions in this session
Commons
Debate
4 February 2026
2 contributions
Lord Mandelson
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
My understanding is that new information is coming out daily and that other current Members of this House may or may not be directly linked to the Epstein-Mandelson scandal. Does my hon. Friend agree that they should be fully investigated as well?
Commons
Oral Questions
Northern Ireland
7 January 2026
2 contributions
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
9. What steps he has taken to engage with relevant stakeholders on the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.
Under the previous Government’s unlawful Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, the Police Service of Northern Ireland was required to shut down more than 1,000 investigations, including 225 investigations into the deaths of soldiers and veterans. Will the Secretary of State…
Commons
Proceedings
17 December 2025
Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation
Last month, the House debated the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, and we heard many moving contributions about the devastating loss experienced by families, including military families, many of whom are still seeking answers. Does the Secretary of State agree that the voices of those the Government’…
Commons
Debate
18 November 2025
3 contributions
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
The peace process in Northern Ireland was hard-won, and tough compromises had to be accepted by all parties. The Good Friday agreement was never going to have the wholesale support of all, but it brought about an end to the horrendous violence. However, it did not include a mechanism for dealing wit…
I have plenty of views on that, but it does not change my view on immunity. I believe immunity is wrong, particularly for soldiers.
Moving on, I understand the concerns of my fellow veterans that any investigations into historical deaths have previously disproportionately focused on the actions of …
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
12 November 2025
2 contributions
Typhoon Fighter Sovereign Capability
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I commend the hon. Member for Fylde (Mr Snowden) for bringing forward the debate. I completely associate myself with his comments about the workforce up there; generations of my constituents have worked at the Samlesbury and Warton sit…
I agree, but Ministers have a difficult decision. The recent publication of the strategic defence review has committed us to the Tempest programme, but we must await the details of any updated combat air strategy, which is obviously clearly linked to the defence investment plan and acquisition pipel…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
29 October 2025
UK-Türkiye Typhoon Export Deal
I had the privilege of being at BAE Systems in Warton yesterday with the Prime Minister, and it is fair to say that the workforce are utterly buzzing about this announcement. It is the first new order of aircraft since 2017, as the Minister said, and the largest order since 2007. It was hard-won aga…
Commons
Proceedings
4 September 2025
Business of the House
Last month, I joined the staff and students of Worden academy in Leyland as the GCSE results were announced. Ten years ago, that school faced a challenging future. This year, it just delivered its best ever set of GCSE results, giving those young people the best possible start in life. Will the Lead…
Commons
Debate
2 September 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
I rise to support the Second Reading of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which is a vital step towards modernising local government and delivering fairer investment and greater accountability across England. I do so with 17 years’ experience as a local councillor, for five of w…
Commons
Proceedings
15 July 2025
Points of Order
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Yesterday in Westminster Hall the debate on the Northern Ireland veterans petition took place. Given that this is an exceptionally sensitive and emotive issue, Westminster Hall was at full capacity, and many veterans were in attendance and many more were wa…
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 July 2025
2 contributions
Northern Ireland Veterans: Prosecution
Thank you, Mr Mundell, for allowing me to contribute to today’s petition debate; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I will not take any interventions, and I will be as short as I can to allow as many Members as possible to speak.
I start by reminding everyone once again that I am a …
No, I am making progress.
Fact three: in January 2024, the Irish Government launched an inter-state application against the United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights, on the basis of the legacy Act violating articles 2, 3, 6, 13 and 14 of the convention. This case against the United …
Commons
Proceedings
25 June 2025
Nuclear-certified Aircraft Procurement
I commend the Government on the prompt procurement of the F-35A fixed-wing, which is of huge strategic importance, but this is already creating great uncertainty in Lancashire—in Chorley, Mr Speaker, and in my constituency of South Ribble—where the workforce of the Typhoon Eurofighter live. Can the …
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
21 May 2025
Engagements
I recently visited St Catherine’s hospice in Lostock Hall, which serves wonderfully my constituents in South Ribble, those of Ribble Valley and some of your constituents in Chorley, Mr Speaker. I discovered that the hospice has to pay an excessive £350,000 a year for medication, which can only be so…
Commons
Oral Questions
21 May 2025
Interim Custody Orders: Compensation
I am a veteran, as many Members know, and lots of my colleagues served in Northern Ireland. I was based in a barracks in Germany that was attacked by terrorists, so I get it, but the last Government’s legacy Act offered a path to immunity for those who committed the most appalling terrorist crimes. …
Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
20 May 2025
Northern Towns: Funding
One way to get Treasury officials to start focusing more on northern towns would be to move the Treasury up north. After experiencing our rail networks and our infrastructure, they may very quickly invest more money in the area. Are there any plans to move any Treasury offices to the north?