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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Jun 2026
Asylum Accommodation

"The Mercure hotel in Dumfries is home to around 100 men of uncertain origin and, thanks to the good offices of the Home Office, I have been able to visit. However, I have not been able to get any clarity on the criteria for closure and certainly not on any …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Jun 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"15. What recent estimate he has made of the level of fraud and error in the social security system. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Jun 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"In Scotland, benefit fraud has effectively been decriminalised; the number of prosecutions is vanishingly small. Given that the Department for Work and Pensions continues to have a role in Scotland—administering some benefits, despite devolution—what can the Department do to tackle fraud there? It is happening here, and we have a …..."
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Written Question
Driving Tests: Dumfries and Galloway
Monday 29th June 2026

Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for driving tests at (a) Dumfries, (b) Stranraer, (c) Castle Douglas, and (d) Newton Stewart test centres.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has now published more detailed data-sets so learners can get better understanding of the booking system. More information and waiting time data, including for Dumfries, Stranraer, Castle Douglas, and Newton Stewart, can be found on GOV.UK.

Written Question
Armed Forces: Northern Ireland
Thursday 25th June 2026

Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of the civil claims notified to his Department relating to events that occurred during the Troubles in Northern Ireland from 1969, how many of these claims have led to compensation being paid.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The Ministry of Defence records on compensation do not extend back to 1969, and therfore we are unable to confirm the number of claims that have resulted in compensation payments.

Information related to Northern Ireland Troubles-related claims has since 2014/15 been published as part of MOD common law compensation claims statistics on gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-compensation-claims-statistics).

Written Question
Veterans: Northern Ireland
Thursday 25th June 2026

Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of the civil claims notified to his Department relating to events that occurred during the Troubles in Northern Ireland from 1969, how many veterans were involved in the events relating to these civil claims.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The Ministry of Defence does not hold centrally recorded data identifying the number of veterans involved in the events giving rise to civil claims relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Jun 2026
Media Green Paper

"As a former journalist, I salute the Secretary of State’s ambition to leave no one behind, but as the hon. Member for Hexham (Joe Morris) pointed out, the death of terrestrial television risks leaving a lot of people in remote and rural Scotland behind. My constituency has a lot of …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
24 Jun 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context
John Cooper (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 85 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 94
Division Vote (Commons)
24 Jun 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context
John Cooper (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 85 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 94
Division Vote (Commons)
24 Jun 2026 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context
John Cooper (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 92 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 323 Noes - 160