Debate
Points of Order
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Paul Holmes
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
ConservativeMP for Hamble Valley
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Statement
Business Statement: Leader of the House
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The leader of the House will know that I have a huge regard for him, and I will wager that he knows that this decision is disgraceful himself, as we think today, because when if he was Chief Whip again and when he wa…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“thank you, Mr. Speaker. And can I entirely associate myself with the Deputy Prime Minister's opening and personal remarks? Mr. speaker, the Prime Minister and the right honourable Gentleman for Makerfield are both proud football fans. So gi…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Government Response to the report from the Independent Review into Countering Foreign Financial Influence and Interference in UK Politics
“Sir Paul Holmes.…”
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Debate
Defence Spending and Readiness
“My honourable Friend is making an excellent point. Is not the real risk here that the defence investment plan, which the Government promised, will now be treated like a political football? The end result will be that defence supply chains i…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Murder of Henry Nowak
“I welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. We in this House need to be careful about our response to what is a sad loss of life of a young man who was going to a vibrant university in a fantastic and welcoming city, with the rest of his life…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Lord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response
“It was on the news!…”
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Debate
Points of Order
“On a point of order, Mr Speaker. How do I gain your advice on a point of order that is inadvertently misleading about what the Leader of the Opposition said? The Leader of the Opposition—…”
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Debate
Points of Order
“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have to admit that I am confused, which is not unusual. I seek your guidance. The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister said that documents have been published in the first tranche relating to th…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Lord Mandelson Humble Address: Government Response Update
“Last week, I asked the Prime Minister if he would publish his decision note on the box note given to him on 11 November from Simon Case. The Prime Minister said he could not remember the answer in that box note, and in the debate last week,…”
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Debate
Peter Mandelson: Government Appointment
“My right honourable Friend will remember that I asked the Prime Minister yesterday about the box note of 11 November 2024, in which Simon Case recommended that vetting be gone through before the appointment was made. The Prime Minister’s de…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Security Vetting
“In the box note to the Prime Minister dated 11 November 2024, the former Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case, advised the Prime Minister that before announcing a political appointee, he should get security clearance. The Prime Minister ignored th…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Housing, Communities and Local Government
“Thank you, Mr Speaker, and happy Easter. Family voting is just one example of unfair voting practices that seek to skew elections and exploit those isolated from wider British society. Another example of these divisive tactics was a disgrac…”
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Debate
Defence
“Like my honourable Friend, my constituency has a number of really important defence SMEs, and I make sure that I meet them. The delay behind the defence investment plan and the lack of action on the strategic defence review are filling them…”
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Debate
Points of Order
“Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Notwithstanding the rulings that you have made from the Chair, which I think are always perfect and completely right, we are now entering a new period in which a Prime Minister answers a question …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Social Cohesion Action Plan
“I thank the Secretary of State for giving me advance sight of his statement, although the Government leaked it on Friday and his Department briefed it to the press yesterday. Parliament should not learn the details of Government policy thro…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Grenfell Tower Annual Report
“I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement and join him in welcoming survivors from Grenfell who are with us today. The events that took place on 14 June 2017 were an avoidable national tragedy that should not have ro…”
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Debate
Online Harm: Child Protection
“The honourable Lady is right that we did table an Opposition day motion in Conservative time on this subject, but the difference between our motion and the Liberal Democrat motion is that ours contained proposals. This afternoon, she is ask…”
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Debate
LGBT+ History Month
“We’re going.…”
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Debate
Lord Mandelson
“The honourable Gentleman has just said that he thinks it is absolutely right that this House focuses on Peter Mandelson’s links with Jeffrey Epstein, and I welcome him for suddenly coming to that conclusion. Can I therefore ask him why the …”
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Questions
Oral questions: Defence
“Domo Tactical Communications in my constituency manufactures drones and communications equipment used around the world. It is having some problems engaging with the Ministry of Defence on sovereign capability, and the previous Minister of S…”
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Debate
Holocaust Memorial Day
“It is a genuine pleasure to speak as a shadow Housing, Communities and Local Government Minister in a debate where Members across the House have been frank, honest, open and emotional. Debates such as this, about our history and our future,…”
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Legislation
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
“I thank the Minister for giving way; every time he comes to the House, he is most courteous. He mentioned the example of the former Prime Minister, but the former Prime Minister stated very clearly that the negotiations had to result in a “…”
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Debate
Business Rates: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure
“The Minister is talking in numbers, but out there on the doorsteps and in the streets and high streets, I have met a café owner and a publican whose businesses are busier than ever—they are selling more drinks and more food—but whose top li…”
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Legislation
Finance (No. 2) Bill
“I am sure that, like me, my honourable Friend has been to quite a few pubs in his constituency. Many of my publicans are saying that because of the decisions the Government are making, they have a choice, which is to try to get more custome…”
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Legislation
Finance (No. 2) Bill
“My honourable Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that these tax rises are damaging to our middle earners? The number of people who are being dragged into taxation—essentially, a fiscal drag—will increase from 15% in 2010 to…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Housing, Communities and Local Government
“With a new year often come new year’s resolutions. Will the Secretary of State make a new year’s resolution to accept the truth that the Government will not meet their 1.5 million housing target, which he set out? Will he confirm that he st…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Local Government Reorganisation
“I thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. The question many will be asking out there today is: what does this Labour Government have against democracy? Only two days ago, when asked, the Secretary of State said that all local…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Electoral Resilience
“I thank the Secretary of State for giving me advance sight of his statement. Let me begin by saying that protecting the integrity of our democratic system from foreign interference is not a partisan issue. It goes to the heart of public tru…”
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Debate
Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
“As usual, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury is out here defending the Chancellor. I feel quite sorry for him. He has reeled off a number of policies that his Chancellor and his Government have made a choice about, but before the election,…”
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