Business of the House

Yesterday was a very difficult day in the House of Commons, and for Mr Speaker personally, as he ...

Order. Let us not have a repeat of the behaviour last night. Can we listen to each other with res...

As you say, Madam Deputy Speaker, it really is not a good look.

No one could have foreseen ...

First, may I join with all those who have paid tribute to Alexei Navalny? In the wake of an assas...

May I suggest that the priority of the House should be to command the confidence of our voters? I...

I thank my hon. Friend for his suggestion. It is sad that what happened yesterday with regard to ...

I call the SNP spokesperson.

Yesterday was incredibly disappointing, from our point of view. It was meant to be an Opposition ...

It is no secret to anyone who regularly tunes into these sessions that frequently I disagree with...

The Leader of the House will be aware that I represent Romford in the London Borough of Havering,...

I welcome my hon. Friend back to his place. He is quite right to raise the matter of pressures on...

I call the Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee.

I thank the Leader of the House for the business statement and, in particular, for announcing the...

I thank the hon. Gentleman, again, for his advert for the Backbench Business Committee. He knows ...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is hard for market towns to thrive without an open bank? ...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend and his constituents who have worked to ensure that these ser...

Devon and Cornwall police have been in special measures since 2022, after multiple failings. Last...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising this terrible situation. He will know that the next ...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the real issue of the events of the last 24 hours is not the...

I could not agree more with my right hon. Friend. British Jews are suffering a grotesque level of...

This is quite a ticklish question. I am the longest-serving Member on the Opposition Benches and ...

On the hon. Gentleman’s first point, I do not think there is any doubt about what took place yest...

Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a point of order that is germane to the proceedings.

Points of order will come after the Select Committee statement. If the hon. Gentleman had wanted ...

In order to be here at this time, I have delayed giving a personal statement to the police on the...

I am sure that I speak on behalf of all in the House when I say how sorry we are to hear that my ...

May I add my thanks to the security services who are working so hard and effectively to keep us a...

I thank the hon. Lady and all those who have been serving on both the programme board and the cli...

The Leader of the House was right to withdraw from yesterday’s debate when it was clear that conv...

I thank my right hon. Friend for what he has said and the tone he has struck in saying it. The Sp...

My constituent Charlie McKerrow has campaigned for redress for victims of sodium valproate and fe...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. The report was recently published, and the Governmen...

The Leader of the House will have heard me ask the Prime Minister a question yesterday about the ...

I thank my right hon. Friend for all the campaign work he is doing on this very important issue. ...

I have to say that I was ashamed to be a Member of Parliament last night. However, I understand f...

The issue of substance yesterday is a very important and serious matter. I can assure the House t...

It is with regret that I have tabled early-day motion 412.

[That this House has no confiden...

The Government will always listen carefully to the views of this House, and the Speaker needs to ...

Yesterday I took the opportunity to pop into the Young Lives vs Cancer event, which was sponsored...

I am sure that I speak for all Members of the House in sending our good wishes and support to the...

Collectively, last night was not our finest hour, but Mr Speaker has apologised to the House for ...

I thank my right hon. Friend for what he has said. I think there is no need for me to add to that...

It is rare that I find myself in complete agreement with the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and W...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for bringing us back to the matter of substance. He will know that I h...

I have been pleased to help obtain additional funding for urgent A&E services at Northwick Park H...

I thank my hon. Friend for his continued campaigning to ensure not only that his constituents hav...

It is important that we discuss what happened last night in a moderate, reasonable and respectful...

I direct the hon. Gentleman to the advice of the Clerk of the House and the consequences that ste...

The most worrying thing about yesterday is that Members were being intimidated for what they say ...

I thank my right hon. Friend for raising this very important point. It is beneficial to air these...

If we are to believe Mr Speaker that his selection of amendments yesterday was to allow the wides...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for affording me another opportunity to direct Members to the Clerk’s ...

I met the Watford Hackney Carriage Drivers Association last year to discuss the challenges faced ...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising awareness and for demonstrating that a thriving night-time eco...

Many of my constituents, including members of the Sikh community and local gurdwaras, have writte...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that very serious situation. Of course, the Government sup...

I call Ian Liddell-Grainger.

Thank you, Mr Speaker; it is good to see you in the Chair. May we have a debate on rogue councils...

My hon. Friend is very diligent in pursuing these matters at all opportunities, including busines...

A lot has been said about the events of yesterday, but let us not forget that the outcome was tha...

On the hon. Member’s latter point, I will certainly make sure that the Secretary of State has hea...

Yesterday, we saw the politicisation of the situation in Gaza by SNP Members to engineer an issue...

My hon. Friend has made her point extremely well. Whether those debates were on storm overflows o...

I call the SNP leader.

Last evening, we saw the best of this House in its ability to debate, and we also saw the worst o...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I hope that he can see, in my actions yesterday, tha...

