Parliamentary Procedure
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Recent PMQs Questions
View all 91PMQs 2026-09-09
It is clear to me and many across this House that despite the hard work and dedication of all postal workers, Royal Mail's management is failing in its obligation to provide a basic and reliable posta...
PMQs 2026-09-02
My private Member's Bill on community-led homes aims to help combat widening inequality in the UK. In Cornwall alone during the last decade, more than half a billion pounds of taxpayers' money has bee...
PMQs 2026-07-15
The Prime Minister may not think so now, but it is a tribute to him that not a single sitting Labour MP could beat him. Not the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner) who could not co...
PMQs 2026-07-15
I know how much the Prime Minister has come to enjoy our exchanges—in fact, in the King's Speech debate he told me that on difficult days my input was “always a ray of sunshine.”—[Official Report, 13 ...
PMQs 2026-07-08
Will the Deputy Prime Minister offer Beth a full apology on behalf of the Government? Will he bring back a full Hillsborough Bill covering security services before the summer recess?...
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I think the Prime Minister forgot to mention that we got 50% of the vote in Aberdeen South. He says that he is funding defence; the truth is he would not be in this mess if his Chancellor had found mo...
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I associate the Opposition with the Prime Minister's remarks on the horrific train crash, the attacks in Edinburgh and, of course, Armed Forces Week. I want to start by congratulating the Prime Minist...
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As this parliamentary Session draws to a close, it seems like a good moment to reflect on the legislation passed since the general election. Many Bills have touched every aspect of British life, such ...
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Depending upon the results in the elections next week, this may well be my final PMQs. I suppose that the same is perhaps true for the Prime Minister as well. But before then, does he understand that,...
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Yesterday, we heard Christian Turner, Peter Mandelson's replacement as US ambassador, say that the only country Trump has a special relationship with is Israel; that the Prime Minister's job is in dan...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 623Topical Questions 2026-09-10
Upon her appointment as First Secretary of State, it was widely reported in the press that the right hon. Lady's responsibility for fraud in the Cabinet Office was removed from her. I wonder whether t...
Topical Questions 2026-09-10
One of my constituents served His Majesty's Revenue and Customs for 43 years, yet more than five months on from taking partial retirement she is still waiting for her pension and lump sum. My office h...
Topical Questions 2026-09-10
The questioner asks what specific steps the Cabinet Office is taking to ensure that the Government's new procurement rules translate into more jobs, apprenticeships, and opportunities for young people...
Topical Questions 2026-09-10
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. The questioner argues that the government's approach to introducing legislation is too bureaucratic and has resulted in absurdities l...
Severe Weather Incidents 2026-09-10
Water privatisation and climate change have left us with the twin resilience challenges of water scarcity and flooding. To reduce demand on our drinking water supply, is the Cabinet Office looking at ...
No. 10 North 2026-09-10
We would not have had to table so many written questions if Ministers had actually answered our first question, instead of expecting us to come up with precisely the right form of words to leave them ...
No. 10 North 2026-09-10
We have heard again what we have had in response to a number of written questions. The Minister either does not know or will not tell us how much No. 10 North will cost, how many people work there and...
No. 10 North 2026-09-10
According to a freedom of information request, tens of thousands of pounds have already been spent setting up No. 10 North, including £10,500 on branding, £1,700 on crockery and nearly £1,000 moving a...
No. 10 North 2026-09-10
What estimate she has made of the cost of setting up No. 10 North....
National Resilience 2026-09-10
Residents in Mid Sussex are concerned about the impact of drought and flooding, especially farmers like Caroline from West Sussex, who are worried about their capacity to grow food. Will the Governmen...