Parliamentary Procedure
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Recent PMQs Questions
View all 35PMQs 2024-05-08
It is more than a month since the parliamentary ombudsman delivered the long-awaited report on pension injustices, but women born in the 1950s are still waiting to hear whether the UK Government will ...
PMQs 2024-02-21
In recent decades, there have been numerous scandals that have left public faith in our institutions shaken, and rebuilding that confidence will require those affected to see that politicians are bein...
PMQs 2024-02-21
This information about 2016 has come to light just this week, which is precisely why I am asking about it. Considering that the Prime Minister's Foreign Secretary was running the Government in 2016, a...
PMQs 2024-01-24
I held an Adjournment debate on the need for a passing loop to double hourly service on the south Fylde line. Despite initial optimism from the Rail Minister due to HS2 reallocation funds, progress ha...
PMQs 2024-01-17
The Leader of the House last week correctly described the contaminated blood scandal as “on another level” compared with other scandals. Sir Brian Langstaff has announced today the publication of the ...
PMQs 2023-12-13
Our mental health legislation is 40 years old, and we made a manifesto commitment to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 because people with learning disabilities and autism who are sectioned under the ...
PMQs 2023-12-13
My constituent Fred Bates, age 74 and suffering from liver cancer, is a victim of the contaminated blood products scandal. After 50 years, he wishes to know when victims like him will be compensated a...
PMQs 2023-12-06
I beg your indulgence briefly, Madam Deputy Speaker, to wish my constituent who was attacked in yesterday's serious incident in Aberfan a speedy recovery. I thank the emergency services and school sta...
PMQs 2023-12-06
When the Government announced this scheme, they said it would settle tens of thousands but now admit only 100 are settled under a treaty that allows for resettlement from Rwanda to the UK. How many re...
PMQs 2023-11-29
Pearl Melody Black was 22 months old when a car rolled off a private drive on to a highway and hit a wall, which fell and killed her while she was holding her daddy's hand. Her parents, my constituent...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 577Driving Test Waiting Times 2026-03-26
The waiting time for driving tests has got worse since the Government took office. As others have said, it is critical that, whether for work or education, young people are able to get a test and have...
EU-UK Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement Negotiations 2026-03-19
Various farming organisations have expressed their concern about the potential negative impact of dynamic alignment with the EU. What is the Secretary of State doing to work with Cabinet Office collea...
Right to Protest 2026-03-17
Proposals to restrict the right to protest based on 'cumulative disruption' are causing great concern. It is absurd that a march by an anti-racist group one week could be blocked because an anti-abort...
Topical Questions 2026-03-16
The Office for National Statistics has confirmed that it is considering taking the veterans question off the census for 2031. Witnesses before the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill clearly tho...
Topical Questions 2026-03-12
The Select Committee recently flagged that small businesses in our country now face pandemic-level pressures. In April, standing charges for energy are set to rise by 60%, with no price cap protection...
Topical Questions 2026-03-09
Madam Deputy Speaker, you are no doubt familiar with the dramatic principle of Chekhov's gun: if there is a gun on the wall in the first act, it will be fired by the final scene. Ministers say that th...
Civil Service Pensions Recovery Plan 2026-03-05
Can the Minister explain how much it would have cost to provide support to dependants? Can he tell me how many people have been left without support as a result of this decision?...
Topical Questions 2026-03-05
Earlier this week, those of us on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee took evidence from the Cabinet Office on the significant issues with the administration of the civil se...
Topical Questions 2026-03-05
The York Central 45-hectare development site will be the most powerful outside London. The Government have twice announced that they will have a government hub there. However, the Government Property ...
Topical Questions 2026-03-05
Thousands of former public sector workers are facing delays to their pension payments. Both MyCSP and Capita have catastrophically failed as the administrators of these pension funds, but the real fai...