Commons
Oral Questions
25 November 2025
Topical Questions
T8. I am proud that this Government have invested record amounts into our national health service. In Altrincham and Sale West, the results are clear: waiting lists down 10 months in a row, extra investment in local GP surgeries and, most recently, a new skin cancer diagnostic centre at Altrincham h…
Commons
Oral Questions
25 November 2025
2 contributions
Cancer Care
14. What steps his Department is taking to improve cancer care.
My constituent Mike lost his wife to cancer, but as well as battling the physical symptoms, she faced devastating mental health effects, becoming deeply depressed after her terminal diagnosis. Despite that, she never received appropriate mental health support, and this significant issue for cancer p…
Commons
Westminster Hall
25 November 2025
Immigration Reforms: Humanitarian Visa Routes
Many Hongkongers in Altrincham and Sale West have written to me with concerns about any changes to the pathway for indefinite leave to remain. My hon. Friend is powerfully making the case on how changes to language or income requirements would have a major impact on their lives. Does he agree that t…
Commons
Debate
20 November 2025
International Men’s Day
It is great to contribute to this debate and follow so many powerful speakers. I commend the Government for marking International Men’s Day by launching their men’s health strategy. This initiative will not just change lives but save lives. As part of International Men’s Day, like many of my hon. Fr…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
20 November 2025
Business of the House
My constituent Naomi was a victim of extreme online stalking, slander and harassment for several years, which had a profound impact on her mental health. Despite the perpetrator pleading guilty, it took three years until they were finally sentenced to prison last month. The ordeal has shattered Naom…
Commons
Westminster Hall
13 November 2025
Rogue Builders
The hon. Gentleman speaks powerfully of the devastation that can be caused by rogue builders, as families in Altrincham and Sale West have experienced. Many have been ripped off by Frank Deary, a rogue builder who has taken over £1 million for work that he has never finished. He repeatedly liquidate…
Commons
Proceedings
12 November 2025
Independent Football Regulator
The shadow Minister spoke of risks to football. We need to be clear that the only risk to brilliant, grassroots, local community football clubs, such as Altrincham FC, is the Conservative party’s constant attempts to oppose and obstruct an Independent Football Regulator. The Secretary of State has t…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
5 November 2025
2 contributions
Engagements
Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 5 November.
May I start by congratulating the Deputy Prime Minister on being the first black person to ever answer Prime Minister’s questions? It is a landmark moment for this place and for our country, and I hope he is proud.
My eight-year-old constituent Phoebe is battling cancer. Her parents are fundraising…
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
3 November 2025
2 contributions
Armed Forces Families: Housing
2. What steps he is taking to improve housing for armed forces families.
In the week of Remembrance Sunday, it is important to restate that supporting our armed forces and their families is something we should be committed to every day. Over the past decade, two thirds of armed forces service family accommodation was allowed to fall into such disrepair that it was deemed…
Commons
Proceedings
30 October 2025
Business of the House
My eight-year-old constituent, Phoebe, is bravely battling cancer. Both her parents and her oncologists believe that a liver transplant offers her the best hope of recovery, but that has been refused by the NHS trusts overseeing her treatment. Having been told that there is no right of appeal, her p…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 October 2025
Manchester Terrorism Attack
As a Greater Manchester Member of Parliament proudly representing a significant Jewish community, I know how much fear and anguish there already was in the community, even before the horrific attack in Crumpsall, as Manchester colleagues have said. As the Home Secretary has outlined, we need actions…
Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
9 September 2025
2 contributions
Infrastructure Strategy: Economic Growth
2. What steps she has taken to increase economic growth through the 10-year infrastructure strategy.
Working with colleagues in Greater Manchester, I have been proud to campaign for greater investment in our public transport infrastructure. The Government listened and delivered £2.5 billion of funding for the Bee Network, which will allow us to create the first fully integrated zero-emission public…
Commons
Westminster Hall
8 September 2025
2 contributions
Indefinite Leave to Remain
Will my hon. Friend give way?
