Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Ben Everitt

Wednesday 2nd February 2022 Commons Chamber

[Ben Everitt]

Scotland is home to the Royal Navy Submarine Service, including our essential independent nuclear deterrent, which protects the whole of the UK. As President Putin continues to escalate his military posture and the aggression on the Ukrainian border—let us be clear that it is President Putin escalating this and not the Russian people—does my right hon. Friend agree that our commitment to defence investment in Scotland, including in Trident, is important, indeed vital, to Scotland’s security as part of the UK and as part of NATO? [Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I need to finish these questions. It is in good order that you hear your own Secretary of State.

Business of the House

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Ben Everitt

Thursday 4th February 2021 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

We cannot hear Chris Law. We will come back to him if we can.

[Ben Everitt (Milton Keynes North) (Con)]

I know we are all grateful, across this House and of course across the whole country, to the staff, teachers and everybody involved in keeping schools open over the pandemic for the children who need them most. Headteachers in Ousedale School and St Paul’s Catholic School in Milton Keynes have received particularly glowing praise in my inbox recently, and I am sure everybody here will join me in congratulating them on the hard work they have done. Could my right hon. Friend arrange for a debate or a statement to inform the House on the efforts that are being made to recognise school staff, and the steps that are being taken to fully reopen schools as soon as it is safe to do so?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Ben Everitt

Tuesday 14th July 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

The hon. Member for Wakefield (Imran Ahmad Khan) is not online, so we will go to Ben Everitt.

[Ben Everitt]

Will my right and learned hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to grassroots organisations such as MK Act in my constituency, which has worked tirelessly to assist victims of domestic abuse throughout the lockdown? I would like to make the House aware of the Open University open justice team, who have collaborated with the charity Support Through Court to launch free online resources to support those dealing with domestic abuse.