Commons
Westminster Hall
17 November 2025
2 contributions
Social Media Posts: Penalties for Offences
I will come as no surprise to you, Sir Roger, to hear me say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairship.
I want to be transparent: I do not believe that the law has always got it right in these cases—there have been failures, and there must be room for scrutiny and reform. But I am compell…
No.
My point is this: it is completely wrong to call for the death of the hon. Member for Clacton, just as it is completely wrong to call for hotels housing refugees to be burned down. In both cases, the law rightly intervened, and justice was served. What is deeply concerning is the warped suggest…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
12 November 2025
Engagements
Following the work of the eating disorders all-party group, I was horrified to hear that 19-year-old Lilly Cliff, who suffers from anorexia, has been placed on an end-of-life care pathway, after Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS foundation trust obtained a Court of Protection ruling to withd…
Commons
Oral Questions
4 November 2025
Topical Questions
The Government’s pride in place programme presents a welcome opportunity for communities across the country to once again feel proud of where they live, especially after years of austerity and neglect under successive Conservative Governments. However, the Isle of Wight received none of that funding…
Commons
Westminster Hall
30 October 2025
2 contributions
Moles: Histological Testing
I beg to move,
That this House has considered histological testing of excised moles.
It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine.
Many of those present may not yet be familiar with the name Zoe Panayi. If they are, it is likely to be because of my hon. Friend the Member for S…
I thank the Minister for her remarks. I do not think anyone would question her passion and commitment to this cause. I thank her for previously sharing her own diagnosis. It is important that people understand that cancer can affect anybody. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Neath and Swansea Ea…
Commons
Oral Questions
21 October 2025
Topical Questions
T8. I welcome the changes in the GP booking system, but in many cases it is still very difficult to obtain a GP appointment on the Isle of Wight. A large factor in that is the difficulty of recruiting GPs to the island. Will the Minister assure me that he will investigate all options for improving G…
Commons
Debate
14 October 2025
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
I will speak to new clauses 28 and 36 and amendment 39, which I tabled not just as an MP but as a father. After what my family have been through, I believe that any parent would do the same.
Yesterday, alongside the right hon. Member for Salisbury (John Glen), I had the privilege of hearing Dr Kate…
Commons
Oral Questions
14 October 2025
2 contributions
Onshore Wind Turbines
15. What steps he is taking to support green energy companies to build onshore wind turbines.
The UK is committed to growing our wind energy manufacturing capacity, but this requires investment in innovation to develop the next generation of products that could be made in the UK, using expertise that exists in places like my constituency of Isle of Wight West. Can the Minister assure me that…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 September 2025
Future of Terrestrial Television
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg, and I thank the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) for securing this important debate and for the hard work that he has already put into this area.
I am very pleased that broadband coverage in my…
Commons
Debate
3 September 2025
3 contributions
Hospitality Sector
rose—
Does the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that, under the Tories, a pub closed every 14 hours? That was 10,000 in total, so whether it is 14 hours or 14 years, the Tory party cannot be trusted with the economy.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
2 September 2025
8 contributions
Eating Disorders: Prevention of Deaths
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the matter of the prevention of deaths from eating disorders.
It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I thank all hon. Members for attending this debate on a topic extremely close to my heart. As hon. Members may know by now,…
I agree entirely. We are fully aware of the political situation and the condition that the NHS was left in under the previous Government, but the point of today’s debate is not to make cheap political attacks; it is to focus on the matter in hand, which is eating disorders, so I thank the hon. Membe…
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Commons
Oral Questions
22 July 2025
Topical Questions
T8. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am so delighted to have two questions on health this week that I am not even going to mention ferries! As my hon. Friend will know, the process for securing an education, health and care plan is complex and can lead to delays in accessing vital support. That can have a s…
Commons
Oral Questions
22 July 2025
2 contributions
Mental Health Research Funding: Eating Disorders
5. What recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of mental health research funding allocated to eating disorders.
Eating disorders cost the UK an estimated £9 billion each year, yet research into these serious conditions receives just 1% of all mental health research funding. That is despite eating disorders affecting around 9% of people with mental health conditions, the consequences of which are delayed diagn…
Commons
Debate
8 July 2025
Football Governance Bill [Lords]
While the facial expressions of Opposition Members are worth an intervention all on their own, does my hon. Friend agree that this Bill provides stronger financial oversight and increased fan involvement, promotes equity and inclusion, protects club heritage, and increases transparency and accountab…
Commons
Oral Questions
3 July 2025
Topical Questions
T2. While it could be said that the Conservative party could fit into a children’s paddling pool, we in Isle of Wight West take swimming—as well as our issue with ferries—very seriously. [ Laughter. ] I thought hon. Members would like that one. West Wight sports and community centre is an excellent …
Commons
Westminster Hall
19 June 2025
Social Mobility: Careers Education
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Andrew Ranger) on securing the debate.
Social mobility is the backbone of this country, as the Leader of the Opposition knows from her short stint in a McDonald’s one summer. Although Me…
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
17 June 2025
Topical Questions
T8. Earl Mountbatten hospice in my constituency delivers outstanding care across the community. Despite that, Hampshire and Isle of Wight integrated care board plans to cut its funding by £1.4 million, while other hospices in the region have their funding increased. I am deeply concerned that the cu…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
12 June 2025
2 contributions
Support for Entrepreneurs
3. What steps his Department is taking to support entrepreneurs.
You will be pleased to know that I do not have a book coming out, Mr Speaker. I am reading the one that my hon. Friend the Member for Central Ayrshire (Alan Gemmell) has written, and it is excellent, but I should probably say on his behalf that any likeness to characters in this place is entirely co…
Commons
Debate
5 June 2025
Bank Closures and Banking Hubs
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for securing this important debate. Too often, I feel the issues that significantly affect the day-to-day lives of our constituents are pushed aside in favour of larger, headline-grabbing national concerns, but this topic of acce…
Commons
Proceedings
19 May 2025
NHS and Care Volunteer Responders Service
I congratulate all the volunteers in my constituency, who do a great job. Does the Minister agree that the huge increase in volunteers over the past few years is because the Conservatives ran down the NHS? Now they are in opposition, they can no longer run down the NHS, so they talk it down instead.
Commons
Westminster Hall
19 May 2025
3 contributions
Gender Self-identification
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for introducing this important debate.
Although, as MPs, we must respect the independence and authority of the judiciary, the recent ruling does not solve anything. Let us be clear th…
I agree entirely. As we have seen many times over the last 14 years, words matter. Ultimately, the petition before us is rooted in compassion, dignity and basic respect—principles that are unmistakably British. Respect for others, fairness and standing up for the vulnerable are values in which we ri…
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Commons
Debate
15 May 2025
Youth Services
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the fact that the Conservative Benches are empty reflects the conscious choice they made to underfund youth services, which is why many of us find our youth services in this position?
Commons
Proceedings
13 May 2025
Mansion House Accord
Will the Minister spell out how this deal provides real change for constituents across the country, and what it means for infrastructure projects, especially housing?
Commons
Oral Questions
6 May 2025
Topical Questions
T3. I pay tribute to my 17-year-old constituent, Arlo Lambie, who tragically died on 13 April following the diagnosis of a grade 4 brain tumour. I knew Arlo—he was a fun and bright lad who will be sadly missed. While Arlo’s parents, Ellie and Alex, wish to put on record their thanks for the “incredi…