Commons
Committee Stage
5 February 2026
4 contributions
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)
Currently, the law requires regulated persons to manage risks to the security of their systems. Amendment 28, tabled by the Liberal Democrats, explicitly inserts “risks arising from fraud” into that duty. It would make it clear that a system cannot be considered secure if it is easily exploited by s…
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Commons
Westminster Hall
4 February 2026
Postal Services: Rural Areas
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I commend the hon. Member for South Shropshire (Stuart Anderson) on securing this debate, and on his excellent speech.
Last year, postal services became a source of real frustration, anxiety and, frankly, anger in Radnorshire. Across Br…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 February 2026
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration
The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech, and we are all grateful for the opportunity to raise these cases. I have been contacted by a constituent who left the civil service in 1992 and, more than 30 years later, has still not received the pension that she is owed, despite providing proof of serv…
Commons
Committee Stage
3 February 2026
10 contributions
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)
Q I would like to continue the line of questioning on the importance of having a single regulator. Other countries, such as the Netherlands, have recently merged their cyber-security organisations. The Bill introduces expanded but sector-specific reporting requirements, to apply to regulators across…
Q Do you know how you would do that information sharing at the moment?
Ian Hulme: As we have already explained, the current regs do not allow us to share the information, which is a bit of a barrier for us. In the future, certainly, we will be working together to try to figure it out. I think that …
+8 more contributions in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
2 February 2026
2 contributions
Defence Spending: 2030 Target
10. If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding cross-party talks on reaching 3% defence spending by 2030.
Britain faces a once-in-a-generation threat to our national security, as Putin’s war continues in Europe and uncertainty grows about the future reliability of the United States. Will the Secretary of State therefore take up the Liberal Democrats’ proposal that we issue time-limited defence bonds? Th…
Commons
Westminster Hall
28 January 2026
Local Authority Children’s Services
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western.
For obvious reasons, we often hear in this House about failure, notably in the tragic case raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Woking (Mr Forster)—I congratulate him on securing this important debate—but I will focus on a local auth…
Commons
Oral Questions
Work and Pensions
26 January 2026
Support into Work: Health Conditions
Access to Work is meant to help disabled people to stay in employment, yet numerous constituents tell me they have been waiting more than nine months for an assessment, and a year or more for changes of circumstances. Those delays are putting jobs and incomes at risk. How many people has the Departm…
Commons
Oral Questions
Wales
21 January 2026
Clean Energy Projects
The Secretary of State has been highly critical of the legitimate concerns that my constituents have raised about the numerous wind farm proposals across mid-Wales. Now the Ministry of Defence has raised its concerns that at least one of the proposed wind farms has the potential to form a physical o…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
20 January 2026
Mobile Phones and Social Media: Use by Children
Over the past year, I have spoken to hundreds of children in schools across my constituency as part of my safer screens tour. It has been very distressing to hear from them about the material that they have been exposed to, and to hear that social media companies have not come back to them when they…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
19 January 2026
Arctic Security
To say the very least, Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland and the related sanctions on the UK are not befitting of a trustworthy ally. Does the Foreign Secretary now accept that President Trump does not respond to weakness, and that, as Canada has shown, we must stand firm against this bullying beh…
Commons
Westminster Hall
7 January 2026
Rural Fuel Duty Relief
Not a single part of Wales benefits from the rural fuel duty relief scheme, while rural areas in England and Scotland do, simply because of how the previous Conservative Government designed it. Does my hon. Friend agree that that unfair anomaly should be corrected and that the scheme should be exten…
Commons
Westminster Hall
7 January 2026
4 contributions
Meat Exports to the EU
I beg to move,
That this House has considered meat exports to the EU.
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I am grateful for the opportunity to open this debate on the export of meat to the European Union, and in particular on the ongoing difficulties faced by farmers and …
I agree with my right hon. Friend. The Government would do well to listen to his wisdom and knowledge, and indeed to that of the farmers, because they are the people experiencing these problems at first hand.
