Commons
Westminster Hall
30 June 2026
Financial Inclusion: Young People
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Hertford and Stortford (Josh Dean) on a terrific speech and on gathering us in Westminster Hall today.
May I take a moment to take you back to your first job, Sir John? I am sure you will remember your…
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
16 June 2026
Topical Questions
T3. With Anthropic being ordered to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals outside the US, will the FCDO pursue reliable UK access to frontier AI models as a diplomatic goal?
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
9 June 2026
2 contributions
NHS Health Visitors
12. What steps his Department is taking to improve the provision of NHS health visitors.
I recently gave evidence to Baroness Amos’s national maternity inquiry, sharing the trauma that my wife and I endured. Even as she carried her own burden after the birth, she was my rock, but the NHS was not. I was invisible. No one asked about me and I was left to carry it alone for months. Will th…
Commons
Oral Questions
Home Department
8 June 2026
2 contributions
Identity Fraud
3. What steps her Department is taking to help tackle identity fraud.
Several of my constituents have had their identity stolen, leading to devastating consequences. A serving member of our armed forces had his house purchase delayed after his credit file was marked as a risk. Too often, identity theft is bundled into other offences such as computer misuse and not pur…
Commons
Oral Questions
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
4 June 2026
Water Quality
I recently joined Surfers Against Sewage on the River Ouse, where the consequences of the failure of Yorkshire Water were plain to see. Does the Minister agree that we should compel water bosses to personally clean up excessive pollution and that they should be sent into the river with some overalls…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2026
3 contributions
Improving the UK Visa System
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stuart.
I want to start by welcoming the Home Secretary’s measures to get a grip on the visa system and rebuild the public’s trust in it. This is a debate that, if I am frank, my party too often shies away from. I want to be honest: I have been on …
I can assure my hon. Friend that he does not look old enough to have written that report 12 years ago. Regarding the Fair Work Agency, there is an important deterrent effect that gangs exploiting people overseas should recognise that it is not worth their time to proceed with illegal activity.
I wa…
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Commons
Westminster Hall
28 April 2026
Park Home Owners
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) for bringing the voice of park home owners to Parliament. For many people, choosing a park home is not just a housing decision; it is about investing in the next chapter of their lives. It is a choice for peace and a slower, gentler pace…
Commons
Oral Questions
27 April 2026
Child Maintenance Service
The Government’s planned major changes to CMS payments are welcome, but my casework inbox is inundated—absolutely chock-a-block—with complaints about the CMS’s poor customer service, which is damaging the lives of dozens of my constituents in the process. What steps can my hon. Friend take to rapidl…
Commons
Westminster Hall
22 April 2026
2 contributions
Car Insurance Industry: Fraud
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I genuinely thank the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) for securing the debate. I will confine my remarks to ghost broking, which she referred to. I gave a speech on that subject at the Association of British Insurers last yea…
I thank my hon. Friend for drawing attention to that example. Large language models can be in one’s pocket, and such documents can be generated even without internet connectivity. When I was in the counter-fraud sector, I used some of the AI models that criminals had in order to create hypothetical,…
Commons
Debate
13 April 2026
SEND Provision and Reform
One of my constituents, Olivia, is battling for her son to stay in mainstream education, alongside her son’s twin, who is an anchor for him. Does my hon. Friend agree with me that we must ensure that ISPs are there quickly to avoid some of the distress of the process as parents battle to keep their …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 April 2026
North Atlantic Submarine Activity
While the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) talks down our Royal Navy, I think the House is today united in praising it for its work to deter Russian activity at deep sea. Does my hon. and gallant Friend agree that, through Atlantic Bastion and the emerging defence SMEs, defence companies shoul…
Commons
Oral Questions
13 April 2026
2 contributions
Council Tax Debt Collection
9. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of council tax debt collection practices on households in financial difficulty.
