Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Ben Bradshaw

Monday 26th February 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Sorry, Minister, but we cannot both be standing at the same time.

[Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)]

Has the Minister had a chance recently to talk to the Conservative police and crime commissioner for Devon and Cornwall Police, which has been in special measures since 2022, and is now being sued by seven former and serving women police officers for failing to deal with rapes, emotional abuse and beatings over a number of years? What can he do to reassure the public in Devon and Cornwall that these allegations will be thoroughly independently investigated and any wrongdoing acted on?

Ministerial Code: Investigation of Potential Breach

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Ben Bradshaw

Tuesday 23rd May 2023 Commons Chamber

[Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)]

Will the Minister update the House on the status of the special advisers’ code, given that the Home Secretary’s special adviser apparently lied repeatedly to journalists, in clear breach of the special advisers’ code, yet the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary have done absolutely nothing—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. If hon. Members want a conversation, they should please take it outside and not across the Chamber.

Points of Order

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Ben Bradshaw

Wednesday 18th January 2023 Commons Chamber

[Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)]

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You may have heard that today the Church of England bishops have recommended no substantial change to the Church’s current ban on same-sex couples being married in church in England, although of course it is already possible in Scotland and will soon be possible in Wales. Many Members across the House—the majority, I would judge—believe that by continuing to exclude lesbian and gay people from its full rites, the Church is no longer compatible with its established status, which confers the duty to serve the whole nation. Has the Second Church Estates Commissioner indicated to you whether he will come to this House and make a statement on this very serious state of affairs and its potential constitutional consequences?

[Mr Speaker]

The answer is no—nobody has come to speak to me—but the Second Church Estates Commissioner is here with us and may wish to answer the right hon. Gentleman.

Replacement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Ben Bradshaw

Monday 17th October 2022 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Let us put this to bed. It is not for me but for the Government to put forward Ministers to respond to urgent questions once they are granted. It is not a matter for the Chair. The hon. Member has put the point on the record, and I note that the Prime Minister is now in her place.

[Mr Bradshaw]

Just get up and tell us—go on.

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Mr Bradshaw, I expect better. I want you to be silent while I read this out, as it is very important.

Before I call the Chancellor to make his statement—[Interruption.] Yes, I should think so. This has happened a few times today. That is the third apology, and I do not want any more.

Before I call the Chancellor to make his statement I would like to point out that a British Sign Language interpretation of proceedings is available to watch on parliamentlive.tv. I now call the Chancellor of the Exchequer.