Commons
Oral Questions
11 November 2025
2 contributions
Managing Repeat Offenders
4. What steps his Department is taking to help support the Probation Service to manage repeat offenders who cross jurisdictional boundaries to avoid supervision.
Residents living in villages across north Worcestershire in my constituency of Bromsgrove are often victims of crime that originates from urban areas, including Birmingham. What message would the Minister send to my constituents who want a reassurance that the Probation Service is being strengthened…
Commons
Debate
4 November 2025
Welfare Spending
At the minute, an estimated 13 million households in this country—just over 50% of all households—are net recipients from the state, rather than net contributors to it. What would the Minister expect that figure to be by the end of this Parliament?
Commons
Debate
4 November 2025
6 contributions
Supporting High Streets
Does my hon. Friend agree that the Government present an illusion of choice? I will give him a very brief example. Two weeks ago, I met the owners of a business in my constituency—a young couple who own a hospitality business. They have two young children; one is three weeks old. They are buying a n…
Will the Minister give way?
+4 more contributions in this session
Commons
Debate
28 October 2025
2 contributions
China Spying Case
Does my hon. Friend agree that the most obvious point is that, despite the Government’s disappointment at the collapse of the trial—we have heard numerous Ministers, including the Prime Minister himself, stress that—it is shocking that they appear not to have done every single thing possible to bols…
Will the Minister give way?
Commons
Debate
28 October 2025
9 contributions
Stamp Duty Land Tax
The Minister is in no position to lecture on reducing the size of the state, given that when Labour attempted to reduce the welfare bill, it marched all of its MPs up the hill, only to march them down again, when it buckled under the pressure from its own Back Benchers.
Does the hon. Gentleman regret the fact that his Government have not honoured their pre-election promise to reduce council tax?
+7 more contributions in this session
Commons
Proceedings
23 October 2025
Business of the House
With the Government planning to bulldoze all over the green belt—other parties do not fare much better; the Liberal Democrats, in their manifesto, said they wanted to build even more houses—and given that the Conservatives have pledged to protect the green belt, will the Leader of the House explain …
Commons
Proceedings
23 October 2025
Alleged Spying Case: Role of Attorney General’s Office
The Solicitor General has expressed several times her and, presumably, the Government’s disappointment at the fact that this did not go to trial. That disappointment would suggest that she and the Government wish for an alternative outcome. The simple point that I and my constituents cannot get our …
Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
23 October 2025
Topical Questions
T6. In the absence of a plan, the Government appear to be centralising power and bureaucracy in the form of new quangos. More than 25 have been created since this Government came into office. What is the Minister doing to drive ministerial accountability and, crucially, to ensure that there are suns…
Commons
Debate
21 October 2025
Cyber Extortion and Ransomware (Reporting)
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require a company that meets a specified criteria to report any cyber extortion or ransomware attack on the company to the Government within a specified time after the attack; to make provision about the content of such reports, including a r…
Commons
Proceedings
16 October 2025
Official Secrets Act Case: Witness Statements
Earlier this week, the Security Minister, the hon. Member for Barnsley North (Dan Jarvis), came to this House and said that the National Security Adviser did not have any links to the 48 Group, a group that promotes economic links between the UK and China. Why did the Minister say that when the Nati…
Commons
Debate
15 October 2025
Jhoots Pharmacy
The way Jhoots is treating its workforce, the community and suppliers is frankly appalling. It is failing communities who desperately rely on it. The Government are planning to introduce a health Bill at some point in the coming months that will see the abolition of NHS England. Can the Minister upd…
Commons
Debate
13 October 2025
Digital ID
I am wholly opposed to this policy, as I know are many of my constituents. While the Government have talked about the so-called economic benefits of accessing services and digitalising how we interact with Government, my constituents are concerned about infringements on liberty and the shifting rela…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 October 2025
Security Update: Official Secrets Act Case
The Government say that they want to take a long-term and strategic approach to China, but that is exactly what China does, whether we are talking about it increasing control over supply chains to gain leverage over the west, the belt and road programme, or the debt-trap diplomacy with which it is a…
Commons
Oral Questions
13 October 2025
2 contributions
Long-term Empty Homes
8. What steps he is taking to bring long-term empty homes back into occupation.
I welcome the Minister to her new role. Will the Government consider introducing a policy whereby long-term empty properties brought back into use as homes will count towards a district’s housing target?