Working with the charity StepChange, we have seen that some councils are too often moving too quickly towards bailiff enforcement action. Would the Minister consider issuing best practice to councils to ensure that vulnerable households are supported instead of too often being pushed into further fi…
Commons
Debate
23 March 2026
Middle East
BBC News Ukraine recently published an outstanding report on the demand for drone interceptors, such as the British-made Octopus and the Wild Hornets Sting drone. Will the Government update the House on what work they are doing to bolster UK and Ukrainian drone interceptor production so that these d…
Commons
Proceedings
18 March 2026
3 contributions
Student Loans
I am on plan 2, and I had a targeted maintenance grant. I will ask the hon. Member a simple question: does he think it is a fairer system to have targeted maintenance grants in it—yes or no?
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Commons
Proceedings
18 March 2026
Student Loans
I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman has read the IFS report evaluating his party’s proposal. It states that the proposal would do zilch, nada, zero when it comes to monthly repayments, and the IFS shows that lower and middle earners would not benefit at all. It is a plan for higher earners, isn’t it…
Commons
Debate
18 March 2026
2 contributions
Fuel Duty
The hon. Gentleman is making some impassioned points about heating oil. I have a simple question for him: does he believe that the war in Iran increases the cost of heating oil or not, and will he reject the escalation that the Leader of the Opposition has called for in entering that war in the firs…
The hon. Gentleman is right to draw attention to that 5p fuel duty cut at the height of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, but it was too slow. Will he remind the House of the level that diesel had got to at the pump when the 5p cut came in? Was it two quid? It was far too late, wasn’t it?
Commons
Debate
17 March 2026
Youth Unemployment
Apprenticeship starts fell under the last Government, largely driven by the reduced uptake from SMEs, so today’s SME incentive is a game-changer. Can the Minister confirm that that incentive can be stacked with other incentives—for example, when hiring a care leaver—and will he send a message from t…
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
16 March 2026
Defence Investment Plan
I welcome my right hon. Friend’s comments about the defence investment plan, and his leadership on increased defence spending. Does he agree that a defence finance and investment strategy is key to unlocking the capital that firms across the supply chain need, if they are to deliver for the DIP? Wil…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
10 March 2026
Digital ID: Public Consultation
Before entering the House, I worked in tech building products to streamline ID checks, improving user interface and user experience in the process. Does my right hon. Friend agree that that will be the case with a digital ID? Does he further agree that making funded hours of childcare more accessibl…
Commons
Debate
9 March 2026
Middle East: Economic Update
Many of my constituents stranded in the middle east have been left out of pocket because of their travel insurance. In my view as a former regulator, those policies have overly broad exclusion terms. Will my right hon. Friend update the House on her meetings with the insurance sector, the Financial …
Commons
Oral Questions
5 March 2026
2 contributions
EU: Mutual Interests
14. What recent discussions he has had with EU counterparts on topics of mutual interest.
As my constituents head off to beaches in Benidorm, open-top buses in Barça and city breaks in Copenhagen over Easter, they will be sending holiday snaps and making calls home to their families. Will the Minister update the House on what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on cutti…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
4 March 2026
China: Foreign Interference Arrests
I recently visited the Defence Intelligence Academy with the armed forces parliamentary scheme and saw at first hand that our intelligence services are the best in the business. The Government should be praised for increasing the single intelligence account in real terms. Will he commit to keeping t…
Commons
Westminster Hall
25 February 2026
2 contributions
Student Loan Repayment Plans
I am on plan 2, which is a dog’s dinner of a system. Like me, is my hon. Friend not surprised that the architects of this Frankenstein’s mess are not even here for the debate? Our generation is picking up the cost of their mess.
Before the hon. Gentleman concludes, does he agree that the architects of plan 2 need to say one simple word—sorry?
Commons
Oral Questions
10 February 2026
2 contributions
Warm Home Discount
16. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the extension of the warm home discount on living standards.
I will never forget my mum renting a house in York with ancient heating, freezing rooms and an evil prepayment meter that drained her finances. In York, over a third of fuel-poor households rent privately. What is the Secretary of State doing to ensure that the warm home discount reaches them and en…
Commons
Westminster Hall
10 February 2026
10 contributions
Young Children’s Screen Time
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the impact of screen time on young children.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy; thank you for your time this morning.
I have always said that I am a dad first and an MP second. My son Robin is three; he is kind, and he is happ…
Parents do need a bit of support when it comes to guidance and advice around what is excessive, particularly when it comes to unsupervised screen time.
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