Legislation
Legislation: Public Office (Accountability) Bill: Remaining Stages
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Ian Byrne
LabourMP for Liverpool West Derby
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Culture, Media And Sport
“The need for greater sustained investment in youth services and sports and leisure facilities in communities like mine in Liverpool West Derby is something that I care deeply about. I welcome the debate, but I want to focus on one simple ch…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation
“The Secretary of State, like countless other Ministers over the years, has stood at the Dispatch Box to outline and apologise for yet another state cover-up. Can we agree that enough is enough? Will he personally intervene and beg the Prime…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Work and Pensions
“8. What assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of people in employment claiming universal credit.…”
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Debate
Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
“The latest Peter Mandelson scandal epitomises everything that my constituents in Liverpool West Derby detest about the political establishment and why so many are losing faith in this place. Here was a man who brought Government into disrep…”
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Defence Readiness
“I welcome any debate that has the collective security of the British people at its heart, because I believe one of the greatest threats to our security is the economic system governing this country, which has consistently failed working-cla…”
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Legislation
Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Carry-over)
“As I set out in my question to the Leader of the House on Thursday, I welcome the Government tabling this carry-over motion for the Hillsborough law, but in truth it should never have come to this. It is wrong and difficult to accept that w…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“I warmly welcome the Government’s tabling of the carry-over motion for the Hillsborough law. A lot of people who were extremely worried about what was happening will be relieved today. However, that motion must be matched with urgency. Mini…”
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Debate
Peter Mandelson: Government Appointment
“Peter Mandelson once spoke of the Labour left being sealed in a tomb. Today, it is the toxic politics he came to represent that should be buried—politics that repels millions and that is far from the values on which our party was founded. I…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q3. As the Prime Minister said, 37 years ago today, 97 innocent children, women and men went to a football match and were unlawfully killed at the hands of a corrupt state. I was at Hillsborough, and I was one of the lucky ones who survived…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Nuclear Test Veterans
“I pay tribute to all those who served in our armed forces as part of the nuclear tests overseas, to those who suffered illness or died prematurely as a result of the tests, and to the bereaved families and family members who were born with …”
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Debate
Business of the House
“Eight months after the Prime Minister promised a call for evidence on Gabe’s law following the tragic death of 15-year-old Gabriel Santer, we are still waiting. Meanwhile, preventable deaths continue in multi-storey car parks. Companies suc…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“8. What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory right to food.…”
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Debate
Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address Motion
“The appointment of Lord Mandelson was not just a catastrophic error of judgment that has caused profound damage to this Government’s reputation; it was the result of a clique at the top of the party, as we have seen with the Morgan McSweene…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
“The Communication Workers Union reported chaos and demoralisation among its members as a result of the imposition of poorer pay and conditions for posties, and the company’s decision to prioritise potential job cuts over service when it com…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“Next month, 15 April marks the 37th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, where 97 innocent children, women and men were unlawfully killed and countless lives were ruined. It was the beginning of the well-documented state cover-up that …”
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Questions
Oral questions: Health and Social Care
“16. What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of private finance initiatives on the NHS.…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Labour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office Review
“Yesterday, party colleagues and I wrote to the Prime Minister and the general secretary of the Labour party to raise serious concerns over the allegations facing Labour Together. It is absolutely essential that any investigation into these …”
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Legislation
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
“I was also one of the seven Labour MPs suspended: for voting, to be quite clear, on an amendment to strengthen the King’s Speech by removing the two-child limit. I had made a vow to my constituents in Liverpool West Derby during the electio…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: US Department of Justice Release of Files
“The latest information appears to show that Peter Mandelson, when he was a Minister, worked alongside one of the world’s most notorious paedophiles and conspired against the interests of the British people in pursuit of money, power and inf…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“I hope you get well soon, Mr Speaker. Lillia Jakeman is 19 years of age and has been given a devastating diagnosis of motor neurone disease. When she was told that she has a very rare form of the disease that can be treated with a groundbre…”
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Legislation
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
“I must say to the new shadow Justice Secretary that we have been trying to do this since I was elected in 2019, and we could not even get a seat at the table with the Government then, so to cast aspersions— [ Interruption. ]…”
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Legislation
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
“Does the right honourable Member agree that one of the main purposes of the Bill is to stop the cover-ups and save the public purse money?…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans Ban
“First, I pay tribute to the volunteers who serve on the safety advisory groups—a thankless but hugely important task—who will be really worried about today. The safety of football fans has, at times, been at the very bottom of priorities in…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Infected Blood Inquiry: Additional Report
“I thank the Minister for his statement. The infected blood scandal is the worst treatment disaster in NHS history, but as the inquiry’s chair said: “This disaster was not an accident”. Institutional reputation was put above truth and ordina…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Cabinet Office
“9. If he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a legal duty of candour on public bodies.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Post Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1
“I thank the Minister for his statement and for his powerful words, but the publication of the report confirms the heartbreaking scale of the human impact of this shocking miscarriage of justice. The concealment and cover-up of the Horizon s…”
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Debate
Public Authority (Accountability)
“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to set a requirement on public institutions, public servants and officials and on those carrying out functions on their behalf to act in the public interest and with candour and franknes…”
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Legislation
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
“I just need to clear up a few things. This vote tonight is on the Bill that we have in front of us, which include includes restricting eligibility for PIP. Even with what the Minister has just said, three quarters of a million low-paid, sic…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Welfare Reform
“These so-called concessions go nowhere near far enough, and tomorrow I will be voting against these cruel cuts, but I want to ask this. Can the Secretary of State name a single disabled person-led organisation that supports this legislation…”
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