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?
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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?
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
15 December 2025
Topical Questions
As we have come away empty-handed from the Security Action for Europe instrument, can we have the fish back?
Commons
Debate
10 December 2025
Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
The political reality is that this Government have been dead in the water since they failed to get their very modest reduction in the rate of growth of the benefits bill through Parliament earlier in the year. We saw the ridiculous nonsense in the Budget when, having sacked and suspended Back Benche…
Commons
Proceedings
8 December 2025
Restriction of Jury Trials
My maths teacher always required us to show our workings. Last week, the Secretary of State told us that only 3% of prosecutions proceed to jury trials. How can marginally reducing such a small proportion produce the savings that have been identified? Will the Minister publish the modelling?
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 December 2025
2 contributions
Gambling: Regulatory Reform
Order. Can I suggest eight minutes to start? I call Gareth Snell.
I call Lee Dillon. It seems he is not here, so I call Cameron Thomas.
Commons
Proceedings
27 November 2025
Right to Trial by Jury
Quod erat demonstrandum. Yesterday, it was made abundantly clear that the Government’s priority is the recipient of benefits, way ahead of any consideration of victims, was it not?
Commons
Debate
26 November 2025
4 contributions
Budget Resolutions
I congratulate the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell). She caught my eye earlier when she was cheering the Chancellor with great enthusiasm, even more so than her colleagues who were making a pretty good fist of it. I recall cheering a Chancellor during a Budget speech—
Notwithstanding the misgivings that I had, I cheered with gusto. Somewhat later, I found myself on a train to Oxford to defend the Government in the annual Oxford Union debate of no confidence. While on the train, I received the news that the Chancellor who I had been cheering had been sacked—not a …
+2 more contributions in this session
Commons
Ministerial Statement
25 November 2025
G20 and Ukraine
What indication was there that Putin would accept even the earlier iteration of this agreement?
Commons
Debate
18 November 2025
2 contributions
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
How confident is the Secretary of State that his provisions for preventing compensation for interim custody orders will withstand challenge in the courts, and would the Government’s case be undermined in any way by their decision not to challenge the original ruling in the High Court?
Even if the Supreme Court had opined on the matter and judged it to be incompatible, that would not have changed the law. This House is not required to respond in any way to a declaration of incompatibility by a court. This House remains supreme.
Commons
Proceedings
18 November 2025
Point of Order
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Further to your earlier observation that if hon. Members had asked shorter questions during the previous statement, so many would not have been disappointed, there was a time when if a Member read from a piece of paper when asking a question, there would be…
Commons
Debate
17 November 2025
Asylum Policy
As the Home Secretary struggles to find these return hubs, she should reflect on the fact that it was her Government who wasted £700 million by giving up an opportunity to Germany and the United States before we got the chance to use it.
Commons
Debate
17 November 2025
Budget: Press Briefings
Given the blatant breach of pre-Budget purdah, will the Chancellor follow the proper example set by Hugh Dalton?
Commons
Debate
13 November 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Is not the principal difficulty that so many housing developments have now become unprofitable, and that is why they are not being proceeded with? It is the costs that have been loaded on builders in the last 15 months.
Commons
Oral Questions
13 November 2025
Topical Questions
T7. Why has capital investment in agriculture collapsed? It is the family farm tax, isn’t it?
Commons
Debate
12 November 2025
Taxes
No, it was definitely the Korean war!
Commons
Ministerial Statement
5 November 2025
Curriculum and Assessment Review
This is education in the clouds when contrasted with the reality of a war against elitism, which is so often actually a war against excel-ism on the ground, is it not?
Commons
Debate
4 November 2025
Supporting High Streets
Growth, increased turnover and increased profits for microbusinesses should be a cause for celebration, but the reality is that crossing the reduced VAT threshold can be a disaster. So many suppliers of small businesses are themselves small businesses; there is no VAT that they can reclaim, so it ca…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 November 2025
Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
I will call only Sir Ashley Fox and the Minister to make speeches. There will not be an opportunity for Sir Ashley to sum up after the debate.