Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
10 March 2026
Topical Questions
T8. The Chancellor said that she will meet representatives of the North sea oil industry to see how it can help. The proper question is how she can help it, is it not?
Commons
Oral Questions
9 March 2026
Immigration Policy
Where will we send an illegal entrant with no right to remain but whose country of origin is unsafe?
Commons
Oral Questions
Work and Pensions
9 March 2026
2 contributions
Unemployment
18. What assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment.
The Government loaded costs on to employers while the benefits bill let rip. What on earth did they think would happen?
Commons
Oral Questions
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
3 March 2026
West Bank: Illegal Settlements
The Minister is absolutely right: Israel must stop. What estimate has he made of the time that we have before a separate Palestinian state becomes, geographically and economically, utterly untenable?
Commons
Oral Questions
Education
2 March 2026
Topical Questions
T4. Instead of the Secretary of State’s cap on the number of branded items of school uniform, will she substitute that for a monetary cap, which would afford much greater flexibility to schools?
Commons
Oral Questions
26 February 2026
Topical Questions
T2. My hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Mr French) has drawn our attention to the fact that Sport England is losing its consultee status. This is at a time when sports clubs are facing business rate increases of as much as 46%. Are Ministers alive to the prospect of sporting facilit…
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 February 2026
3 contributions
Local Transport: Planning Developments
Order. I suggest a time limit of four minutes to start with.
I call Chris Bloore.
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 February 2026
Banking Hubs: Rural and Post-Industrial Communities
I will call Ann Davies to move the motion and I will then call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the mover of the motion and the Minister. As no other Member has approached the Minister, nobody else will be speaking, unless it…
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 February 2026
5 contributions
EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK
Order. There will be a two-minute limit on Back-Bench speeches. I will begin calling Front Benchers for the wind-ups at quarter-past 5.
Order.
+3 more contributions in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
Transport
12 February 2026
2 contributions
Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate
1. Whether she plans to retain the zero emission vehicle mandate.
Even the UK gigafactory commission, chaired by a former Labour Secretary of State, says that the ZEV mandate is disincentivising investment in UK motor manufacturing. We all know that U-turns are a sign of open-mindedness and strength. Can we please have another?
Commons
Debate
11 February 2026
3 contributions
Local Government Finance
That is nothing new. In every one of the last 29 years, people who are lucky enough to have a modest property in the New Forest and a mansion in the city have come to me to complain about how much more their modest property in the forest costs them in council tax. I have told them that the one is su…
May I tell the hon. Gentleman about austerity?
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Oral Questions
10 February 2026
2 contributions
Household Energy Bills
1. What steps his Department is taking to reduce household energy bills.
We were promised a reduction in bills of £300, but they have actually gone up by just shy of £200. The impact assessment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026, which we passed last week, states:
“we estimate that cost-pass through for most sectors could feasibly be a…
Commons
Oral Questions
9 February 2026
Jimmy Lai: Prison Sentence
I say to the hon. Member for North Northumberland (David Smith) and to the Minister that this is not party political—the last Government were as bad, if not worse.
The Minister spoke about condemnation in the strongest terms. That is a complete waste of breath; the Chinese Government understand one…
Commons
Debate
28 January 2026
Youth Unemployment
Can I tempt my hon. Friend with another very simple belief, which is that unemployment is like any other commodity: the more one pays for it, the more one will have of it?
Commons
Debate
21 January 2026
3 contributions
Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation
Will the Secretary of State give way?
I just ask the Secretary of State to acknowledge that the Committee’s opinion was not unanimous.
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Debate
20 January 2026
Chinese Embassy
China is notoriously transactional in its international relations, so what do we get in return?
Commons
Proceedings
19 January 2026
Proposed Chinese Embassy
The urgent question secured by the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion), which Mr Speaker granted, explicitly refers to our Five Eyes partners. The first thing that the Minister said when she got to her feet was that she could not answer any questions about the Five Eyes partners, because that…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 January 2026
Business of the House
Given that the welcome intervention by the UN Human Rights Council has arrived subsequent to our own deliberations on the Chagos Bill, may I urge the Leader of the House not to be so hasty and to consider pulling the Bill entirely?
Commons
Proceedings
13 January 2026
Chinese Embassy
The sentencing hearings of Jimmy Lai, a British subject, are taking place. China has abrogated every agreement that it made with us over Hong Kong. What outrage would China have to commit for us to deny any demand that it made? The Minister says that he could not distil our relationship with China d…
Commons
Debate
7 January 2026
Jury Trials
As my right hon. Friend squares up to lead civil society in a battle against this monstrous measure, may I ask him to have some sympathy for Labour Members, who are about to be led to the top of the hill once again, as they were with the farm tax and the winter fuel allowance, on a measure that simp…
Commons
Debate
16 December 2025
3 contributions
Finance (No. 2) Bill
The Minister gave his estimate of the number of farms that would be affected by the new tax, which I am quite sure is an underestimate. Notwithstanding that, though, the chilling effect on agricultural investment has been felt across the entire sector as people seek to avoid their farm reaching the …
Will my right hon. Friend give way before he moves on?
+1 more contribution in this session
Commons
Debate
15 December 2025
Employment Rights Bill
Which British company offers unlimited compensation for unfair dismissal? What message does this measure send to companies that can locate well-paid staff anywhere in the world?
Commons
Debate
15 December 2025
Jimmy Lai Conviction
The Government’s dealings with China are proving to be almost as lamentable as those of their predecessor. We have summoned the ambassador to tell him just how cross we are, but I bet we will give him his embassy, won’t we?