Recent speeches, debates, and oral and written questions in the House of Commons
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My latest news – more updates here
- Reacting to the Government’s cruel benefits bill
- ‘Ella’s Law’ to make clean air a human right will be re-introduced to Parliament
- Responding to Liz Kendall’s defence of disability cuts
- Welcoming an apparent U-turn on winter fuel payments
- Reacting to Labour’s Green Paper on welfare reform
- Writing to all Labour MPs urging them to vote against cruel welfare cuts
My latest publications – see more letters and reports here
- Letter to Brighton and Hove City Council on Marilyn Manson Performance
- My Submission to Ofcom’s Universal Service Obligation consultation About Royal Mail
- Letter to Liz Kendall about proposed welfare cuts
- Letter to Labour MPs on proposed cuts to welfare benefits
- My comments on Brighton and Hove City Council’s consultation on school admission arrangements.
- Green MPs spending review submission
My recent work in Parliament – see more entries here
- To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3.36 of the policy paper entitled UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, published on 19 June 2025, when […]
- I do not. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
- On a point of clarification, clause 14 adds proposed new subsection (15)(b) to section 138A of the Transport Act. The measure is quite specific that a current service is envisaged—it […]
- Oh, apologies.
- I beg to move amendment 39, in clause 14, page 9, line 32, after “activities,” insert— “(iv) health care services, or (v) schools and other educational institutes,”….
- I am pleased to move an amendment that both I and Liberal Democrat colleagues had the idea of. The Liberal Democrats have withdrawn their version of the amendment, but we […]
- To clarify, amendment 72 is not my amendment.
- For clarity, the intention behind my amendments is not to allow for incumbent operators that are local government bus companies to be added to the Bill; it is to ensure, […]
- I very much appreciate that my amendments would do different things from clause 13, and I also appreciate that the Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023 provide the ability […]
- I do not; I just hope that the Government realise what I was trying to do. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.