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Written Question
Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Friday 24th July 2026

Asked by: Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative - Wetherby and Easingwold)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question 15306, whether she has submitted a change of use planning application under The Town and Country Planning (Crown Development Applications) (Procedure and Written Representations) Order 2025.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office is in the early stages of assessing the feasibility of using the MOD Linton-on-Ouse site and no decision has been made on whether it will be used to accommodate asylum seekers. No planning application has been submitted. The submission of any planning application would form part of the process of assessing whether the site is suitable for use. A final decision on whether to proceed would be taken only once all relevant assessments had been completed and any necessary approvals, including planning permissions and other consents, had been secured.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Jul 2026
Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding

"To put the fear of God into the Minister, I call Daniel Francis to wind up...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Jul 2026
Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding

"I will take this opportunity to wish all hon. and right hon. Members, along with departmental staff, Doorkeepers, Clerks and Hansard Reporters, a very pleasant recess.

Question put and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this House has considered capital funding for Changing Places toilets...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Jul 2026
Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding

"Colleagues may be aware that our next speaker is recovering from an operation. I am content for the right hon. Member to deliver his speech from a sedentary position, if he would like to do so...."
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Written Question
Whisky: Origin Marking
Thursday 16th July 2026

Asked by: Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative - Wetherby and Easingwold)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to decide on the English Whisky Geographical Indication application.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Ministers are considering all the evidence gathered during the statutory assessment process before making a decision. We aim to announce our decision on the application shortly.

Division Vote (Commons)
15 Jul 2026 - Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) - View Vote Context
Alec Shelbrooke (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 109
Division Vote (Commons)
15 Jul 2026 - Trade Unions - View Vote Context
Alec Shelbrooke (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 109
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jul 2026
Iran

"I just wanted to explore the role of our destroyer in the Gulf a little further. The Minister says that it is part of air defence operations. Is it integrated within a system, or is our Royal Navy acting independently?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jul 2026
Iran

"My right hon. Friend is making an important and powerful point about recognising exactly what the Iranian regime is. Does she agree that Members of this House—and certainly some of the party members they represent—who, with their warped sense of political priorities, praise the actions of the Iranian regime as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jul 2026
Iran

"May I add to what my right hon. Friend has said? I have constituents who are victims of the Iranian regime, and who have gone through torture. Victims of torture carry the scars, as do those mourning and victims of repression, as my right hon. Friend said...."
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