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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Jhoots Pharmacy

"We have heard again this afternoon the line from the Minister that pharmacy staff are employed not by the NHS but by pharmacy businesses, and that this is just a dispute between staff and the pharmacy business that should be raised in the first instance with ACAS. Holli Froggatt from …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Ukraine

"The Foreign Secretary mentioned that Speaker Stefanchuk of the Ukrainian Parliament—the Rada—was in the Gallery earlier today. He also met members of the all-party parliamentary group on Ukraine, when he drew a parallel between western sanctions packages and versions of the Apple iPhone: it feels like we see a new …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Security Update: Official Secrets Act Case

"In 2023 the Intelligence and Security Committee published a report on China in which it wrote that China was a “whole-of-state threat”. In their 2023 public response to the ISC report, the Government wrote that they recognised

“the committee’s concerns about the long-term strategic challenge”.

The ISC had used the …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Digital ID

"I have been contacted by a contractor who worked on the last Labour Government’s ID card scheme. He wrote to me that

“it was a massive waste of money”

and suggested that it could be like

“writing Fujitsu a blank cheque”.

What sum are the Government setting aside for that …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Bovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger Culling

"That sounds like a case in the area I represent, where Rachel and Andrew Webber had TB found. They then introduced an additional 11 cows, but the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said they would be compensated for only 50% of the cost of those cows, given that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"15. What steps he is taking to reduce backlogs in the criminal justice system. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Of 221 people arrested for supporting Palestine Action, 162 were arrested under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000. This prohibits people from carrying articles in public which

“arouse reasonable suspicion that an individual is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation.”

Even the protesters who displayed those sickening …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 16 Sep 2025
International Day of Democracy

"I am grateful to the hon. Member for securing this debate on renewing our democracy. First past the post served Labour and the Conservatives well in the 20th century, but the blowing open of electoral politics by smaller political parties means that many more people are now feeling under-represented. Does …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ambassador to the United States

"I was with the right hon. Gentleman at those Foreign Affairs Committee meetings. We should also say that there was no opportunity for us to quiz Lord Mandelson in a public setting...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ambassador to the United States

"The UK has a proud tradition of appointing career civil servants as ambassadors. Our senior diplomatic service is respected worldwide and, while travelling with the Foreign Affairs Committee this year, I have heard high praise for our “Rolls-Royce civil service”. It is professional, reliable and globally respected.

One strength of …..."

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