Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Peter Prinsley

Tuesday 3rd March 2026 Commons Chamber

[Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) (Lab)]

I accept that there are problems with the curriculum in Palestinian schools, but the eyes of the world are now distracted, and settlement expansion continues, as far as we can tell. I am concerned that when the dust settles and the rubble is cleared, the viability of the Palestinian state will be significantly jeopardised. Does the Minister share my firm belief that what is going on does not really represent the will of the Israeli people?

[Mr Speaker]

That was a bit of a stretch to this question.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Peter Prinsley

Monday 12th January 2026 Commons Chamber

[Peter Prinsley]

I am concerned about the villages in my most beautiful constituency of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket; there, people tell me that they are increasingly concerned about the lack of affordable housing in rural communities. What steps is the Minister taking to increase the supply of affordable housing for local people in rural villages through reforms to the planning system, and how will those reforms support the rejuvenation and long-term sustainability of our villages?

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Can I just remind everyone that this is topicals? You are meant to set an example, Peter—come on.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Peter Prinsley

Thursday 8th January 2026 Commons Chamber

[Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) (Lab)]

I am delighted to inform the Secretary of State that the long-awaited footbridge with lifts has finally been installed at Stowmarket station and is due to be commissioned very soon—

[Mr Speaker]

But!

[Peter Prinsley]

But indeed. [Laughter.] There remain several hazardous crossings on the busy east-west line between Ipswich and Cambridge, including at Thurston, where pedestrians are obliged to walk across the track. Does the Secretary of State agree that we must support all initiatives to improve the safety of such crossings?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Peter Prinsley

Thursday 5th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Hopefully Lancashire will help with that with the new centre at Samlesbury.

[Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) (Lab)]

3. What progress he has made on joining up government.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Peter Prinsley

Tuesday 18th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Peter Prinsley]

Small modular reactors, as the Minister says, will play an important part in delivering clean, cheap and secure energy across this country. However, current rules require that any reactor must apply for regulatory justification, as if nuclear power was an entirely new practice instead of an existing one. That delays reactors getting online and lowering energy bills for people across the country, including in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, by up to two years. Will the Secretary of State consider working with his Cabinet colleagues to simplify the system and recognise that nuclear energy technology is an existing practice, thereby accelerating the deployment of small modular reactors?

[Mr Speaker]

Another Adjournment debate.