Contributions
187 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Ninth sitting)I am fascinated by the hon. Gentleman’s argument. In many ways, it is the ultimate Conservative argument that the status quo is exactly right and exactly what we need. Has the…23 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. I recently met Estonian MPs to hear about their experience of using digital ID over the last two decades, and particularly about how people’s ability to see who has accessed…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Tenth sitting)We have established a principle in this country of changing our electoral system via referendum. We had a referendum on the alternative vote system during the coalition era. The…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)Where in the legislation does it says that mayors will be prohibited from talking to town and parish councils? The way that the hon. Member phrased that implies that something in…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)My problem with the hon. Lady’s argument is that her amendment states: “Engagement…must include…consulting town and parish councils”— not “can include”, but “must include”. Of 300…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I agree entirely with the principle of mayors holding responsibility for police and crime commissioners where the boundaries of the roles are coterminous, and the idea of…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Seventh sitting)We are about to embark on a devolution deal for Cheshire and Warrington. The county of Cheshire alone has more than 330 civil parishes. Is the hon. Lady not concerned about the…21 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting)I have a lot of sympathy with what the hon. Lady is saying. If she likes “piña coladas, and gettin’ caught in the rain”, may I suggest that she looks no further than the Piña…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyThis is a timely set of proposals in an area that is too often overlooked by Government. In my constituency, further education has not functioned properly since the Tories’ failed…20 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Third sitting)I was a town councillor for a good decade and a half before I became an MP. We went through unitarisation in Cheshire in 2008, so I recognise a lot of what the hon. Lady is saying…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)As the hon. Lady refers to Greater Manchester, I am minded of the role that Chris Boardman has played in Greater Manchester in rolling out active travel. He is unelected, and I…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Q The Bill will create several new mayoral combined authorities, and we might reasonably expect to see more mayoral development corporations created afterward. In recent years,…16 Sept 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you believe that this Bill will do that? Gareth Davies: As we have said, it is not going to be quick or easy, but this is the right approach. It is just going to need…16 Sept 2025HANSARDRegional Transport InequalityWill my hon. Friend give way for a very short intervention?11 Sept 2025HANSARDRegional Transport InequalityThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will do my best to indulge you on the fly. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North (Catherine Atkinson) for securing this debate.…11 Sept 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that mayoral development corporations need to be brought under the remit of the new local audit offices that are proposed in the Bill, placing the power…02 Sept 2025HANSARD English Devolution and Community Empowerment BillIt is a pleasure to speak on what may prove to be one of the most impactful and transformative pieces of legislation of this Parliament. The Bill represents one of the most…02 Sept 2025HANSARD Women and Girls with Autism: Mental Health SupportMy heart absolutely breaks hearing the story about Lauren—it is awful. Many autistic women and girls are undiagnosed, misdiagnosed or diagnosed late in life due to the outdated…15 Jul 2025HANSARD West Coast Main LineIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Connor Naismith) for securing this timely debate. I do…15 Jul 2025HANSARD Down’s Syndrome Regression DisorderIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I declare an interest as co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Down syndrome, along with the right hon.…08 Jul 2025