I will also come in at this point. I reiterate that I made a judgment call that did not end up in...

I was in Israel last week meeting with hostage families, survivors and friends. I actually felt s...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this. I do not think there is any Member of this House who has...

Despite huge and growing public interest and concern over excess deaths, there remains a reluctan...

I am amazed that the hon. Gentleman is asking the Government Front Benchers for a debate while at...

E-bikes and e-scooters are becoming increasingly popular as a mode of transport, but I am concern...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this important point. She will be aware that London Fire Briga...

Mr Speaker, you are entirely correct that the level of intimidation against hon. Members is unacc...

I know hon. Members will be asking questions about what happened with last night’s vote. I have c...

Given the unprecedented breach of convention yesterday and the unseemly antics that we saw, despi...

The hon. Lady has put her views on the record and I thank her for that. As I have said, I am symp...

I wish to associate myself with the comments of my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barn...

I will certainly raise my right hon. Friend’s latter point with the relevant Department and make ...

The Leader of the House may be aware of Newport Wafer Fab in my constituency, which is part of th...

I thank the hon. Lady for raising that matter. If she gives me further details, I will certainly ...

There are businesses that want to establish themselves in my constituency or to extend their exis...

I thank my hon. Friend for standing up for his constituents and pursuing their interests in that ...

Schools in my constituency are far more likely to travel to the Scottish Parliament for education...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that question. He will know that the Finance Committee of ...

Homeowners on two recently built housing developments in my constituency were promised a GP surge...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising the matter on behalf of his constituents. He will know that in...

Will the Leader of the House kindly join me in congratulating North Tyneside’s Benton Dene Primar...

I am sure that we all join the hon. Lady in congratulating her local school. It is a tremendous a...

I am very proud to represent historic Runnymede and Weybridge. I was in the Chamber yesterday eve...

Order. The shadow Leader of the House should not be shouting from the Front Bench. Simply don’t!<...

Does the Leader of the House agree that Opposition days must be upheld and respected in line with...

I agree with my hon. Friend, which is why the Government took the actions that we did yesterday. ...

The Kellogg’s factory in my constituency is an iconic reminder of the industrial heritage of Traf...

I encourage the hon. Gentleman to raise the issue with the Secretary of State at the next Questio...

We all face difficult votes in this House. I saw the consequences of one such vote when, after an...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend, who has said it very well. I hope that all Members of thi...

I have been in this place for about a year, and have spent almost all of it trying to get some pr...

I thank the hon. Lady for her diligence in pursuing this matter for her constituents. She can obv...

In view of the Labour party hijacking the SNP’s Opposition day debate yesterday, can we have a de...

I refer my hon. Friend to the response I gave to the shadow Leader of the House, the hon. Member ...

Madam Deputy Speaker, this Tuesday, in responding to my point of order in relation to Sinn Féin’s...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for getting that on record. I have had some correspondence with other ...

Research shows that those who intentionally inflict cruelty on animals are often also guilty of o...

I thank my hon. Friend for his question and for all his work on animal welfare, for which he is v...

I place on the record my thanks to Mr Speaker for returning to the House last night, for the clea...

I thank my hon. Friend for getting her views about the Speaker on the record; she has done it wel...

That is unparliamentary language!

We have to be clear about that, and I will tell you why—[Interruption.]

Order. I think the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty) is trying to make ...

The word “corruption” has been used.

I’m sorry?

Isn’t the word “corruption” unparliamentary?

No—[Interruption.] Order. Please, it really is time to calm down and take the heat out of this. L...

I fully understand why right hon. and hon. Members have raised the point about intimidation, but ...

That concludes the business question.

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Points of order are taken after statements, Mr Blackman, but if yours relates directly to the bus...

It does, Madam Deputy Speaker. The long-standing convention is that during oral questions, Minist...

The hon. Gentleman raises a very important point. As it happens, I recall the first of the incide...

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have heard what my hon. Friend said, and ...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I will take the point of order if it relates to this business.

It does indeed relate to the proceedings just now. I had hoped that Mr Speaker would be in the Ch...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his very clear point of order. Let me clarify: he is asking me to ...

indicated assent.

I can undertake to convey that message to Mr Speaker.

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Is the point of order directly in relation to this business?

It is, Madam Deputy Speaker. Further to a point of order that was made by my right hon. Friend th...

I understand the hon. Gentleman’s concern, and I thank him for his point of order. I will simply ...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I am very reluctant to take further points of order. Is it directly related to this business?

Yes.

In that case, I call Mr Alan Brown to make a point of order.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your guidance; perhaps as Chair of Ways and Means, you mi...

I have to stop the hon. Gentleman there: he is trying to continue the debate, and he is again ask...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

If it is another point of order directly relating to this business, I will take it now.

Thank you for taking my point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your guidance on an issue of...

Once again, the hon. Gentleman has reiterated matters that have already been considered. On behal...