Commons
Oral Questions
Home Department
15 September 2025
2 contributions
Topical Questions
T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
I welcome the Home Secretary to her position. Does she have plans to introduce a statutory cap on in-bound migration?
Commons
Oral Questions
11 September 2025
Topical Questions
T6. With increasing e-scooter usage, a small number of people are increasingly conducting antisocial behaviour while riding around on these micromobility vehicles. That is of great concern to my constituents, and I am particularly concerned that there is no minimum age requirement for the purchase o…
Commons
Westminster Hall
11 September 2025
2 contributions
Non-surgical Aesthetic and Cosmetic Treatments
I beg to move,
That this House has considered regulations for non-surgical aesthetic and cosmetic treatments.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. We are witnessing an emerging public health crisis. The cosmetic and aesthetic treatment industry is expanding rapidly, yet …
I am grateful to hon. Members from across the House for attending. First and foremost in my mind remain Jan, Alice and anyone who has had a treatment that has gone wrong or, in Alice’s case sadly, been fatal.
I put on record my thanks to a constituent of mine, Nicky Robinson, who first brought this…
Commons
Debate
9 September 2025
2 contributions
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
There have been some fantastic speeches from Opposition Members standing up for British interests, so I will not go on at length, but I wish to make a few points.
This surrender Bill is madness. The Government have decided, against the security and financial interests of the United Kingdom, to surr…
I will not. While the Government and the Prime Minister are trying to paint this as a good deal, they know that Beijing, Moscow and Tehran have watched closely and have all taken note.
Finally, it is not just this country’s taxpayers who recognise that this is a bad deal. Lord West of Spithead, for…
Commons
Debate
2 September 2025
2 contributions
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Government’s devolution proposal is an urban-based model that cannot be applied to rural areas without fundamentally distorting the character of that area?
While the current devolution plans in this Bill put politics before people, the Government are pressing ahead with the Bill before the independent adult social care review is published in 2028. I believe that to reorganise local government without first confronting the fundamental crisis in care is …
Commons
Debate
2 September 2025
Speciality Steel UK: Insolvency
UK manufacturing has been undervalued for far too long. One of the best ways to support industry is to ensure that its cost base is as low as possible. Will the Minister commit to the House that, in 12 months’ time, UK manufacturers will face lower energy costs than today? Will she also rule out fur…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
1 September 2025
Borders and Asylum
The Government appear to be conflating the terms “illegal immigrant” and “asylum seeker.” The UK has rightly in the past taken in asylum seekers, including Ukrainians fleeing persecution, but they are different from those who are crossing the channel illegally, the vast majority of whom are men aged…
Commons
Proceedings
22 July 2025
Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery
While the Minister is right to point out that this refinery produces a small amount of the UK’s refined fuel overall, the site does provide around 50% of the fuel into Warwickshire Oil Storage, a key site at Kingsbury in the west midlands that supplies fuel into the west midlands, which is obviously…
Commons
Proceedings
21 July 2025
Asylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal Activity
The vast majority of British citizens are law-abiding, and they are concerned about the impact of mass migration on their communities. A deterrent would go some way towards restoring trust that the British people may have in the asylum system. When will the Government implement a deterrent to send t…
Commons
Proceedings
17 July 2025
Strategy for Elections
Democracy is fragile and, here in the United Kingdom, our democracy is strongly in the crosshairs of nefarious states including Russia and China, which do not share our values. We are seeing increasing activity online, particularly to distort the outcome of elections, via platforms including TikTok,…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
17 July 2025
2 contributions
Trade Agreements: Implementation
When is a trade deal not a trade deal? It has been nine weeks since the Prime Minister announced a deal to protect steel from US tariffs, and 10 weeks since the Secretary of State said that the India deal was “signed, sealed and delivered.” Will the Secretary of State publish the details of these im…
indicated assent.