Commons
Ministerial Statement
24 June 2026
Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services
Today’s publication of Donna Ockenden’s report has laid bare absolutely appalling and systemic failures in maternity services in Nottinghamshire, with thousands of families suffering avoidable harm, and in many cases feeling ignored, dismissed or let down by the very institutions that were put in pl…
Commons
Debate
22 June 2026
British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
I thank the Minister for his understanding of these issues—which is a deep understanding—and his diligence in considering them. I also thank him for meeting me, along with the trustees of both the mineworkers’ pension scheme and the British Coal staff superannuation scheme. I hope the Minister will …
Commons
Westminster Hall
16 June 2026
Road Maintenance Funding: Nottinghamshire
I beg to move,
That this House has considered funding for road maintenance in Nottinghamshire.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy.
The issue of the condition of roads across my constituency is raised with me more than almost any other. Since becoming an MP, I have been …
Commons
Oral Questions
27 April 2026
Topical Questions
T5. In Mansfield, our youth hub is already bringing together Jobcentre Plus and local partners to support young people into employment. Can the Secretary of State set out how the Government are strengthening youth hubs around the country to ensure that every young person has access to high quality, …
Commons
Westminster Hall
21 April 2026
Sex Trafficking: Scotland
I wonder if my hon. Friend shares my frustration that the Scottish Government voted down Ash Regan’s unbuyable Bill, which would have outlawed paying for sex and decriminalised victims of sexual exploitation in Scotland, despite the Scottish Government saying that they supported the Bill’s principle…
Commons
Westminster Hall
20 April 2026
Maternity Commissioner
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. I am pleased that we are having this important debate on an e-petition that secured more than 100 signatures from my constituents in Mansfield. Indeed, after meeting the Nottingham Maternity affected families group on a number of occasions…
Commons
Debate
13 April 2026
3 contributions
Young Cancer Patients: Experiences and Outcomes
I am grateful to have had the opportunity to secure this important debate on a subject that matters deeply to me in my role as parliamentary champion for the Teenage Cancer Trust, and as an officer of the all-party parliamentary group on cancer in children and young people. It is an issue that matte…
I thank the hon. Member for his intervention.
This is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, and it is right that we use this moment to shine a light on a group that is too often overlooked: young people who fall between children’s and adult services, and whose needs are too often not full…
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Commons
Oral Questions
18 March 2026
2 contributions
Artificial Intelligence Growth Zones
3. What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of AI growth zones on regeneration in Mansfield.
Fourteen years of Conservative economic decline saw jobs and opportunity leave places such as my constituency of Mansfield, and AI now presents a chance to turn that around. How will the Secretary of State ensure that the Government roll-out of AI growth zones, creating opportunity across the countr…
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 March 2026
2 contributions
Productivity and Economic Growth: East Midlands
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq.
We must confront honestly the challenge of productivity in the east midlands remaining well below the UK average, currently at around 85% of it. Our constituents’ wages reflect that gap entirely, and if we are serious about raising living s…
Does the hon. Member recognise the fact that, in 2010, productivity in the east midlands was at 92% of the national average, but by the time the previous Government left office it was at 85%? Actually, the region went steadily backwards under the Conservative Government. Does he recognise that?
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 March 2026
3 contributions
Immigration Reforms
I am pleased to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer.
