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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
State of Climate and Nature

"I am as passionate as the Secretary of State about achieving net zero across the world and about the decline in species in our natural environment, but that cannot be the only thing we worry about. I do not know whether he has had time to read the “Fiscal risks …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Northern Ireland Veterans: Prosecution

"That point cannot be overstated, because many Northern Ireland veterans already suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems. I speak as a vice-president of the mental health charity Combat Stress. The very idea that there are people who are nowhere near a prosecution or potential prosecution but …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Road and Rail Projects

"How can I possibly welcome the Secretary of State’s statement when, by her own admission, she has cancelled the A12 widening scheme and said nothing about the dualling of the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey? How does she intend Braintree, Colchester and Tendring to deliver the massive new housing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Road and Rail Projects

"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In my 33 years in this House it has always been the practice that a statement of this nature would be made alongside a White Paper, which would be available in the Vote Office to Members as soon as the Secretary of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jul 2025
Government Performance against Fiscal Rules

"Has the Chief Secretary seen the much longer-term forecasts by the OBR for the growth in public spending and the growth in debt rising to more than 250% of GDP in decades to come and the debt interest rising to 12% of GDP? Now that there is a gaping hole …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Jul 2025
NHS 10-Year Plan

"I join others in welcoming much of the Secretary of State’s plan, but I want to return to the question of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body, to which my right hon. Friend the Member for Melton and Syston (Edward Argar) referred. I welcome the tone of the Secretary of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2025
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

"Can the Minister tell the House why he thinks China supports this deal?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2025
Heathrow Substation Outage: NESO Review

"May I follow up on that and ask the Minister whether he will undertake to have a full, frank and open discussion with the relevant directorates within his Department about what it has learned from this disaster? In particular, what exercises, tabletop or virtual, must be undertaken to practise resilience …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Jun 2025
G7 and NATO Summits

"I very much welcome NATO’s commitment to 3.5% core defence spending, and 5% on a broader definition by 2035, for all NATO member states. However, the Prime Minister and the Government have published spending figures only up until 2030. When will they publish public spending plans for 2030 to 2035? …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Middle East

"It appears that the House agrees with the Government’s objective that Iran should never have nuclear weapons, but the Government are prepared to will the ends but not the means. This begs the question: who is really running the Government? Why did Lord Hermer’s opinion on the legality of UK …..."
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