Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
3 December 2025
Engagements
Q10. This week, I have been speaking to warehouse workers at Tetrosyl in my constituency, who have been given an appalling ultimatum in the run-up to Christmas: they must either sign a new contract with reduced pay and breaks or lose their jobs. Can the Prime Minister advise me on what action can be…
Commons
Proceedings
2 December 2025
3 contributions
Budget Resolutions
I would like to focus my remarks on how this Budget will deliver enhanced transport connectivity and further devolution, allowing towns like those I represent to grow their way out of the cuts they have been subjected to for over a decade.
Transport connectivity is the difference between our towns …
I absolutely agree. It is thanks to this Chancellor’s determination to be disciplined that we are able to deliver this investment in Greater Manchester and my constituency.
The people of Greater Manchester are really resilient. Many people try to talk us down, but our city region and our economy ar…
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Proceedings
27 November 2025
Business of the House
The Employment Rights Bill is a landmark piece of legislation that will safeguard the hard-won protections of workers up and down the country. Prior to its implementation, however, some companies are racing to undercut workers’ rights. I am appalled on behalf of workers at Tetrosyl in my constituenc…
Commons
Oral Questions
27 November 2025
2 contributions
Women’s and Girls’ Sport: Greater Manchester
6. What steps she is taking to help increase the number of women and girls taking up sports in Greater Manchester.
I am delighted to see sport for women and girls growing in prominence and recognition across the country. To ensure that we meet the ambition of women and girls in these spaces, we need the facilities and infrastructure to support them, hone their talent, and pave the way for the next generation. Wh…
Commons
Debate
25 November 2025
2 contributions
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
I rise to speak to new clause 83, which stands in my name. I thank colleagues for their support for the new clause. I also sincerely thank the Minister and her team for their consistent engagement with me on this landmark piece of legislation—a Bill that will be game-changing for my constituents.
B…
I truly support and welcome the Government’s commitment to national minimum standards, but I believe that they must be complemented by a restriction on out-of-area operations so that they can be enforced locally where necessary.
At a recent meeting of the Transport Committee, which is currently hol…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 November 2025
Business of the House
Women and girls living with endometriosis are waiting on average nine years for a full diagnosis. That is almost a decade of pain, uncertainty and endurance before they receive the targeted support that they need. Would the Leader of the House agree that the soon-to-be-renewed women’s health strateg…
Commons
Oral Questions
11 November 2025
2 contributions
Technology-assisted Child Sexual Abuse
10. What steps his Department is taking through the criminal justice system to help to support victims of technology-assisted child sexual abuse.
I thank the Minister for her answer. We all know of the increasing and sinister use of technology in the appalling sexual abuse of children and young people. To address that, will the Minister consider extending the unduly lenient sentence scheme to include all TACSA offences and commit to a ban on …
Commons
Debate
4 November 2025
3 contributions
Supporting High Streets
Will the hon. Member give way?
Will the hon. Lady give way?
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
23 October 2025
2 contributions
Public Sector Reform
2. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reform public services.
The last Government left the public services on which our constituents rely on their knees, with many just about keeping their head above water, and the Probation Service is no different. Since being elected, I have come to understand the dire ramifications of what can go wrong when local probation …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
15 October 2025
Pride in Place
The pride in place funding will be transformative for my constituency. I thank the Minister for working with me and for giving advice to urban areas such as Middleton—urban areas that a former Conservative Prime Minister bragged about diverting funds away from. I was delighted to convene a meeting a…
Commons
Debate
11 September 2025
2 contributions
Regional Transport Inequality
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North (Catherine Atkinson) for securing this crucial debate.
High-quality, reliable and integrated public transport is often the difference between communities getting ahead or being left behind. Whether that is young people being able to realise their as…
I am sure that is something the Transport Minister has listened to and is looking at.
Greater Manchester has set the agenda when it comes to the promise and opportunity that devolution can galvanise. Through the development and expansion of the Bee Network—an integrated transport system through low…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
11 September 2025
Business of the House
I welcome the Leader of the House to his place. I applaud the Government for the bold action that they are taking to reform the criminal justice system, but more must be done to safeguard communities from violent reoffenders. In Middleton, I have been in touch with the courageous family of Michael H…
Commons
Oral Questions
16 July 2025
2 contributions
Cross-border Rail Connectivity
4. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve rail connectivity between north Wales and the north of England.