People in my constituency and, I think, right across the country are clear: they want an immigration system that is fair, but one that is controlled and works in the national interest. That is exactly what this Labour Government, led by th…
I have met many people living in my constituency—workers from west Africa and from Asia—who make that case to me. I have written to the Home Secretary to support that case, and I hope the Government will look at the results of the consultation and think carefully about transitional arrangements for …
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Commons
Westminster Hall
17 March 2026
Child Maintenance Service
We have all received casework on this subject. I often find that what I can only term incompetence by the CMS enables non-resident parents to shirk financial responsibility—at the expense of the child, at the end of the day. Does my hon. Friend agree that we in Government must look into these issues…
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 March 2026
Rural Roads
Responsibility for maintaining roads in my area sits with the Reform-led Notts county council. It is all talk and no action and, frankly, residents are tired of excuses, particularly when they centre on funding. The reality is this: funding is increasing significantly through the Labour Government a…
Commons
Westminster Hall
10 March 2026
Technology Sovereignty
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I want to speak about technological sovereignty from an east midlands perspective. Too often, Westminster debates are focused on venture capital or high-level digital strategy and so forth while the real foundations of our tech capability li…
Commons
Oral Questions
Work and Pensions
9 March 2026
Unemployment
Will the Secretary of State outline what exactly the youth guarantee means for young people in my constituency of Mansfield?
Commons
Proceedings
5 March 2026
Business of the House
Many former mineworkers in my constituency are entitled to receive a set amount of solid fuel per year. As few homes now rely on coal, some have requested a payment in lieu from the National Concessionary Fuel Office, as they are entitled to. Those requests have often been refused, yet following int…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 March 2026
Funeral Premises: Environmental Health Inspections
A grieving family in my constituency contacted me last year. They said that their deceased father, who had been left in the care of a local funeral home, had been stored in such a way that his body had decomposed to the extent that it was “covered in maggots” by the time it was sent to the coroner. …
Commons
Westminster Hall
10 February 2026
Sherwood Forest: Tourism
On Robin Hood, would my hon. Friend join me in celebrating the legacy of former Mansfield Woodhouse resident Major Hayman Rooke, who discovered and is associated with the Major Oak tree in Sherwood Forest? I am sure my hon. Friend is also aware that the tree, which was named in Major Hayman Rooke’s …
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 February 2026
Postal Services: Rural Areas
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer.
My constituency is part of the rural county of Nottinghamshire. Many of my communities are feeling the impact of poor service by Royal Mail and facing unacceptable inconsistencies with delivery. I have received correspondence from cons…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
21 January 2026
Engagements
Q3. Sadly, on Christmas day my constituent Beryl Barrett passed away after tragically falling into an unrepaired pothole. I am sure that the whole House will join me in sending my condolences to the family. In my constituency there are literally thousands of potholes in our roads, which Nottinghamsh…
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
19 January 2026
2 contributions
School and College Assessments: Integrity
4. What steps she is taking to help ensure the integrity of school and college assessments and examinations.
At West Notts college in my constituency of Mansfield, a significant number of learners requested that their English papers be remarked, because an unusually high number of students missed their expected grades. In fact, more than 50% of the papers that were remarked were given a higher grade, with …
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 January 2026
Horse and Rider Road Safety
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd.
Much of today’s discussion has focused, rightly, on vehicles, but I want to highlight another hazard that affects riders on roads, pavements and paths: uncontrolled dogs. My constituent Katie Smart tragically lost her horse, George, after …
Commons
Westminster Hall
13 January 2026
Airport Drop-off Charges
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South and Walkden (Yasmin Qureshi) on securing this important debate.
I have heard much about this issue from many of my constituents in Mansfield, and they all make the same point again and …
Commons
Westminster Hall
12 January 2026
Call for General Election
Might my hon. Friend agree that the very idea of calling a general election would undermine the whole principle of representative democracy, particularly in communities like mine and his that voted for long-term political change rather than a short-term set of solutions and political churn?
Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
6 January 2026
2 contributions
British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
7. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the autumn Budget 2025 on members of the British Coal staff superannuation scheme.
On behalf of many former mineworkers in my constituency who have had that pension reserve fund returned, I thank the Minister and his colleagues for supporting coalfield communities like mine. He will also be aware of my letter last month asking about the future sharing arrangements for scheme surpl…
Commons
Proceedings
17 December 2025
Puberty Suppressants Trial
I welcome the Secretary of State’s answers today and his ongoing support for the Cass review. From his previous answers, it is clear that he has seen public opinion. Is he prepared to call an independent clinical review, given the high degree of public concern about the trial?