Business of the House

A warm welcome back to everyone following the summer recess. I thank the Leader of the House for ...

I, too, welcome everybody back for the new term. I knew that my announcing the recess dates would...

I welcome my right hon. Friend to the Dispatch Box and congratulate her on the wonderful job she ...

I thank my hon. Friend for that excellent question. I am very familiar with that issue, as Post O...

I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; it is very good to see you in your place. I thank the Leader of ...

I welcome the hon. Lady back to this place and thank her for her thoughtful comments. She is awar...

Before I call anyone else, Members will be aware that over 50 people want to ask a question, so p...

Like my right hon. Friend, my constituent spent hours on Saturday queuing to purchase Oasis ticke...

I know that my hon. Friend speaks for many millions, myself included, who over the weekend shared...

The Leader of the House understands more than most the value of the British film and high-end TV ...

I thank the hon. Lady for that excellent question. She has long pursued these issues as the forme...

I call Jon Trickett.

Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker—I did not quite catch you calling me. May I say how del...

My hon. Friend is a long-standing and powerful advocate for mining communities in his constituenc...

It is a delight, Madam Deputy Speaker, to serve under your benevolent stewardship.

The Hous...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that question. This Government have been clear that, in supp...

My constituent’s daughter Lily Lucas died two years ago on Monday on Milton ward at Kewstoke hosp...

I thank my hon. Friend for that question. I am really sorry to hear of Lily’s death. She will kno...

Tomorrow marks the start of the big river watch, when people are encouraged to take part in a UK ...

I thank the hon. Member for that question. I am absolutely delighted to point her to the fact tha...

Hospices provide a crucial role across the UK in supporting people at the end of their lives and ...

I thank my hon. Friend, who I know has been a doughty campaigner on health issues, issues around ...

On Monday the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government refused to rule ou...

I thank the hon. Gentleman. I am happy to put on record that we are granting the Sir David Amess ...

E-bikes and e-scooters are popular with many people, but in London Fields in my constituency I am...

My hon. Friend raises another important question, which I know has been raised in these sessions ...

In his 2023 report, the chief medical officer said that cold homes and fuel poverty are directly ...

As the hon. Lady will have heard, we will be having such a debate next Tuesday, and the Governmen...

Good public transport, especially buses, is important for so many things in my constituency and t...

I thank my hon. Friend for that excellent question. He is right to make the point that the curren...

Since November 2021, the custody suite at Newbury police station has been closed, leading to grea...

I thank the hon. Member for raising that important matter. Over the summer, with the acts of thug...

May I join my right hon. Friend in congratulating our Team GB Paralympians and Olympians on their...

I join my hon. Friend in congratulating Bryony Page. I am sure the whole country remembers that m...

Five peaceful climate protesters are serving clearly excessive jail sentences made under the last...

What the hon. Member describes is that in recent years we have seen some actions that go way beyo...

Today, it is two years since the right hon. Liz Truss became the leader of the Conservative party...

I could not have put it better. I am sure that many others will want to make such points as the a...

In Leicestershire, we have fantastic optometrists and opticians. Will the Leader of the House ask...

This is a Government of service, and we are working hard to turn the page on an era of scandal an...

The Government have stated and rightly continue to state that prevention will protect our NHS and...

I thank my hon. Friend for that question and for continually raising these important matters. The...

Local communities in and around Port Isaac in my constituency have been left angered and frustrat...

The hon. Member raises a really important issue about seaweed farms, which I did not know a lot a...

The Leader of the House will know that on the Government Benches we value adult education and com...

My hon. Friend raises an important issue. In recent years, adult education was belittled and let ...

Is the Leader of the House concerned that those who will suffer as a result of the Government’s d...

Like many, I am furious that this Government have had to take these difficult decisions, because ...

I call Harpreet Uppal.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and as a fellow Yorkshire woman I welcome you to your place.

My hon. Friend will know that under the previous Government, retail crime was effectively decrimi...

The last census showed that the population of South Staffordshire grew by just 2.2% over the prev...

The hon. Gentleman’s Government failed to meet the challenge of the housing crisis. This Governme...

My right hon. Friend will know of the important role of the Carlton Club community interest compa...