The Chancellor’s announcement of at least £445 million for Welsh rail will be transformative for Welsh passengers and Better Connect workers with jobs across north Wales and Manchester, but only if we are pulling in the same direction. What steps will be taken by the Wales Office to ensure that nati…
Commons
Oral Questions
15 July 2025
2 contributions
Household Energy Bills
22. What steps he is taking to help support low income families in the context of trends in the level of energy prices.
My Heywood and Middleton North constituents live in a state of profound uncertainty as to how the unpredictability of global energy markets will affect their families. Does the Minister agree that if we want to protect those families from volatility, we must end our reliance on global fossil fuel ma…
Commons
Proceedings
10 July 2025
Educational Attainment of Boys
I start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) for securing this crucial debate. The attainment and engagement of boys, especially working-class boys, in their education will determine how society will look in the years and decades to come. Despite the importance o…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
25 June 2025
Engagements
Digital black spots—areas without good mobile broadband connectivity—are holding communities back. In Middleton, an area that my right hon. Friend knows well as a fellow Greater Manchester MP, many local businesses and people remain cut off from the economic growth of the wider city region due to th…
Commons
Committee Stage
17 June 2025
Victims and Courts Bill (Second sitting)
Q Thank you for giving evidence today. It is important that we do not forget the plight of men and boys who are affected by violent or sexual crime. We need to make sure there are clear pathways for those men to secure justice and support. You have made it clear that you welcome the helpline. How do…
Commons
Committee Stage
17 June 2025
2 contributions
Victims and Courts Bill (First sitting)
Q Good morning, both; thank you for appearing this morning. There are lots of cases in my constituency, and I am sure in those of other Members as well, where housing associations are not taking strong enough action against tenants who are perpetrators of antisocial behaviour. We have heard from you…
Q Sometimes in my experience there is an unwillingness, but I appreciate what you say. Clare, have you got any comments on that?
Clare Moody: Not specifically on the legislation piece. I think it is about the agencies working together. We have an example in Avon and Somerset where there are police …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
16 June 2025
Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report
I welcome the Government’s announcement that there will be a national inquiry. Every penny spent on stamping out the evil of child abusers is money well spent. Although welcome, notice of this inquiry will undoubtedly cause a great deal of trauma and distress for both historic and present-day victim…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
11 June 2025
Spending Review 2025
I welcome the Government’s announcement of an additional £2.5 billion in Greater Manchester. This will have a real benefit for my constituency and the town of Heywood, which will get the tram for the first time. What can the Government do, together with the Greater Manchester combined authority, to …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
10 June 2025
Nuclear Power: Investment
I welcome today’s announcement. I have been speaking to people from across my constituency—cleaners, hospitality workers and others—who desperately need the cost of bills to come down. How will the projects announced today, and the other steps the Government are taking to counter the impact of uncer…
Commons
Debate
2 June 2025
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]
I thank my right hon. Friend the Transport Secretary and her team for bringing forward this important Bill. Local bus services are fundamental to the lives of so many people, from providing access to work and leisure opportunities and social inclusion to cleaning up our air, reducing congestion and …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
22 May 2025
Business of the House
As the Leader of the House knows, good internet connectivity is vital for economic growth, productivity and ensuring that everyone has access to the benefits of being online, but in many parts of Middleton in my constituency—less than six miles from Manchester city centre—people and businesses are b…
Commons
Debate
20 May 2025
2 contributions
Victims and Courts Bill
I begin by thanking my right hon. Friend the Lord Chancellor for bringing forward this much-needed legislation, which will change our justice system for the better by strengthening support for victims and holding those who violate our laws to account.
In my constituency of Heywood and Middleton Nor…
This Government have announced specific support for five local inquiries and are getting on with the implementation of the recommendations of the Jay report. Would the hon. Member like to comment on what the previous Government did on this subject?