Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025 Petitions
"I rise to present a petition on behalf of residents of the Castle Bromwich ward in my constituency. It calls for Solihull metropolitan borough council to take action on the increasing number of parking violations in the area of Castle Bromwich infant and nursery school, where over the last 12 …..." Liam Byrne - View Speech
"I welcome the measures to take out dark money from our politics, but they will mean nothing unless we move forward aggressively to ban cryptocurrency donations in British politics. They are used for money laundering and to disguise dark money. They have no role in British politics. Will the Minister …..." Liam Byrne - View Speech
"The Business and Trade Committee’s inquiry on small business is still open for evidence from Members from across the House. On Tuesday, we took evidence from the chief executive of Ofgem, who made it perfectly clear that a complete collapse of regulation in the years after covid led to thousands …..." Liam Byrne - View Speech
"I am grateful to the hon. and learned Member for that intervention, and for his support for my call. He knows as well as I do that time after time, at every turn, the families were met with barriers, bureaucracy and broken promises. They were told that they could not …..." Liam Byrne - View Speech
"I am grateful to the hon. Member for bringing that point to the Floor of the House, and for backing my call. This campaign is not about vengeance. It is about truth and justice. It is about the right to truth and accountability. Our system of law and order, and …..." Liam Byrne - View Speech
"The thrust of what the hon. Gentleman says is right. I will come on to some reflections on that in just a moment.
We know that there are documents that were not provided to the inquest. Key individuals involved have died, but there are allegations that at least two of …..." Liam Byrne - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is exactly right. She speaks with such passion and eloquence about this issue. She knows as well as I do how deeply the families feel their pain.
Since the exoneration of the Birmingham Six—the men who were tortured, framed and imprisoned—no one has been held to account …..." Liam Byrne - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right: this is about the past, this is about truth and this is about justice, but she is right to say that this is also about the future. This is about whether we, in this House, believe in justice without exception, justice without delay, and …..." Liam Byrne - View Speech
"Fifty-one years ago, on 21 November 1974, two bombs exploded in the heart of Birmingham, at the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one lives were lost and 220 people were injured. Families were destroyed, futures were stolen, and scars were left that never healed.