Commons
Proceedings
14 July 2026
Future of Thames Water
Does my hon. Friend agree that we need Thames Water to go into special measures, so that it can invest in infrastructure? In my constituency, Thames Water has closed a road for three weeks in Horsell because it has not invested, and it dumped over 1,115 hours-worth of sewage last year into our River…
Commons
Oral Questions
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
9 July 2026
Topical Questions
T6. Last week, this House debated extended producer responsibility, and I was pleased to grill the Minister on the impact it is having on brewers, such as Asahi in Woking. Will the Minister explain why EPR costs so much more in this country than in Europe, and agree to publish the results of the Gov…
Commons
Westminster Hall
7 July 2026
3 contributions
Human Rights in Kashmir
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris.
I thank the hon. Member for Bradford East (Imran Hussain) for securing the debate. It is clear where I stand on this issue, because I co-signed his letter late last month. Human rights abuses in Kashmir matter deeply to my constituents in …
I completely agree. Britain has a long history in the region. I believe we can be a force for good—for a change—in that region, to bring about peace. I will talk about that later.
Dictatorships, not democracies, trigger communications blackouts when they want to hide what is happening. I am afraid …
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Proceedings
6 July 2026
Rochdale Grooming Gang: Offender Deportation
My thoughts are with the victims and survivors, who have already suffered unbelievable harm and trauma. They have been failed at every stage, and they deserve better. It is completely unacceptable that someone who has been convicted of such vile offences, and who has rightly been stripped of his Bri…
Commons
Debate
6 July 2026
3 contributions
National Security (State Threats) Bill
The Liberal Democrats have supported the principle of the National Security (State Threats) Bill for some time. We know why it must pass, and why it must pass quickly. At present, our country is suffering from co-ordinated attacks from foreign states. Their actions subvert our democracy, intimidate …
I am pleased that, for once, we have cross-party consensus on an issue.
However, it has been more than a year since Jonathan Hall KC first recommended the powers contained in the Bill to tackle state-backed and state-linked threats. The Government and this Parliament have been too slow to listen to…
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
2 July 2026
Advanced Manufacturing
The largest employer in Woking is McLaren. It sells around half of its cars to the US, which, needless to say, has not been easy since Donald Trump took office. What are the Secretary of State and his Department doing to work with the US to lower trade barriers, so that we can continue to have high-…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
2 July 2026
Topical Questions
Last night this House debated the extended producer responsibility, which is seeing breweries, pubs and other businesses pay twice to recycle glass bottles. What meetings has the Department for Business and Trade had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to raise the economical…
Commons
Westminster Hall
29 June 2026
NHS Breast Screening
I am proud to have Walk The Walk—one of the country’s leading breast cancer charities, which has raised a huge amount of money and awareness—in my constituency. It is pushing for mammogram testing to be extended. Does the hon. Lady agree that extending it to the under-40s and the over-70s could have…
Commons
Westminster Hall
25 June 2026
5 contributions
HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Sir Alec. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for this statement on the second report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Committee in place…
My hon. Friend thanks me for the Committee’s work. In return, I thank him for choosing housing as the topic of his private Member’s Bill. It will really improve things on the housing front, and I am thankful that he is putting the topic high on the agenda. The Committee and I will look to speak as m…
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
22 June 2026
2 contributions
Children of Military Families: Educational Support
5. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of educational support provided to the children of military families.
