Speeches in Parliament

At a meeting on Friday, National Grid representatives admitted their plans for a new substation at East Claydon was based on speculative new connections, not...

My speech in a debate on rural affairs last night - once again calling on Labour to U-turn on their damaging assault on farmers and agricultural land; as well...

Overcrowding on Chiltern Railways remains a daily misery for many. This afternoon I once again pushed the Transport Secretary on prioritising extra rolling...

My speech in the Budget debate on Monday afternoon. This Budget of Broken Promises is bad across the board - no more so than on our rural communities.

The Budget was a nightmare for farmers, from the changes to Agricultural Property Relief that will force family farms to sell up to pay the tax bill; to making...

The financial attack on farmers in the Budget of broken promises was one of the most outrageous and dangerous decisions the Chancellor took. I asked the Leader...

In my capacity as Shadow Industry Minister, this morning I questioned the Government on their failing Industrial Strategy - which is already being undermined by...

Yesterday I responded to a Westminster Hall debate on the impact roadworks have on communities - calling on the Government to continue the last Government’s...

It’s vital, following the Knesset decision on UNRWA that the Government stops obsessing about UNRWA, accepts Hamas’ deep integration into UNRWA and take real...