Commons
Oral Questions
Education
19 January 2026
2 contributions
Ukrainian GCSE
5. What steps she is taking to introduce a Ukrainian GCSE.
I thank the Minister for her answer. Ukrainian children, including 2,500 under the brilliant Ukrainian St Mary’s Trust, headquartered in Kensington and Bayswater, have been warmly welcomed, yet they still lack access to formal qualifications in their language. Alongside educators and my hon. Friend …
Commons
Debate
8 January 2026
2 contributions
High Street Gambling Reform
I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for her visit to Kensington and Bayswater, where she herself enticed me into an adult gaming centre to show me how it is set up to keep people in there. Machines could even be reserved, so people could go away and come back. That is preying on the addictive …
I join other hon. Members in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) on securing the debate and on her campaign.
Our high streets have struggled in recent years and, as others have said, that is harming our communities. My constituents tell me that one of the most pern…
Commons
Debate
8 January 2026
2 contributions
Human Rights Abuses: Magnitsky Sanctions
I join colleagues in congratulating the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) on securing the debate. As he rightly said, an effective sanctions regime is an increasingly important foreign policy and defence tool. Having worked on international anti-corruption an…
Would the shadow Minister consider briefly responding to my question about whether she thinks it is appropriate for the shadow Attorney General to be simultaneously advising shadow Ministers and a sanctioned Russian oligarch?
Commons
Debate
15 December 2025
Jimmy Lai Conviction
I thank the Foreign Secretary for her tribute to Sebastien Lai, who, as she says, has joined us in the Gallery. This afternoon, Members from across the House heard from Sebastien—Jimmy’s son and a constituent of mine—and the international legal team supporting him and the family. Jimmy is now 78. A …
Commons
Debate
15 December 2025
Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
I welcome the additional aid and sanctions, and I praise my constituents who have done so much to keep Sudan in the public eye. What lessons have been learned from the fall of El Fasher to prevent the RSF repeating its tried and tested pattern in Tawila, where approximately 650,000 civilians and 300…
Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
4 December 2025
Topical Questions
T3. The Prime Minister was clear this week that the wild promises of Brexit have hurt our economy, eroded trust in politics and that there is no credible economic future for Britain without a closer relationship with the European Union. I completely agree. Can the Minister set out when he expects a …
Commons
Oral Questions
27 November 2025
Topical Questions
T6. At every resident meeting I host, I hear horror stories about the misuse of short-term lets, including illegal sub-letting, breaching London’s 90-day cap, late-night parties, and conditions that violate building insurance and fire safety. When will the hugely welcome mandatory register for sho…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
25 November 2025
G20 and Ukraine
I thank the Prime Minister for all his efforts on ramping up the economic pressure on Putin, including through oil and gas and the shadow fleet. On the $300 billion-plus of Russian sovereign banking assets in the west, we know there are a few holdouts in the European Union that do not want to mobili…
Commons
Westminster Hall
5 November 2025
5 contributions
Financial Transparency: Overseas Territories
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he agree with the National Crime Agency that if it had open and accurate data on who owned and controlled those businesses, its operations would be much more effective? Those businesses are often linked to overseas territories, so the Nation…
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
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Commons
Debate
4 November 2025
Supporting High Streets
My residents care deeply about our high streets. From Earl’s Court Road to Queensway, and from Notting Hill Gate to Portobello Road, those high streets have a lot of potential but were put through the wringer by the previous Conservative Government. We had empty units, unconstrained rows of slot mac…
Commons
Debate
30 October 2025
2 contributions
Property Service Charges
I join others in congratulating the hon. Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul) on securing this debate. I know that leaseholders across the country will be watching this debate very closely, because the cost of being a leaseholder has contributed to the cost of living challenges that so many of our cons…
I agree entirely with my hon. Friend. There is now an overwhelming case for introducing mandatory professional standards—which I know the Government are bringing forward—and for considering what regulation might look like, whether that is a new regulator or expanding on the current system. It is cle…
Commons
Oral Questions
Work and Pensions
27 October 2025
Topical Questions
T7. Earlier this month I visited the Spear programme in north Kensington, which is doing fantastic work in supporting young people back into employment through programmes that the DWP data lab has found to have a significant impact. Could the Secretary of State outline how evidence produced by units…
Commons
Westminster Hall
23 October 2025
Building Safety Regulator
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Northampton South (Mike Reader) and for Milton Keynes North (Chris Curtis) on securing this debate.
