Commons
Oral Questions
Justice
30 June 2026
2 contributions
Prisoner Releases in Error
14. What estimate he has made of the number of prisoners released in error since July 2024.
It is a disgrace that hundreds of prisoners have been released in error under this Government, but more concerning are the thousands it will have been an error to release early. The Secretary of State did not answer the previous question, so let’s try another. As we heard in this House yesterday, ch…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
24 June 2026
Engagements
Q5. The first duty of His Majesty’s Government, and indeed the Prime Minister’s first duty, is the defence of the realm. The Prime Minister is not responsible for the worsening geopolitical situation, but he is responsible for this country’s reaction to it. It is imperative that at the Ankara NATO s…
Commons
Statutory Instrument
24 June 2026
Draft Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the Minister for introducing the debate. His Majesty’s most loyal Opposition will support the regulations.
Giving people the chance to access education and training flexibly throughout their working lives supports social mobili…
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
22 June 2026
Antisemitism on University Campuses
My hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) rightly highlights the scourge of antisemitism on our campuses. Against that backdrop, is it not extraordinary that the Government have chosen to deny students access to the Office for Students free speech complaint scheme while extending it t…
Commons
Oral Questions
Home Department
8 June 2026
2 contributions
Indefinite Leave to Remain: Proposed Changes
6. When she plans to implement her proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain.
In January 2025, I urged the Government to act on indefinite leave to remain, to prevent the fiscal calamity of locking in the Boriswave. I thank the Ministers for their movement in that regard. It is important that we are transparent with the public about who is using visas as a route to a life on …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
4 June 2026
Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships Strategy
I am grateful to the Minister for advance sight of his statement. It is an honour to respond on behalf of His Britannic Majesty’s most loyal Opposition, particularly as we welcome much in the direction that the Minister has outlined in his statement on behalf of the Government today.
Too often, chi…
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
20 April 2026
Higher Education: Freedom of Speech
My hon. Friend the Member for Gordon and Buchan (Harriet Cross) is absolutely right. Whether it is Zionist views, gender critical perspectives, climate scepticism, or challenging the perceived wisdom that diversity is our strength with the need to put terrorism barriers around Christmas markets, the…
Commons
Debate
23 March 2026
6 contributions
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I served on the Bill Committee, and the subsequent process of scrutiny of this Bill has been entirely as expected. I was disappointed, though not surprised, by a failure to engage critically with its contents and to listen to the real concerns, in particular those of the high street businesses and t…
I absolutely recognise that. We should make sure that these products are available to adult smokers—children should never start. However, I am afraid that the heavy-handed nature of this Bill risks sending the broad message to the general public that vapes are bad, which is not a message that we wan…
+4 more contributions in this session
Commons
Debate
23 March 2026
Hatzola Ambulance Attack
These despicable attacks have been claimed by Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya, a group assessed by analysts to be an Iranian proxy linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah. Emma Schubart of the Henry Jackson Society has warned that this reflects a pattern of co-ordinated atta…
Commons
Westminster Hall
5 March 2026
World Book Day
It’s a pleasure to serve ’neath your chair’ship today,
And I hope you’ll forgive if today—just today—
I do not speak
In the usual way.
For today—yes, today!—is World Book Day, they say.
A day made for books and bright words at their play.
I thank my Honourable Friend with a cheer and a grin,
…
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
3 March 2026
Topical Questions
T4. It has been 31 days since I wrote to the Secretary of State calling on her to reimburse the royal borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for costs—some £350,000—incurred during three state visits last year. While this may be a rounding error to the Government, it is not to the ratepayers of Windsor. …
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
3 March 2026
2 contributions
Palestinian Authority’s School Curriculum
6. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the compliance of the Palestinian Authority’s school curriculum with the UK- Palestinian memorandum of understanding.
