Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
10 September 2026
Topical Questions
The next national adaptation programme, NAP4, is not due until 2028, but the wildfires and droughts we saw this summer and the impending extreme El Niño show that we cannot wait that long. Will the Minister commit to taking urgent action to tackle resilience before then and give our farmers, communi…
Commons
Proceedings
10 September 2026
2 contributions
Point of Order
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. At the end of July, the Prime Minister announced that he was holding cross-party talks on social care. He did not invite the Green party, despite our involvement in the Casey commission cross-party talks for the past 18 months. When I expressed my concern a…
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Commons
Ministerial Statement
8 September 2026
Israel and Palestine
I warmly welcome the statement and thank the Foreign Secretary for taking this step. Yes, it has been far too long coming, and, yes, there is much more to do, but this is a significant statement, both in terms of recognition—the reality of the unlawfulness of the occupation—and in following through,…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
7 September 2026
Economic Growth
The rhetoric might have changed a bit under the new Prime Minister, but it seems that we have a continuity Chancellor on the policy front. The Minister talks about the failures of privatisation, but where is the action to bring water back into public hands? She talks about the need for an active sta…
Commons
Proceedings
3 September 2026
Jackdaw and Rosebank Oil and Gas Fields
We cannot discuss this issue without recognising that the climate breakdown is already costing us hugely: the hottest summer ever, the worst arable harvest ever, and the Met Office says that it was 130 times more likely that we faced this crisis this year. Just today, the World Meteorological Organi…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 September 2026
2 contributions
EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK
It is a pleasure, Ms Butler, to serve under your chairship.
Clearly, Brexit has been a disaster for Britain—the sooner we acknowledge that, the better our conversations will be, because we will then be able to move forward. It has been economically disastrous. As the hon. Member for Perth and Kinro…
I am sorry, but because of time I will not.
We are also facing the climate crisis barrelling down towards us. All of these issues require stronger co-operation with our closest neighbours. In that context, more than 10 years on from this disastrous wrong turn in British politics—this monumental act…
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
1 September 2026
West Bank: Illegal Settlements
I welcome the new Foreign Secretary and his team to their places. He is the third Labour Foreign Secretary in just over two years. We have had so many hand-wringing statements. He has just said that the time to act is now, but he is asking us to wait weeks more for a statement about banning settleme…
Commons
Proceedings
1 September 2026
Speaker’s Statement
I welcome the new Foreign Secretary and his team to their places. He is the third Labour Foreign Secretary in just over two years. We have had so many hand-wringing statements. He has just said that the time to act is now, but he is asking us to wait weeks more for a statement about banning settleme…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
16 July 2026
2 contributions
Road Repairs: New Technology
13. What support she plans to provide to local authorities to help them adopt new technologies for tackling potholes and road defects.
Potholes are the bane of all our lives, including for my constituents, but I have a cunning plan: we could fix potholes much faster by tapping into the superpowers of bin men and women. Bin lorries travel every road every week. Why not equip them with cameras and AI-enabled technology, so that they …
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
14 July 2026
NHS Buildings: Extreme Heat
Heatwaves, which are becoming more frequent and more severe due to the climate crisis, create a health crisis. We see that in excessive temperatures in our hospitals and other health buildings, and we see it in the huge, unprecedented demand on ambulance services. First, will the Minister support my…
Commons
Debate
13 July 2026
7 contributions
Embodied Carbon: Buildings
The climate crisis is upon us. We in the UK are now in the midst of our third heatwave in less than three months. Communities have endured sweltering conditions that have put huge pressure on our NHS, our infrastructure and our natural environment. Our ambulance service has never been so busy. Tragi…
The hon. Member makes an excellent point from a position of great expertise. That is precisely what this debate is about: we need to recognise that we should be reusing buildings as much as possible. We should be reducing the destruction caused by a failure to reuse. We should ensure that regulation…
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Commons
Oral Questions
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
9 July 2026
River Wye: Pollution
My constituency has been devastated by water pollution. We are now nearly seven years into a planning moratorium that has decimated the construction industry, because of pollution in the River Lugg, a tributary of the Wye. We are 10 years on from the first court case that said the Government should …
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
8 July 2026
Engagements
Our politics needs fixing fast. The broken, outdated first-past-the-post system has clearly failed to deliver stable government. We urgently need to rebuild trust in our democracy and ensure that everybody’s vote counts equally. Does the Deputy Prime Minister agree with the right hon. Member for Mak…
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
6 July 2026
Topical Questions
A high proportion of my constituents proudly serve in our armed forces or are veterans. They want to know that the investment in the DIP is being spent cost-effectively. Given that more than half the capital budget is to be spent on the Defence Nuclear Enterprise—more than on every other bit of tech…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
2 July 2026
Topical Questions
Small rural businesses in villages such as Pembridge in my constituency tell me that the combination of high business and VAT rates and rising national insurance contributions means they are facing a struggle for survival. Small rural businesses face greater pressure than their urban counterparts, w…
Commons
Westminster Hall
1 July 2026
2 contributions
MPs’ Second Jobs: Prohibition
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I thank the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) for securing this very important debate.