I thank my hon. Friend for raising that important issue. I know how much the Carlton Club is valu...

In his recent letter to local councils, the Minister for Housing and Planning, the hon. Member fo...

The hon. Gentleman will know that Housing Ministers and the Secretary of State for Housing, Commu...

I thank the Leader of the House and the Government for their swift action to tackle the large bon...

I thank my hon. Friend for that question. I am delighted that today we are introducing the Water ...

Wellington in my constituency, a town of 15,000 people, has had no post office for several years....

As has already been raised in this session today, the provision of local post office services is ...

I join my right hon. Friend in congratulating Team GB. A blind runner and his guide who live in B...

I share my hon. Friend’s congratulations to Junior and Donard on their tremendous bronze medal at...

Stone has a large number of disabled residents who simply cannot gain access to a railway station...

I think we have all been made especially aware of this issue over recent weeks, given the horrifi...

Home artificial nutrition awareness week took place in August. My constituent Victor Day is able ...

I pay my respects to Victor, and I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting an important matter of w...

One of my constituents is the sibling of a victim of the infected blood scandal, and he has asked...

Fortuitously, my right hon. Friend the Paymaster General is sitting beside me. As the hon. Gentle...

At an advice surgery that I held recently in Moorends, I heard yet again about the perils of the ...

All of us, and many of our constituents, are familiar with the 8 am scramble for a GP appointment...

Let me first thank the Leader of the House for the correspondence following my question about the...

Sir Laurie Magnus is very much still the Government’s adviser on such matters. It is not our inte...

I recently paid a visit to the William Harvey Hospital in my constituency, and saw 19 patients be...

My hon. Friend has raised an important issue. We are all familiar with what is happening in our h...

Order. Shorter answers will be appreciated.

During the exchanges that followed my urgent question about steel manufacturing earlier today, it...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on the granting of his urgent question. I can assure him that t...

BTecs provide a vital route to higher and further education for thousands of learners throughout ...

My hon. Friend raises the important matter of BTecs and their future, which has also been raised ...

There are many excellent military charities in this country, including Troop Aid in my constituen...

Our military charities and armed forces charities do immense work. Remembrance Sunday and the pop...

Order. We have 10 Members still to speak and 10 minutes left. If Members each keep their question...

Community energy projects such as Ynni Ogwen in my constituency already play a vital role in the ...

Community energy projects are vital to our clean energy superpower mission, and Great British Ene...

There are 141,000 children living in kinship care in England and Wales. Some 47% of those childre...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Kinship carers play a vital role and special educational ...

I thank the Leader of the House for this opportunity to ask an important question that has been o...

As ever, the hon. Gentleman raises in this House the important issues of the freedom of religion ...

May I associate myself with the comments that have been made about freedom of religion? I am here...

So many people are raising the issue of station accessibility. My hon. Friend raises important po...

The Turks Head pub in my constituency is once again in the running for the Campaign for Real Ale’...

As the Member of Parliament whose constituency has the most pubs, I wholeheartedly share my hon. ...

Every night of the week, vulnerable people sleep outside in the rough in front of Southall commun...

My hon. Friend raises an important matter. The Deputy Prime Minister has already set up and chair...

Councils up and down the country are still facing impossible financial decisions. In my constitue...

I am really sorry to hear about the closure of my hon. Friend’s local care home. He is absolutely...

My constituency has experienced extensive house building in the past decade. My constituents are ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are unashamedly for house building, and we are unashamedly...

My constituent Michael Parry is currently fighting pancreatic cancer. He has raised the issue wit...

I am sure that the thoughts of the whole House are with my hon. Friend’s constituent Michael duri...

Can we have a debate in Government time on veterans affairs? Whether it is through access to heal...

My hon. Friend raises an important matter. We have committed to legislating to establish an armed...

Sixth-formers at Belper school in my constituency tell me that they face inordinate waits to take...

I am sure the Transport Secretary will come to this House at some point to address driving tests ...

That is a very early birthday present. We are going to get the last Member in, so well done every...

Care leavers all too often face a postcode lottery of inconsistent support, leading to wide dispa...

Care leavers really have had the poor end of the deal in recent years. They have poorer outcomes ...

I thank the Leader of the House for taking everybody’s questions.