Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
14 July 2026
Topical Questions
T6. [901025] I listened to the Minister’s answers earlier on the dentistry contract, and he said that the Government need time to get it right and that a consultation will be launched soon. My local dentists are desperate to take on NHS patients. This has been a known issue for a number of years. Is…
Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
7 July 2026
2 contributions
Climate Change: Resilience Planning
13. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's long-term resilience planning for climate change.
The Office for Budget Responsibility fiscal report, out today, highlights some of the long-term risks of climate damage to the UK’s finances. Unlike other OBR reports at formal fiscal events, there are no implications for the Government; they do not have to make any adjustments to their current fina…
Commons
Debate
26 March 2026
National Savings & Investments
I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement and for the action he has outlined that the Government are already undertaking. He will know that customers often choose National Savings & Investments because it is Government-backed, and because that provides them with extra reassurance t…
Commons
Debate
26 March 2026
Business of the House
Mr Speaker, I echo your tribute to the late David Winnick.
I join Members from all parts of the House in condemning the attack in north London—this House stands united against antisemitism. I am grateful for the Government’s swift commitment to replace the ambulances, which was an important gesture…
Commons
Proceedings
25 March 2026
Foreign Financial Influence and Interference: UK Politics
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and the action he is taking on cryptocurrency, but can I urge him to go further on corporate donations? A report this week by CenTax revealed that as many as one in four donations from corporate entities are essentially opaque. It put this down to the…
Commons
Oral Questions
19 March 2026
Business of the House
I am sure that you, Mr Speaker, will be as concerned as I am about the recent outbreak of meningitis in Kent, and I am sure the thoughts of the whole House are with the families who have lost loved ones already. The UK Health Security Agency has a huge job on its hands to get good public health info…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
12 March 2026
Business of the House
I bring to the House this week a matter that I have raised with the Leader of the House before: fraud. As he knows, fraud is a devastating crime that can destroy people’s life savings and plunge them into debt, and it is now the most frequently experienced crime in Britain. On Monday, the Government…
Commons
Proceedings
5 March 2026
Business of the House
I join you, Mr Speaker, in thanking Tom Goldsmith for his immense service. I also wish those celebrating this weekend a happy Holi. There are three events in my constituency this weekend, and I intend to get covered in colour.
Moving on to the spring statement that we had this week, there were no p…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 March 2026
7 contributions
NHS Capital Spending
I beg to move,
That this House has considered NHS capital spending.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I am grateful to have secured this debate on NHS capital spending. This subject goes right to the heart of how the NHS functions, and yet it is not discussed enough in th…
I am grateful for the point my hon. Friend made, and I will come to make very similar points about the impact that maintenance backlogs are having.
It is partly because of the slow payoff of capital investment that we are in this mess. The last Conservative Government completely undermined the NHS’…
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Commons
Ministerial Statement
3 March 2026
Spring Forecast
The Chancellor must be concerned that none of the good news she has shared with us today is being felt by people in the real world. Inflation is down, but she will know that that does not suddenly make things more affordable, and interest rates are down, but she will know that millions will lock int…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
26 February 2026
Business of the House
I join the Leader of the House in his comments about Ukraine. It is clear that Vladimir Putin underestimated Ukrainians’ resilience and Europe’s willingness to stand by Ukraine. He will find out that we will all stand by Ukraine right to the end of this war.
The cost of living has been piling press…
Commons
Debate
24 February 2026
2 contributions
Online Harm: Child Protection
There seems to be great confusion in the Chamber, even though the Liberal Democrats have time and again set out our proposals quite clearly in different places. I find it fascinating that the official Opposition accuse us of politicking when they probably agree with the substance of our proposals. T…
The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech. Should one of those principles be related not only to content but to the addictive nature of these platforms? One of the changes I have witnessed on social media over time is algorithmic addiction. The greatest minds in the world are now working out the c…
Commons
Proceedings
12 February 2026
Business of the House
Over the last few weeks, there has been a national debate raging that, so far, this place has been pretty silent on. It is on the matter of student loans. I know what some on the Government Benches may be thinking, but I am not prepared to duck difficult subjects.
Let us face it: the student loans …
Commons
Oral Questions
12 February 2026
Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address Motion
The events of recent weeks have substantially diminished people’s faith in politics, when it was already at an all- time low. It has confirmed the worst of people’s suspicions about how everything works and punctured the optimism of those who believed in better. At the centre of all this are the vic…
Commons
Proceedings
9 February 2026
Brain Tumour Survival Rates
My hon. Friend is talking about the importance of research and the low survival rates. This is, of course, a global problem and a global battle, but Britain has a unique opportunity to lead on this. Just last week, a £1 billion project was approved at the London Cancer Hub, centring around the Insti…
Commons
Oral Questions
5 February 2026
Business of the House
I agree wholeheartedly with the comments of the shadow Leader of the House about Jeffrey Epstein and his relationship to Peter Mandelson. I do not intend to repeat those words, but as the political discussion intensifies in the coming days, we must not forget the victims, who are at the centre of al…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 February 2026
Transport in the South-East
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller), not only for securing this debate but for the clarity with which she articulated the case for transport improvements across different modes, including both infrastructure and operational improvements.
I will focus on one particul…
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
2 February 2026
2 contributions
R&D Defence Spending: Economic Impact
12. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of research and development defence spending on the economy.
The Minister will know that investment in defence R&D has tremendous impacts on the UK economy, not only through jobs and crowding in private investment, but through the spill-over effects of new technologies helping Britain to prosper. Is it therefore not clear that if the Government were to is…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
29 January 2026
Business of the House
I associate myself with the comments made by the Leader of the House about Holocaust Memorial Day and the tributes he paid to the people we have lost.
Last weekend, all the plotting and deceit finally reached a climax. I have to say that the man from the north who I wanted to win that battle did no…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
22 January 2026
Business of the House
Before I begin, I have to pull the Leader of the House up, because he did not respond to one of the critical points that the shadow Leader of the House made. I, for one, would like to hear what the Leader of the House has to say about the feud in the Beckham family.
St Helier hospital is older than…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
21 January 2026
Water White Paper
I welcome many of the measures in this White Paper. More regulation will help, but—let’s be honest—it does not get to the heart of the problem: the failure of the privatisation of the water industry. We need to be talking about ownership, but that is absent from the White Paper. I have heard the con…
Commons
Proceedings
19 January 2026
Proposed Chinese Embassy
I think this House has grown tired of the Government’s insistence on framing this as a mere planning application —as a quasi-judicial process about which national Government can do nothing. That is simply not the case. This is a test of this Government’s resolve to stand up to the threat that China …
Commons
Proceedings
19 January 2026
Business Rates: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure
As has been mentioned, in its manifesto Labour committed itself to reforming the business rates system, and the Red Book for the Budget referred to
“permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure”.
That will have given business owners the impression that their bills would be …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
15 January 2026
Prisons: Illegal Drugs
I thank the Committee for its investigation into this important topic. The Chair spoke a bit about the shocking developments in the supply of drugs into prisons, but can he expand on the demand for drugs, and on the availability of rehabilitation services and other forms of support for addicts in pr…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
15 January 2026
Business of the House
There are rumours circulating around Westminster of a Bobby about to join the Reform party. I just want to clarify that it is not me. I am staying put. I quite enjoy watching the numbers to the right of me dwindle.
We talk a lot in this place about the Home Office, immigration and asylum. Mostly, w…