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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2024
Business of the House

"May I associate myself with earlier remarks about your pending retirement, Madam Deputy Speaker?

Ever since I first rose to speak from this very spot 14 years ago, I have tried to champion my constituency in this place. The impending Dissolution brings to mind unfinished business. In that light, may …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2024
Business of the House

"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Before you took the Chair, numerous Members paid tribute to the right hon. Member for Doncaster Central (Dame Rosie Winterton). I have been looking at the Twitter machine—something that would not have been allowed when I was first elected to this place—and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2024
NHS

"May I add my best wishes to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, as you become one of the Members of this place who have chosen to leave it voluntarily in the coming weeks, and may I say, advisedly, that I wish you all the best as you leave this Chamber of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation Schemes

"There is no doubt that there was a bad culture in the Post Office for a very long time. It misled a significant number of Ministers, who, to put it gently, could have been more inquiring over the years. Has my right hon. Friend had time to reflect on the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

"We all know that our constituents want action on illegal migration. If we conduct surveys and read our emails, we know that it is one of the most important issues facing our constituents. But it is not new that the political parties are debating and making promises on it. The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

"The shadow Home Secretary will understand the passion and anger that many of our constituents feel—in my own constituency, we have four hotels full of people waiting for their asylum determination—and they want this sorted out. The Government have come forward with a plan, and she is eloquently explaining her …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Dec 2023
Gender Recognition

"May I invite my right hon. Friend to agree that, despite some of the rhetoric we have heard in the House today, the United Kingdom is an immeasurably better place to grow up as a gay person than it was in decades gone by and that this House is at …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Illegal Migration

"My right hon. Friend knows from the Adjournment debate we had and our correspondence over the summer the extent to which illegal migration is an issue in my constituency. Some colleagues talk about “a” migrant hotel, but we have multiple such hotels. I welcome the Minister’s announcement today that one …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Oct 2023
Business of the House

"I associate myself with the words about our late colleague Sir David Amess. I was privileged to serve with him on the all-party parliamentary group on the Holy See, of which he was a dedicated chairman.

In considering future business, may I draw the Leader of the House’s attention to …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Oct 2023
Israel and Gaza

"One of the many things Bournemouth is known for is its large Jewish community; indeed, our first citizen and mayor, Councillor Anne Filer, is Jewish. Those people in my constituency will have heard and drawn comfort from the calm and measured words of not just the Prime Minister, but the …..."
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