Brookwood primary school in Woking educates a significant number of military children because Army Training Centre Pirbright is nearby. Those children have their education disrupted because of the nature of their parents’ vital work in the armed forces. In this Armed Forces Week, will the Government…
Commons
Oral Questions
Housing, Communities and Local Government
15 June 2026
2 contributions
Local Plans
5. What steps he is taking to support local authorities in creating local plans.
My local authority, Woking borough council, is doing exactly as the Minister asks: it is creating a local plan, which is where our democratically elected councillors decide where we will build the homes that local people need. Is there any point in local authorities pursuing local plans if planning …
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
11 June 2026
Topical Questions
T4. Delays and cancellations on the South Western Railway network are horrendous. Nationalisation has not gone to plan. Last week I asked the Leader of the House why that is the case, and he said that we do not need a debate on it because he expects things to improve. Please can the Secretary of Sta…
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
11 June 2026
Transport Decarbonisation
Can the Minister assure me that when the diesel trains that operate on the South Western Railway network are replaced with electric trains to decarbonise the network, there will be no reduction in service for my commuting constituents in Woking?
Commons
Westminster Hall
10 June 2026
Child Contact Arrangements
I completely endorse the hon. Lady’s calls. I have talked about how we need reform to the family courts. Will she support my calls for the Government to support family contact centres? In my constituency, the Woking Family Contact Centre has been run by volunteers for 25 years, which is an amazing a…
Commons
Oral Questions
Health and Social Care
9 June 2026
Topical Questions
T6. Byfleet, in my constituency, lost its doctor’s surgery in 2005, leaving residents having to struggle via the A245 to access basic health facilities, which are set to get busier due to a likely housing development. Will the Minister agree to meet me to ensure that we can bring health facilities b…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
4 June 2026
Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships Strategy
The Centre for Social Justice found that up to 57% of care leavers struggle to stay out of debt and struggle to manage their money. That is why I have got my two local authorities, Surrey county council and Woking borough council, to take young care leavers out of the council tax system altogether t…
Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2026
Rail Freight
My constituency has one of the busiest rail aggregate goods yards in the country, with about 300 trains delivering construction material each year. That replaces 14,000 long-distance lorries, which is 2.5 million HGV miles. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Government need to do much more to suppor…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
14 May 2026
National Security
Week after week, British Jews are being attacked, intimidated and persecuted. We have seen what has happened at Heaton Park synagogue, Kenton United synagogue, Finchley Reform synagogue, and Jewish Futures in Hendon, and to the Hatzola ambulances, and more recently, there have been the Golders Green…
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
21 April 2026
Topical Questions
T3. Many of my constituents are really concerned that the world’s attention is on Trump’s illegal war in Iran, while Netanyahu is annexing land in Gaza, Lebanon and the west bank. Following Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary, the EU is meant to be agreeing to take a tougher line on Israel. Will this c…
Commons
Proceedings
20 April 2026
Community-owned Assets: Government Support
My concern about the impact of local government reorganisation is the lack of money for community-owned assets. Charities are entitled to a mandatory 80% business relief, with the 20% discretionary top-up from local councils. In areas that have gone bankrupt, like mine in Woking, community-owned ass…
Commons
Oral Questions
16 April 2026
Business of the House
A wife of a civil servant in my constituency gave up work to look after her husband when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. She found herself in severe financial difficulties after significant delays in the processing of her husband’s civil service pension. He sadly died last year and she …
Commons
Oral Questions
Church Commissioners
16 April 2026
2 contributions
Extremism
4. What steps the Church is taking to help protect Christian communities from extremism.
I regularly meet church leaders in my constituency of Woking, and they often raise the plight of Christians abroad. Please can the hon. Member assure me that one of the Church’s top priorities is to tackle extremism and the persecution of Christians abroad?
Commons
Westminster Hall
15 April 2026
Rail Prices: Contactless Payments
I agree that we need to avoid extra charges and make train fares cheaper. The hon. Lady talked about neighbouring constituencies. Despite Woking being the busiest station in Surrey, we do not have tap in, tap out, which means that hundreds of people a year tap in at Waterloo and, unreasonably, are n…
Commons
Petition
14 April 2026
Road Safety in Old Woking
Many of my Woking constituents have concerns about the speed and volume of traffic on Old Woking High Street, particularly near St Peter’s church. Those concerns have been increased significantly after a car went through a property on that high street. No one was seriously hurt, but a young family w…