I start by briefly reminding hon. Members why Britain’s building safety regime needed such …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
15 October 2025
Ukraine
I strongly welcome the sanctions targeting the $108 billion in oil revenue that the Kremlin received last year and the progress on the $350 billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets. I applaud the Foreign Secretary and the Chancellor for their efforts in building a coalition with the EU and others …
Commons
Oral Questions
Science, Innovation and Technology
10 September 2025
2 contributions
Online Safety Act 2023: Effectiveness
10. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in reducing children’s exposure to harmful online content.
I also welcome my right hon. Friend to her place. Does she agree that Reform’s reckless plans to scrap the Online Safety Act would fail a generation of young people, including all the parents and children in my constituency of Kensington and Bayswater who have joined my local campaign to protect chi…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 September 2025
Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved Families
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this debate. More than eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire, the fight for justice for the 72 who lost their lives, the bereaved and the survivors continues. Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the publication …
Commons
Oral Questions
22 July 2025
2 contributions
Health Inequalities
20. What steps his Department is taking to tackle health inequalities across the country.
In Kensington and Bayswater, there is now a staggering 19-year gap in life expectancy between men living in Notting Dale and those living in Holland Park—which are just hundreds of metres apart—and that gap has grown in recent years. The Minister knows that this is a whole-of-society issue to do wit…
Commons
Debate
15 July 2025
9 contributions
Taxes
Might the Chancellor elaborate on the national debt that the previous Government inherited in 2010, compared with what we inherited last year?
I congratulate the shadow Chancellor on securing a debate on this motion. When this Government came into office, they found Britain’s public finances vandalised, the economy wrecked, debts soaring, sky-high mortgages, a cost of living crisis that has touched every household in this country, and a mi…
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Commons
Oral Questions
10 July 2025
2 contributions
Public Procurement Reform
11. What steps he is taking to reform public procurement.
I thank the Minister for all her hard work to bring together procurement information centrally for the first time and to improve the quality of that data. What progress has been made to push that out to the public in the dashboards and analytics that will help us track and improve the public procure…
Commons
Westminster Hall
10 July 2025
7 contributions
London’s National Economic Contribution
I beg to move,
That this House has considered London’s contribution to the national economy.
It is an honour and a privilege to serve under your chairship, Mr Western, for this important debate on London’s contribution to the Government’s national growth mission. I am proud to be a London MP, and …
I agree with the hon. Member. Before this debate, I was looking at the Transport for London budget. It contributes £11 billion to the UK-wide economy through the construction of what we hope will be new trains on the Jubilee line, the DLR and hopefully the Bakerloo line, and supports 100,000 high-qu…
+5 more contributions in this session
Commons
Ministerial Statement
7 July 2025
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
The IFS found that Sure Start delivered benefits significantly greater than its cost, yet it was still slashed by the Tories, with well over 1,000 centres closing. It was one of the biggest acts of vandalism under austerity, stunting life chances for too many for a generation. Can the Secretary of S…
Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
1 July 2025
2 contributions
Tax Evasion: High Street Businesses
14. What steps her Department is taking to help tackle tax evasion by high street businesses.
As the Minister is no doubt aware, an increasingly common issue on our high streets is phoenixing. That is where a shop unit continues to trade while cycling through multiple limited companies every few months, none of which pays corporation tax, VAT or business rates. Can the Minister encourage off…
Commons
Debate
24 June 2025
2 contributions
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (Florence Eshalomi), the Chair of the Select Committee, for securing the debate.
It is such a relief that we now have a Government who acknowledge the scale of the housing challenge, and are prepared to put serious investment and p…
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That means including housing costs when analysing deprivation, ensuring that the daytime population is included, and ensuring that the huge pressure on temporary accommodation is factored in. We all want to reduce the need for temporary accommodation, but i…
Commons
Debate
18 June 2025
Crime and Policing Bill
I rise to speak to new clause 155, which stands in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell) and is supported by the all-party parliamentary group on anti-corruption and responsible tax. I welcome the Bill for its clear and ambitious strategy to tackle antisocial behaviou…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
18 June 2025
Engagements
Saturday marked eight years since 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell tower fire—eight years without justice. But, finally, there is the prospect of some systemic change following the public inquiry. I welcome the Government’s commitment to barring all the cited companies from accessing publi…