Business of the House

I thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business. First, I welcome the newest member ...

I am grateful, as always, to the hon. Lady, particularly for her offer that I should join them on...

Some might have said that Gordon Brown was a Labour Chancellor with socialist principles.

I am sure that my right hon. Friend would agree with me that we need a range of options to ensure...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing this to the attention of the House. Companies such a...

Can we have a debate about big dogs and the operations to save them? Apparently, one big dog is f...

One looks forward to the hon. Gentleman’s parties, which I am sure would be enormous fun. When he...

I declare my entry in the register as the chair of a safeguarding board. The Leader of the House ...

I am genuinely grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the issue of those tragic cases that have u...

Talking of which, I call the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee, Ian Mearns.

As always, I am grateful, Mr Speaker. I thank the Leader of the House for announcing the business...

The hon. Gentleman raises an important point about the delivery of vaccinations. The vaccination ...

The Labour party’s tax on business, otherwise known as the Greater Manchester clean air zone, is ...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, who serves his constituents so nobly. Labour’s plan is esse...

South Western Railway serves three stations in Battersea. Due to the pandemic, a reduced service ...

The hon. Lady’s point is serious and important. It is to be hoped that, as people come back into ...

There have been media reports that 80% of residents in the United Kingdom are very concerned abou...

The Government share the public’s concern, which is why the UK was the first major economy to leg...

In October, I was pleased to support my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) ...

Whenever the name of the hon. Member for Swansea East is mentioned in relation to a campaign, I a...

This week, the Secretary of State for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities an...

We may need to set aside days of debate to discover all the failings and corruptions in socialist...

It is always fun to discuss dogs with the Leader of the House. I remember that his daughter’s fam...

I can tell the hon. Lady that Daisy came from her constituency, travelling the long way from Bath...

May I offer my thanks to the leader of the Labour party, the right hon. and learned Member for Ho...

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

My hon. Friend raises a very important point about the democratic mandate and what mandate we hav...

The House will be aware from the Adjournment debate last Friday on the insecurity of the private ...

I am going to quibble with the hon. Lady, because many of the 4.4 million people living in privat...

Bus lanes are intended to provide a smooth path for buses to travel, particularly during peak hou...

I am in entire agreement with my hon. Friend. It is noticeable that, under the covid provisions, ...

My constituent Garry McDermott has been trying to resolve issues with his war pension for a decad...

It is not always right to draw conclusions about a whole system from one case. The hon. Gentleman...

In 1825, Locomotion No. 1 pulled the first passenger train over Skerne bridge in Darlington, mark...

Talking about early railway journeys always makes me nervous because we all remember that Huskiss...

I did, and I have already congratulated him.

We wish the Chief Whip many happy returns.

The spirit of Barry, Brunel and Bazalgette shoul...

The Leader of the House will be aware that on Tuesday afternoon there was an urgent question on f...

I know that this is a matter of concern across the House, and there was indeed the urgent questio...

Voters in constituencies such as Blackpool South, and indeed Bury South, voted Conservative in la...

My hon. Friend raises a very important point. Is it respectful to voters, when the campaign has b...

It is now over three years since the Prime Minister promised to ban the abhorrent practice of gay...

A consultation has been taking place recently, so the hon. Lady can be reassured that the issue i...

The Leader of the House mentioned the rising inflation rate earlier and also referred to the risi...

I think everyone across the House understands how pressing the issue is. The rise in fuel prices ...

With fuel prices rising, where newer tower buildings are installed with district heating, also kn...

The hon. Lady is right to raise the matter. It is noticeable how serious the concern about heatin...

My city of York has developed an interest in how titles are assigned and in how they can be remov...

The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 is an extremely interesting Act of Parliament. An unusual process...

In 2017, the then Department for Communities and Local Government advised that it was actively lo...

As I have said before, I think it a matter of routine that Ministers should make themselves avail...

May I ask the Leader of the House when we will have an opportunity to scrutinise the allocation o...

There is £4.8 billion in the levelling-up fund to help to regenerate town centres and high street...

Albert Bartlett is one of the largest potato suppliers in the UK; its headquarters is based in my...

I would be delighted to have a debate on the virtues of potatoes, which, it has to be said, are m...

There is more than a whiff of “jobs for the boys” if the report in the Yorkshire Post is right—th...

We would have to set aside far too much time if we were to debate the many virtues of my noble Fr...

Earlier this week I received notification that the Carleton post office in my constituency, which...

The Government are committed to a UK-wide network of post offices, which is why we have set the n...

Bus services are absolutely crucial for my constituents in Blaydon as a means of getting to work ...

I will say two things. First, the Government have a plan to spend £5 billion of taxpayers’ money ...

May we have a debate in Government time on ambulance waiting times, which are becoming critical i...

As I have said to other Members, I am always open to taking up specific cases with Ministers and ...

Woodchurch leisure centre and the libraries in Greasby, Irby, Hoylake, Pensby and Woodchurch are ...

We will have a debate, if we do have one, on £4.8 billion—the largest ever increase in core fundi...

High energy prices have many consequences, but one perhaps not always foreseen is the effect on t...

The issue with carbon dioxide came to the fore in the autumn and the Government acted quickly to ...

I am proud to say that the bank hub pilot in Cambuslang has been a resounding success, and the Po...

I think that is a record. I think it is the first time that I have ever been asked by an Oppositi...

Last week, Her Majesty’s Government opened the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme with a referra...

The hon. Gentleman always raises important questions about freedom of religion or belief and tryi...