My hon. Friend sets out with characteristic eloquence some of the major uncertainties that are currently facing BNO holders. Considering that BNO applicants now make up less than 2% of visa applications, does he agree that the immense contribution that they make to communities such as mine in Altrin…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 September 2025
Eating Disorders: Prevention of Deaths
First, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight West (Mr Quigley) on securing this debate and—if he will permit me—on his strength and resilience as a parent.
There have already been many profoundly moving contributions, and I think everyone here understands that the care and supp…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
17 July 2025
2 contributions
Parental Leave
2. What steps he is taking to support working families through the parental leave system.
Improving our paternity leave offer will be good for parents, good for children and good for our economy. I recently organised an event with Labour colleagues, the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, and Dad Shift, where we heard from Tesco about the benefits that six weeks of fully paid…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
10 July 2025
Resident Doctors: Industrial Action
We all know how vital resident doctors are to the functioning of our national health service. In the light of that, will the Secretary of State join me in once again urging the BMA resident doctors committee to get back around the table to engage in serious talks and to take up his offer to meet in …
Commons
Proceedings
10 July 2025
Business of the House
In the week that the Football Governance Bill continued its progress through Parliament, may I draw the House’s attention to the 3UP campaign to secure an extra promotion place from the national league to league two? I am supporting the campaign, alongside my brilliant local football club, Altrincha…
Commons
Oral Questions
10 July 2025
2 contributions
Relations with the European Union
16. What steps he is taking to improve relations with the EU.
Does the Minister agree with me that, after years of the Conservatives picking fights with our most important allies rather than working with them on the shared challenges we face, our recently agreed trade deal and our closer co-operation on security and migration show the benefits of a grown-up ap…
Commons
Westminster Hall
9 July 2025
3 contributions
Early Years Providers: Government Support
It is a pleasure, Mr Pritchard, to serve under your chairmanship, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood Forest (Michelle Welsh) for securing this hugely important debate.
When finding affordable childcare is harder for people than getting their hands on Oasis tickets, it is clear that …
Yes, absolutely. The sentiment across the House with regard to our SEND system and the need for additional, earlier intervention and support is well founded. I think that is the direction that the Government intend to travel in with their reforms, and I am sure that the Minister will outline that.
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Commons
Debate
1 July 2025
Infant Feeding
I thank the hon. Member for securing this Adjournment debate on such an important topic. She spoke of some of the difficulties she had at the start of her breastfeeding journey, which my partner Catherine also experienced. When my partner had those difficulties, she accessed a breastfeeding support …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
1 July 2025
Parental Leave Review
Does the Minister agree that, as well as being good for parents and for children, ensuring that dads are able to spend an appropriate amount of time off with their newborn children would be good for our economy, good for productivity and good for businesses too?
Commons
Debate
24 June 2025
Department of Health and Social Care
Fourteen years of Conservative Government left our national health service on its knees, with waiting lists at record highs, patient satisfaction at record lows and millions living in pain and fear, suffering without the treatment they need.
Turning that around is a mammoth challenge, but thanks to…
Commons
Proceedings
24 June 2025
National Security Strategy
Does the Minister agree that our energy security is fundamental to our national security, and, therefore, does he share my concerns that Conservative Members now appear to disagree with the investment that we are making in energy security in this country? If they disagree with the investment that we…
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 June 2025
Care Settings: Right to Maintain Contact
I would like briefly to mention the case of the Priestman family in my constituency. Paul Priestman, a military veteran, suffered a stroke in 2019 and now requires care. That is being provided in a care home in Rochdale, many miles from the family home. The family have serious concerns about the qua…
Commons
Westminster Hall
18 June 2025
Political Prisoners
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I join other Members in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) on securing this debate and on her powerful advocacy.
I want to focus specifically on the Jimmy Lai case and what it me…