Questions
Oral questions: Home Department
“2. What progress her Department has made on improving the police response to domestic abuse.…”
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Jonathan Davies
LabourMP for Mid Derbyshire
What Jonathan said recently
Statement
Ministerial statement: State of Nature and Climate 2026
“Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. The minister was right when she said that climate change drives nature loss and nature loss drives climate change, and we are seeing the effect of that on people's health, on the economy, but also …”
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Debate
Opposition Day: Summer Jobs
“And I note that she calls out the record of the previous government and she's right to do so. But I do remember in 2012, youth unemployment was at 22%, 4% higher than it is now. Of course, her party was in government at that time, very keen…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Energy Security and Net Zero
“The warm home discount is a great initiative to help households cut their bills, but one thing we could expand to do more in this space is our heat network programme, and we may be getting a heat network in Derby. However, there is often a …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Defence Investment Plan
“I welcome this record investment in defence, and I appreciate that it may lead to us making cuts elsewhere in public expenditure. One casualty may be the expansion of the A38 in Derby, which has been on and off under successive Governments …”
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Debate
Climate Change
“Will the right honourable Lady give way?…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services
“Nottingham University hospitals NHS trust is one of the trusts that serves my constituents. For those who have been patients there, or who have had babies who have come to harm—I have met some of them—Donna Ockenden’s report is difficult re…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Pathways Study: Puberty Suppression
“I thank the Secretary of State for the considered way in which he has delivered his statement. In December 2025, The BMJ reported that “the Pathways trial should wait for findings from former patients treated by GIDS between 2009 and 2020” …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: East Midlands Railway Collision
“I thank my right honourable Friend the Secretary of State for her statement. I associate myself with her condolences to the driver’s family and her remarks on those who were injured, and offer my thanks to those who responded from the emerg…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“The Labour Government’s summer of savings programme—cutting VAT on visitor attractions and children’s meals and providing free bus travel for under-16s this August—is welcome news for families in Derbyshire and those visiting the county, wh…”
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Legislation
Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival
“I was interested in what the right honourable Gentleman said about the pooling of money following resale through the hall’s box office. Would it not be palatable for the members of the hall to have an agreed price by which those tickets are…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Digital Safety: Children
“Parents, teachers and young people in Mid Derbyshire have spoken to me extensively about the harm that young people are receiving from social media and smartphones, but it is worth noting that many young people get their legitimate news con…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Processed Russian Oil Products: Sanctions
“I appreciate the clarity that the Minister has provided, telling us that the overall effect of this country’s package of sanctions will mean that Russia is much more under the screw than it was. One of the effects of Trump’s war in Iran is …”
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Debate
Energy Security
“Many of these problems have been put in the “too difficult” box for too long; they are long term and difficult to fix. Does the honourable Member at least acknowledge that the Government’s investment through the national wealth fund of £600…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Government Procurement Strategy
“I very much welcome what the Minister has said about the principles behind how we will use £400 billion of Government procurement to back companies up and down this country, and the workers behind them, by buying British. However, of course…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: North Atlantic Submarine Activity
“I join the Minister in thanking our armed forces personnel who identified this threat and allowed us to take the action he has described. I note that real-terms defence spending fell by 22% in the eight years or so prior to 2017. It is this…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Middle East
“The brutal Iranian regime is utterly appalling, but that statement is not necessarily true of Iran’s ordinary citizens, so I thank the Prime Minister for calling out President Trump’s words about obliterating a civilisation. The conflict ha…”
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Debate
Rail Connections to London: Rural Towns
“I am pleased that my honourable Friend the Member for Shrewsbury (Julia Buckley) has secured this debate about connections between London and rural towns by rail because many of the issues on which she touched apply to my own constituency i…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Middle East
“I thank the Foreign Secretary for her wide-ranging statement, including the support she outlined to protect British nationals in the region and to ensure that humanitarian aid gets into Lebanon, and the efforts to ensure that British consum…”
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Legislation
Courts and Tribunals Bill
“My honourable Friend is making a very good speech and putting victims at the heart of what she is saying. I share some of her concerns about the legislation as it stands, but does she agree that we should vote for it today, so that we have …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Middle East: Economic Update
“I thank the Chancellor for her statement, because this is a worrying time for not just our national security, but our economy. I am pleased to hear about the work going on with the Competition and Markets Authority in respect of consumers o…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q6. Like the Prime Minister, I had the transformative benefit of a music education as a young person, although he had his some while before I had mine. [Honourable Members: “Ooh!”] After more than a decade of decline in music in schools, th…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q10. The regeneration of Belper mills—a large site with buildings, including grade I listed ones dating from the start of the industrial revolution, at the heart of the east midlands’ only UNESCO world heritage site—took a significant step …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Local Government Reorganisation
“Local government reorganisation in Derbyshire might see Amber Valley borough council split in half, along with the cost and difficulty of working out how to disaggregate the authority and the services and private finance initiative contract…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Local Power Plan
“I thank the Secretary of State for his statement, the publication of the local power plan and the £1 billion investment that will support community groups to provide green, sustainable energy and help their financial sustainability. We have…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: China and Japan
“With respect to the statement following the Prime Minister’s visit to China and Japan, I thank him for being in the room and challenging China on its appalling human rights record and for fighting for British jobs. With respect to his visit…”
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Debate
Business Rates
“When we had an urgent question on business rates last week, I raised the issue of grassroots music venues, so I am pleased that the Minister confirmed today that there will be 15% off business rates for pubs and grassroots music venues. As …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Warm Homes Plan
“I very much welcome the publication of this £15 billion warm homes plan, which will get people’s bills down and reduce our impact on the environment. I was particularly interested to hear of the £90 million that has been set aside for the d…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Iran: Protests
“The scenes from Iran are barbaric, and those executions that we are aware of are an affront to human dignity. Wherever we look around the world, we can see the malign influence of Iran, including here. Our national security strategy, publis…”
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Debate
Business Rates: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure
“I welcome the assurance that half of businesses will see their business rates flat or falling, and that is even after the end of the covid-era support and the post-pandemic review initiated by the previous Government. Research by the Music …”
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