LabourMP for Macclesfield
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker and I want to thank the member for Tunbridge Wells for calling this debate together with himself, the member for Spelthorne and the the Field Marshal, the Lord Richards. I was very proud to join them in creat…”
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. And can I also express my concern about the tone taken by the opposition front bench at the beginning of this year? Netanyahu could not have been clearer of his point of view that there should not be a Pales…”
“I congratulate the Minister on all the hard work she has done to bring this Bill forward—she should be incredibly proud of herself. It is particularly timely in the month of Pride. In 2026, we still have people who are questioning the need …”
“Will the Leader of the House join me in welcoming the GMB union’s campaign to protect the 130 low-paid Churchill Cleaning staff in this place from redundancy? Does he agree that Parliament must remain clean for all, and that the Government’…”
“As the Minister will know, the proposed route runs through Macclesfield, so I have a number of constituents and communities who are concerned about it. They have questions that we should accept in good faith—questions about the route, about…”
“My honourable Friend is making a powerful speech on behalf of his constituents, and he has mentioned dentistry challenges in his area. Like other Members, he has talked about the contract, which currently rewards activity rather than preven…”
“It is a privilege to follow such excellent contributions to this debate, particularly those from the honourable Member for Guildford (Zöe Franklin) and my honourable Friend the Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen), who I thought gave an abso…”
“I am really grateful to my honourable Friend the Member for Birmingham Northfield (Laurence Turner) for securing this important Adjournment debate. I was very excited a few weeks ago when he told me that he had secured it. He has spoken rea…”
“The Minister is being incredibly generous with his time. As an aside, I think many honourable Members in this place—those on the Conservative Benches at least—would like to go back to the 19th century. It is clear that officials have done a…”
“I have spoken in this Chamber at some length about defence and the urgency of rearmament, and I was proud to join the honourable Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin) and Field Marshal Lord Richards in creating the all-party parliamentar…”
“The appointment of Mandelson was a profoundly flawed process; it was also a profoundly flawed choice—it was the wrong choice. I think of the victims of Epstein; I also think of Alistair Darling, who was a fine, committed public servant, and…”
“The Minister will have recognised the strength of feeling on both sides of the House about wanting to see the defence investment plan published as soon as possible, and I hope Treasury Ministers will share that understanding. I believe that…”
“The Minister is making an important point. The economics of higher education are actually quite complicated; there is a great deal of cross-subsidy, with the humanities and the arts effectively supporting science, medicine and engineering c…”
“I put on record that I chair the all-party parliamentary group on Spain. I congratulate the Government on this significant agreement. Can the Minister confirm that it provides additional safeguards to Gibraltar’s sovereignty, while creating…”
“Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating Dan Blackman and in thanking all others at the Silklife church food bank, along with the other food banks and community groups across Macclesfield, including Cre8 and the CORE pantry, f…”
“I feel I should put on record at the beginning that I am not the Government’s trade envoy to Mauritius—[Honourable Members: “Yet!”] Hansard can record a diplomatic silence at this point. This debate ultimately turns on whether we understand…”
“In Macclesfield, one topic has dominated conversation for several months: the proposed new town at Adlington. It has been talked about on every street corner, in every coffee shop and at every parish meeting. Well, almost—for one glorious w…”
“Disley in my constituency saw its post office close in July last year in slightly dubious circumstances. The honourable Member for Chester South and Eddisbury (Aphra Brandreth) made the powerful case that post offices are really important i…”
“I thank the right honourable Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing this debate and for being a doughty champion for British citizens unfairly imprisoned abroad. Colleagues have already made clear that …”
“I begin by offering my deepest sympathy to the family of Ethan McLeod, who died tragically in a car accident yesterday. He was a brilliant footballer and an inspiration to young people across Macclesfield. I am proud to present to the House…”
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“I add my commendation to the honourable Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) for securing this important debate. Hearing the right honourable Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) speak reminded …”
“Ryan Cornelius, a British citizen, has been unfairly incarcerated in Dubai for the past 17 years. His son was six when he went to prison; he is now 23 years old. Some 150 parliamentarians from both Houses wrote to the Dubai authorities aski…”
“It has been a long afternoon, but I should say from the start that I genuinely believe that the motivation of all of us is the national interest of the United Kingdom. Whatever differences of opinion there might be, I think it is important …”
“Thank God.…”
“Q10. I com-mend the Prime Minister on his work to tackle the arbitrary detention of British citizens abroad and warmly welcome the creation of a special envoy. He will know of the anguish of the families of Jimmy Lai, Ryan Cornelius, Alaa A…”
“The Minister has just set out the scrutiny that this matter has received in various places, but I was really taken by the number of questions that he said he had received from the shadow Foreign Secretary on this subject. Can he tell me how…”
“I pay tribute to the honourable Member for Yeovil (Adam Dance) for sharing that traumatic experience with us, and to the bravery that it must have taken. I also pay tribute to teachers in my constituency. I met secondary heads just before C…”
“It is a privilege to speak in this debate. I rise with personal pride as Macclesfield’s first openly gay Member of Parliament, and with real pride at how far Macclesfield and the country have come over the years. I grew up in the Macclesfie…”
“I congratulate my right honourable Friend. With over 5,000 Macclesfield jobs dependent on AstraZeneca, I welcome the health data research centre, the slashing of trial times and the focus on life sciences. Will he set out how he is supporti…”
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