The Palestinian Authority have given the British Government repeated assurances that textbooks are being reformed, which one would have thought would be a minimum requirement for the recognition of a Palestinian state. However, in my office, I have an Arabic-language textbook, currently in use on th…
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
2 March 2026
National Year of Reading: Phonics
When I visit primary and first schools, teachers tell me that when given a book, more and more children starting school are swiping it, rather than knowing how to turn the page. If the Secretary of State is serious about raising phonics standards at key stage 1, will she act now to empower parents a…
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
2 March 2026
Student Loan System
On “Newsnight” on 23 February, the Minister for School Standards acknowledged that the student loan system is not perfect, but justified no change by saying the Government face huge pressure and must make tough choices. Given spending choices made since this Government came to power, is not the trut…
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
2 March 2026
Phone Use in Schools
The Secretary of State has bent over backwards to avoid backing a ban on mobile phones in schools. Her Back Benchers are making their views clear, so can she confirm whether she will be whipping them next week to vote against our amendment to ban phones in schools? We look forward to the Government’…
Commons
Westminster Hall
25 February 2026
5 contributions
Student Loan Repayment Plans
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I thank the hon. Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal) for securing this important debate and highlighting one of the major challenges facing many young people in this country today: student loan repayments. Despite my youthful looks, I ca…
I do not want to talk about each plan individually, but this does need to be looked at in the round, as the hon. Lady is quite right to say.
Returning to the hon. Member for Ilford South, I am glad that he recognised—which some of his colleagues did not—that the beneficiaries of student loans shoul…
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
28 January 2026
5 contributions
Defence Industry: Environmental, Social and Governance Requirements
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the impact of environmental, social and governance requirements on the defence industry.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I thank the Minister and hon. Members for making time to attend what I hope will be a consequential de…
The hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point about Leonard, which builds helicopters in his constituency, and I am sure the Minister has heard his pointed remarks.
Parties of both colours have pledged to increase defence spending. This Labour Government have committed to an uplift of 3% in the next Pa…
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
28 January 2026
Local Authority Children’s Services
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I thank the hon. Member for Woking (Mr Forster) for securing this important debate, and for his powerful and thoughtful contribution, particularly in relation to the tragic case of Sara Sharif.
We have heard thoughtful contributions fro…
Commons
Westminster Hall
14 January 2026
Horse and Rider Road Safety
I thank the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr Dillon) for securing this important debate and for his wider efforts on this issue, including his private Member’s Bill and his early-day motion, which 44 Members from right across the House supported. That is the gold standard for how to champion an issue in …
Commons
Debate
16 December 2025
Finance (No. 2) Bill
My right hon. Friend makes a good case for Conservative economics. Does he agree that the Government have made some wrong-footed changes to non-dom status in their two years in office so far, and that they will damage investment and growth? Not only is that a development that Conservative Members do…
Commons
Westminster Hall
16 December 2025
3 contributions
Budget 2025: Impact on Graduates
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on graduates.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I thank the Minister for taking time from his busy schedule to attend the debate today. I will start by painting a picture of two graduates…
I intend to get to the implications of plan 2 loans—both the freeze in the threshold for repayment and the freezing of the interest rates in a falling-interest-rates environment. I think the hon. Gentleman will find in the Budget papers that that raises about as much money as the mansion tax does, f…
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
9 December 2025
2 contributions
Budget: Work Incentives
4. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the autumn Budget 2025 on levels of incentives to work.
Having 1 million young people not in work, education or training and 2.8 million people out of work on long-term sickness benefits is both a financial catastrophe and a moral failure. The Prime Minister has rightly said that it is his moral mission to get young people into work, but how does the Min…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 December 2025
Catapults and Antisocial Behaviour
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Spelthorne (Lincoln Jopp), and my constituency neighbour, for securing this important debate. Without it, I doubt that I would have the chance to raise in Parliament an issue that is ext…
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
19 November 2025
Engagements
Q10. The Prime Minister has expressed “sincere regret” for appointing David Kogan as Independent Football Regulator. Will he now put on record the full amount that Mr Kogan has donated to his leadership campaign and his party, any hospitality he has received, and whether he declared these interests …
Commons
Debate
11 November 2025
Prisoner Releases in Error
The Justice Secretary’s team say that he found out about the accidental release of Algerian sex offender Kaddour-Cherif on Tuesday evening. He contradicted them by saying he only learned of it on Wednesday morning. He said at PMQs that he had been busy shopping for a suit that morning. Did the Lord …