Serving as a Member of Parliament is a huge honour and a privilege. It is more than a full-time job—and it should be, because it is a job that…
And, indeed, immoral that somebody is earning more in a couple of hours than the average person—well, more than the average person; nurses, teachers and others who dedicate their lives to public service—will in a year. It is extraordinary that in this day and age, this is still allowed. I agree with…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
30 June 2026
Defence Investment Plan
What matters is not just how much we spend on defence, but what we spend it on and whether the Government’s choices offer good value for money. I am therefore deeply concerned that more than half the capital budget is for the nuclear programme. More will be spent on a handful of submarines and unusa…
Commons
Proceedings
29 June 2026
Diethylstilbestrol: Intergenerational Impact
I thank the hon. Member for securing this really important debate. One of my constituents, who is a DES daughter, came to see me, and she reported that her mother’s health records were lost when her GP moved back in the 1970s. Does the hon. Member share my concern that a key issue here is that the l…
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 June 2026
Elections: First Past the Post
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. I thank the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Sarah Olney) for securing this important debate and the hon. Member for Falkirk (Euan Stainbank) for setting out so clearly that this is not an issue that sits on party lines. It is about the fundam…
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 June 2026
Farming: Financial Sustainability
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. I will be brief.
It is wonderful that we are having this debate, and indeed that we had today’s statement, although sadly I was not able to be in the Chamber to hear it. We need to recognise that farmers are central to our health, wellbeing…
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
16 June 2026
West Bank: Settler Activity
I would like to start by joining you, Mr Speaker, and colleagues across the House in paying tribute to the memory of Jo Cox. Her words about seeking what we have in common, and working to counter the politics of division, are today more relevant than ever—for all of us.
The Secretary of State set o…
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
9 June 2026
Topical Questions
Unpaid carers play a crucial role in supporting so many people who need to draw on social care, thereby supporting our health service and our formal social care system, but they tell me that they are under immense strain and need more support. They are, of course, more likely to be women and to be o…
Commons
Westminster Hall
9 June 2026
Sir David Attenborough: Permanent National Monument
The hon. Member is making a brilliant speech in honour of a fantastic advocate for the natural world. I have had emails from constituents about him, and I would like to share one that I received this morning, which says:
“Sir David is a titan of broadcasting and has educated, amazed and enthralled …
Commons
Westminster Hall
9 June 2026
2 contributions
Summit on Illicit Finance
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) for securing this important debate.
I welcome the Government’s commitment to hold a summit on tackling illicit financial flows, but it is essential that more political priority is g…
I am disappointed that the hon. Member is taking the opportunity to score a cheap political point when we have been working cross-party on these issues. On that specific issue, the leader of the Green party has apologised and made clear efforts to pay any tax that he may be found to owe. As has beco…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
21 May 2026
Middle East
The Minister recognises that the Netanyahu Government are imposing a stranglehold on any possibility of Palestinian self-determination. The expansion of settlements and the ongoing horror in Gaza are all completely unacceptable. He said:
“I have been clear that we are prepared to take further actio…