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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Dec 2025
US National Security Strategy

"In the light of the strategy’s departure from decades of shared assumptions, will the Government revise the 2025 national security strategy, and if not, why?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Historical Interim Development Orders

"“A monstrosity”, “the giant greenhouse”,

“like living next to a large prison”

and

“like ‘War of the Worlds’, it just kept getting bigger and bigger”.

Those are just a few of the words that my constituents in the village of Pilning have used to describe a gigantic new warehouse being …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Historical Interim Development Orders

"Residents of Pilning woke up one day to find piling work taking place on the edge of their village for a massive, stadium-sized warehouse, which they have dubbed the mega-shed. It now looms over their homes. Not only is it over 20 metres high, but the land on which it …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Net Zero Transition: Consumer-led Flexibility

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered consumer-led flexibility for a just transition.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. We have a problem in this country—one that is hitting all our constituents in the pocket, while wasting electricity and pushing up carbon emissions. …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Net Zero Transition: Consumer-led Flexibility

"I absolutely agree, and I am coming to those points.

The Government have set out a clean flexibility road map, and E.ON has found that 84% of people want more control over energy, so what is the catch? It might be said that this is all well and good for …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Net Zero Transition: Consumer-led Flexibility

"I will not test everyone’s patience either. I thank everyone for their contributions. Between us, we have highlighted not just the potential for lowering bills but, as the hon. Member for Washington and Gateshead South (Mrs Hodgson) explained, the benefits for local economies through the generation of good, clean energy …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 08 Dec 2025
Digital ID

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. Some 4,497 of my constituents signed the petition, and I thank the many who took the time to write to me to explain their concerns. They believe that a mandatory digital ID threatens our right to privacy while doing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Business of the House

"Many of my constituents will be disappointed that small modular reactors will be going to Wylfa, not Oldbury, and disappointed too by the Government’s shambolic handling of the announcement. The news was leaked on Tuesday. The promised calls to me—first from the Minister, then from No. 10—failed to materialise yesterday, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Nov 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. A 2022 victim survey found that only 10% of victims believed that the criminal justice system was effective. What steps are the Government taking to support victims of violence against women and girls, and will they ensure that all police and prosecutors receive training in understanding the impact of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Curriculum and Assessment Review

"The Secretary of State acknowledged in her statement the progress gap for children with SEND. How will the Government support flexibility in the delivery of the curriculum, including for those children who are unable to access a traditional school setting?..."
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