+2 more contributions in this session
Commons
Debate
6 January 2026
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
Cyber-attacks are a growing menace for British businesses. They cause chaos for all types of businesses and organisations, both small and large. The consequences of those attacks have hit our economy hard. The disruption caused by the cyber-attacks on Jaguar Land Rover, M&S and the Co-op were fe…
Commons
Debate
16 December 2025
2 contributions
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Wales is the poorest of our four nations. It has the highest levels of unemployment and the lowest wages. The family farm tax is yet another example of how this Government are going to hurt the Welsh economy with full knowledge of the consequences. They have decided to hit Wales, in whose economy ag…
My hon. Friend is quite right to point to the struggles of upland farmers, who deserve to earn a living from their work—they are working people too, but they are not being recognised as such.
Agriculture and the wider food and drink sector supports more than 228,000 jobs in Wales and generates more…
Commons
Debate
9 December 2025
Railways Bill
Let me be clear from the outset that the Bill fails Wales. Last year, Wales voted decisively for change, and this is just another example of how that change will not be coming. The Bill fails my constituents, who rely on some of the most neglected rail lines anywhere in the United Kingdom.
For year…
Commons
Westminster Hall
8 December 2025
2 contributions
Digital ID
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. It was Harry Willcock, a Liberal party activist, who started the successful campaign to get rid of physical ID cards. After being stopped and asked for his cards by the police, he threw his papers on the floor and said, “I am a Liberal a…
The hon. Gentleman is quite right to question whether or not this is a good use of Government time and money. The 4,500 constituents of mine who have signed this petition would much rather the Government spent their time and money on trying to fix other data governance issues. For example, one big d…
Commons
Oral Questions
Wales
3 December 2025
2 contributions
Economic Growth
I start by raising a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Secretary of State said that the Liberal Democrats were responsible for imposing the two-child benefit cap. That is simply not true. It was imposed by the Conservatives, and we have campaigned tirelessly against it ever since. Will she correct the…
This Government keep claiming that offshore wind will bring down bills for people in Wales and drive economic growth, but research from Greenpeace shows that the opposite is happening. The Crown Estate is pushing up bills by running uncapped auctions that force energy companies to pay huge fees just…
Commons
Proceedings
19 November 2025
Flooding: Monmouthshire
The recent floods in Monmouthshire have been devastating for local communities, and our thoughts are with everyone affected as they try to return to some sense of normality. I would also like to pay tribute to the emergency services and everyone who has worked tirelessly to keep residents safe throu…
Commons
Westminster Hall
19 November 2025
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
We have heard just how little money is being spent on research, comparatively speaking. As has already been mentioned, the DecodeME study is identifying genetic signals linked to immune and neurological pathways, offering real clues to the biological mechanisms of this disease. Does my hon. Friend a…
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 November 2025
Parkinson’s Disease
I pay tribute to everyone in Wales and across the United Kingdom who has campaigned so hard for people living with Parkinson’s. In Wales, we expect the number of people living with Parkinson’s to rise to more than 9,000 by 2030. Yet too many people trying to access the most basic elements of care, f…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
12 November 2025
Engagements
Lloyds bank has more than 31,000 customers in my constituency, yet many of them, particularly the elderly and the vulnerable, are struggling to get out their own cash. That is because Lloyds has closed its branches in Brecon, Presteigne, Ystradgynlais, and before the end of this month in Pontardawe,…
Commons
Westminster Hall
5 November 2025
2 contributions
Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of Access
Will the Minister give way?
Apples and pears provide essential nutrients, such as vitamin C and folate, and they count as one of our five a day, as recognised by the NHS Eatwell guide. Does the Minister agree that any attempt to include fruit juice in the HFSS category risks sending the wrong messages to families at a time whe…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 November 2025
5 contributions
Cross-border Healthcare
I beg to move,
That this House has considered cross-border healthcare.
It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. Last year, hopes were raised that two Labour Governments working together would put an end to conflict between Cardiff Bay and Westminster, yet few issues trouble my co…
My hon. Friend makes a valid point, and I am sure her constituents will be pleased to hear her make it. The 2018 cross-border statement of values and principles promised that no patient would face delay or disadvantage because of which side of the border they live on, but my constituents know that t…
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Debate
3 November 2025
2 contributions
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
I commend the Minister for paying tribute to William Powell, who has campaigned for justice for 35 years for his son, Robbie Powell, who died as a result of medical negligence. William Powell has done so much to secure this legal duty of candour, so it is right that he is acknowledged here in this d…
Will the Minister give way?