Contributions
735 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDDraft North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024As a former Secretary of State, albeit briefly, I owe it to the Committee to point out that the reason we do not have a Mayor of the north-east already is because the Labour…12 Mar 2024HANSARDSkelton Primary School: Cleveland13. What progress her Department has made on rebuilding Skelton Primary School in Cleveland.11 Mar 2024HANSARDSkelton Primary School: ClevelandI thank my right hon. Friend for his answer, which is reassuring news, because Skelton Primary is a very good school but it is in need of a comprehensive rebuild. The headteacher,…11 Mar 2024HANSARD Deportation of Foreign National OffendersI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch (Rachel Maclean) for securing the debate. The recent awful case in Clapham has reminded us of the serious problem that we are…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023I was not intending to intervene in this debate, Mr Paisley, mindful of your stricture at the outset, but we appear to have drifted into a wider consideration of the Government’s…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Teesworks Joint VentureLabour puts politics before people, and the furious denials of the hon. Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) do nothing to disguise the fact that he and his colleagues have…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Teesworks Joint VentureI am pleased that the report has been published today and thank the Minister for his statement. Teesworks is critical for my constituents and the whole of Teesside, and the report…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Parliamentary privilege is one of the most important and sensitive rights that we in this House exercise, and it is one that we need to…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI will not give way further on this point. We are clearly keen as a Conservative party to deliver on this problem in a way that will satisfy the British public. The Prime Minister…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. It is possible to bring back a Bill on this issue, providing there is a substantial difference in what is brought forward from…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillIt is a pleasure to speak in the debate. I rise to speak in support of the amendments standing in the names of my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) and my right…16 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThere are two points to correct in the right hon. Lady’s narrative about what Labour would do that the Government are not doing. The first is that the Government are already doing…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Billrose —12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the right hon. Lady give way?12 Dec 2023HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill the right hon. Lady give way?12 Dec 2023HANSARDGender RecognitionI thank my right hon. Friend for a clear and cogent explanation of why the Government are taking the action that they have. Does she agree that as we seek to address this very…06 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationMy constituents will warmly welcome today’s announcement, because immigration figures in recent years are clearly unsustainable. Does it not speak volumes that we are described as…04 Dec 2023HANSARDRwanda Relocation Scheme: Supreme Court JudgmentIt is imperative if we are to crack the business model of the evil people smugglers that we operationalise the Rwanda scheme. May I register my profound conviction that the…27 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI add my congratulations to the Home Secretary on his new role. It seems to me that the key word is “time”. We cannot keep relitigating this question to achieve what seems an…15 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthI warmly commend the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Alistair Strathern) on what I thought was an excellent maiden speech. The movement has a funny way of delivering its ends…14 Nov 2023