Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Debate between Bob Seely and Lindsay Hoyle

Tuesday 14th November 2023 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Mr Seely, are you going to be quiet?

[Bob Seely (Isle of Wight) (Con)]

Yes.

[Mr Speaker]

Right—in which case, the shadow Foreign Secretary may continue.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bob Seely and Lindsay Hoyle

Monday 23rd October 2023 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The hon. Member must try to keep to the main question. He really is drifting. He must return to the subject of primary education.

[Bob Seely]

Will you allow me to raise this subject during topical questions instead, Mr Speaker?

[Mr Speaker]

No.

[Bob Seely]

Okay. I am sorry, Sir. Thank you.

Will the Minister work with me to ensure that the Isle of Wight Council acts to fulfil its legal obligations? At present it is letting down parents, pupils and teachers.

Covid-19 Update

Debate between Bob Seely and Lindsay Hoyle

Wednesday 5th January 2022 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I did not hear what was said because Members were chuntering at the same time. I want us to calm it down and to use language that is appropriate to this Chamber. Please make sure we treat each other with the respect that I expect from all of you.

[Bob Seely (Isle of Wight) (Con)]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. I congratulate the Prime Minister on his balanced approach, unlike that of others in this House. There is increasing concern among epidemiologists, modellers, oncologists and scientists about the use of modelling and forecasts. Among the comments are that the forecasts we may have been using over the past two years are “almost hysterical,” “lurid,” “spectacularly wrong,” “consistently overconfident” and “substantially inflated.” Those comments are from scientists, not journalists or politicians. Does the Prime Minister trust the modelling he is getting, and will the Government consider an inquiry into the use of modelling and forecasts, many of which have been found to be unrelated to reality?

Ukraine

Debate between Bob Seely and Lindsay Hoyle

Tuesday 7th December 2021 Commons Chamber

[Bob Seely (Isle of Wight) (Con)]

(Urgent Question): To ask the Government for an update—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We cannot just walk past those speaking; hon. Members should walk around them. Please do not obscure the person who is about to speak. Let us try again.

[Bob Seely]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development affairs if she will make a statement on the situation in Ukraine.

Afghanistan

Debate between Bob Seely and Lindsay Hoyle

Wednesday 18th August 2021 Commons Chamber

[Bob Seely]

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. We have had 20 minutes of speech and we now have a private conversation between Front Benchers. Should we not be debating the subject, Sir?

[Mr Speaker]

That is for me to decide and I have referred twice to both sides trying to antagonise each other, which is not a good idea. Whichever Front Bench it is, they should not be responding. I am sure that Mr Blackford is coming to the end of his speech. He did say that he would not take too long.

His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Debate between Bob Seely and Lindsay Hoyle

Monday 12th April 2021 Commons Chamber

[Bob Seely (Isle of Wight) (Con)]

I am very happy to limit myself to five seconds, Mr Speaker, if you want to get somebody else in.

On behalf of Islanders, I pay tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh’s remarkable life and send my condolences to Her Majesty. The Duke visited the Isle of Wight on many occasions, and what brought him back again and again was his love of sailing. He was a regular at Cowes Week and helped to redesign the event in the 1960s. He had many friends on the Island, including my cousin David, who served with him in the Navy and on HMS Chequers, and was stationed in Malta with him in 1949, when the Duke was kind enough to be godfather to David’s son. In much of what he did, the Duke had the desire to make things better, always to look ahead and always to look over the horizon.

Finally, one of the most remarkable things about the Duke for me was that he combined an intense masculinity and manhood—leading men, being able to sail, shoot, hunt, philosophise and write—with an extraordinary respect for his wife and for women. I thought he was a remarkable man, for all of that.

[Mr Speaker]

Order. As we end the contributions to this motion for a Humble Address, it is a sign of the high regard in which the Duke of Edinburgh was held that so many Members have made such moving tributes. Today has brought the House together, and it is at its best when it is together. May The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, rest in peace.

Question put and agreed to.

Resolved, nemine contradicente,

That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty expressing the deepest sympathies of this House on the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the heartfelt thanks of this House and this nation for his unfailing dedication to this Country and the Commonwealth exemplified in his distinguished service in the Royal Navy in the Second World War; his commitment to young people in setting up The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, a scheme which has touched the lives of millions across the globe; his early, passionate commitment to the environment; and his unstinting support to Your Majesty throughout his life.

Adjournment

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(David Duguid.)