Commons
Debate
30 June 2025
Road Safety Powers: Parish and Town Councils
Order. Before we proceed, I think I am right in saying that every Member present who is likely to want to intervene has done so; well done. I would not wish hon. Members to believe that ordinarily they are likely to get away with the length of interventions that they have got away with tonight. I un…
Commons
Debate
26 June 2025
4 contributions
Armed Forces Day
Order. I am conscious that some Members arrived after the start of the debate. Ordinarily, that would preclude them from speaking, but I understand that the Prime Minister’s statement has slightly thrown our timings. My intention is therefore to accommodate all those in the Chamber who wish to speak…
That is not a point of order for the Chair, but I think it is helpful to have the record corrected.
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Commons
Debate
25 June 2025
3 contributions
Department for Transport
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesman.
I call the Minister.
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Commons
Debate
24 June 2025
2 contributions
Department of Health and Social Care
The debate will be opened by a member of the Health and Social Care Committee, Paulette Hamilton.
Order. It will not have escaped Members’ notice that we are playing “beat the clock” this afternoon. There is another debate to follow, with a very large number of speakers, and we are going to have to try and split the time between two debates. That means two things. First, after the next speaker I…
Commons
Debate
24 June 2025
4 contributions
Department for Education
Order.
Order. I call Liz Jarvis.
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Commons
Proceedings
24 June 2025
2 contributions
National Security Strategy
I call the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
Commons
Proceedings
23 June 2025
4 contributions
Pride Month
I call the Secretary of State to move the motion.
I should say, I do not know anything that the hon. Gentleman does not know.
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Commons
Proceedings
23 June 2025
7 contributions
Points of Order
I thank the Secretary of State for his point of order and for placing that on the record.
The shadow Secretary of State has placed his view on the record. He will understand that that is not a matter for the Chair any further, but I hope that whatever lessons need to be learned will have been learned, and I am sure that, on both sides of the House, that is correct.
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Commons
Debate
23 June 2025
5 contributions
UK Military Base Protection
Order. As is the custom, the Minister’s statement will be circulated to both sides of the House, but before we proceed, Members will notice that it will not be complete, in the sense that the Minister delivered a preamble prior to going into what will be circulated. That was to try to reflect the fa…
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesman.
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Commons
Debate
20 June 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Order. I reiterate the admonition that Mr Speaker has offered. This is one of the most far-reaching considerations that the House—even those of us who have been here for a very long time—can remember. It is understandable that a lot of Members will wish to take part, from across the House and on bot…
Commons
Debate
19 June 2025
2 contributions
Water Safety Education
I call Darren Paffey to move the motion.
Order. This is a very important subject. There are some 14 Members at least who wish to contribute to the debate. Allowing eight minutes each for the wind-ups and a couple of minutes for the hon. Gentleman who has just spoken, I think we are looking at a time limit of about five minutes each. I will…
Commons
Debate
19 June 2025
3 contributions
Incontinence
Order. A significant number of Members want to take part in the following debate, so we are playing “beat the clock”. I will not introduce a rigid time limit at this stage, but if Members could confine their speeches to no more than six minutes, we should get everybody in, get the Front Benchers in …
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
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Commons
Ministerial Statement
16 June 2025
Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report
Much has been made in the House this afternoon of the fact that the former Director of Public Prosecutions, now the Prime Minister, instigated a prosecution against grooming gangs. That being so, he was clearly better placed than most of us to understand the need for the national inquiry that he ini…
Commons
Proceedings
12 June 2025
Business of the House
The Government have pledged to enhance the record of the previous Conservative Government and uphold animal welfare. Retained European regulations currently prohibit the handling of chickens by their legs, but in their first act of animal welfare, the Government are proposing to pass regulations to …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
10 June 2025
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
As you know, Mr Speaker, I have tried for two days to raise this issue through an urgent question. When the Minister came to the Dispatch Box, I expected to hear something constructive; what we have actually heard about is the sanctioning of two people. The United Kingdom Government could unilateral…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
10 June 2025
Nuclear Power: Investment
While I fear that the development of Sizewell C may prove to be a multibillion-pound investment in yesterday’s technology, I welcome the commitment to SMRs in so far as it goes, which is probably the way forward for tomorrow. We have to get from where we are today to there. Why are we going to spend…
Commons
Oral Questions
Energy Security and Net Zero
10 June 2025
3 contributions
Rooftop Solar Power
Mr Speaker, The Times has told the world how old you are today.
I do not propose to write it into the record, but I note that you are catching up on me. [ Laughter. ] Happy birthday.
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Commons
Debate
9 June 2025
2 contributions
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Will the Minister give way?
This relates directly to the Bill. Not only does it relate directly to the Bill, but there are dozens of amendments all relating to this one single issue. The fact of the matter is that, under the proposals as they stand, we will lose vast swathes of prime agricultural land because planning consent …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
4 June 2025
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
I concur entirely with the views expressed by the two Privy Counsellors on the Conservative Back Benches who have already spoken, my right hon. Friend the Member for North West Hampshire (Kit Malthouse) and my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright). F…
Commons
Westminster Hall
4 June 2025
7 contributions
Disadvantaged Communities
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Colleagues can look around the room and see how many people are seeking to participate in this debate. I am giving you warning that after the opening speech, there will be a time limit of two minutes. I am sorry that it is so short, but we have the alternative of …
Order. The hon. Lady is quite entitled to give way, but where Members choose to intervene, it will affect my judgment on where in the batting order they are called.
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Commons
Westminster Hall
3 June 2025
2 contributions
Animal Welfare in Farming
I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I have already indicated this to you, Mr Vickers, but I apologise to colleagues now for the fact that I will have to leave before the end of the debate, which is why I will not make a speech—a constituent is coming to see me, and the votes in …
I agree with the hon. Gentleman entirely. Does he also agree that there is a significant error in not properly labelling animals subjected to non-stunned slaughter?
Commons
Debate
21 May 2025
Business and the Economy
We ought to ram this point home so that the Minister understands. Before he stands up, he has plenty of time to think this through and provide us with a sensible answer, rather than something that is off the cuff, so here is a note of warning. This morning, I attended an event run by one of the nati…
Commons
Westminster Hall
21 May 2025
Ukraine: Forcibly Deported Children
I do not for one moment doubt the Minister’s sincerity or his determination to bring this to a satisfactory conclusion, but we all know that one of the keys to that is President Trump. Very little has been said, even in this debate, about the pressure that can and should be brought to bear on Trump …