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 592Topical Questions 2026-04-27
Our declining healthy life expectancy is a real w [1D [K worry due to the impact of 14 years of austerity on our public services as [K highlighted in today's Health Foundation report, which Professor ...
Child Maintenance Service 2026-04-27
The Child Maintenance Service is not working for [K parents and it is not working for children. My own casework shows that the [K majority of those getting in touch about the CMS believe it to be inef...
Child Maintenance Service 2026-04-27
My constituent Rebecca and her now 13-year-old ha [2D [K have not received child maintenance for over a decade. Arrears exceed £10,0 [5D [K £10,000, but because her son's father has moved in and out o...
Topical Questions 2026-04-23
Happy St George's day. A local business expressed [9D [K expressed concern over grid resilience in relation to high-risk Chinese com [3D [K components potentially being used in critical energy infrast...
Topical Questions 2026-04-23
In February, Capita said to Eastbourne resident Keith that his civil service pension would be paid by March. By March, it said his pension would be paid in April. Now it says that it will not be paid ...
Topical Questions 2026-04-23
Last week, someone in the heart of Government leaked some extremely sensitive documents to The Guardian. This appears potentially to be a crime under the National Security Act 2023. Has the Cabinet Of...
Topical Questions 2026-04-23
If he will make a statement on his departmental r [1D [K responsibilities....
National Security 2026-04-23
What steps his Department is taking to improve na [2D [K national security. The Cabinet Office is driving implementation of the nati [4D [K national security strategy, focusing on AI companies and inn...
Contaminated Blood Compensation 2026-04-23
First, I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for [K the way he has handled this issue and for the way he has moved it on in the [3D [K the short time he has been in office. Everyone is very grateful f...
National Resilience 2026-04-23
What specific steps are the Government taking to addr [4D [K address potential shortages of food and medicine as a result of external sh [2D [K shocks? How does the Minister plan to communicate with t...