Affiliation
House: Commons
Constituency: Torridge and Tavistock
Status: Current member
Backbencher (MP)
Affiliation
House: Commons
Constituency: Torridge and Tavistock
Status: Current member
Latest Activity
Sitting day: 2026-03-10
Activity total: 12
Contributions: 12
Votes recorded: 0
Current Offices
No current post data is attached to this profile.
Recent Votes
Recent recorded divisions
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
Commons - 2026-03-25T16:00:00+00:00
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:48:00+00:00
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:37:00+00:00
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:26:00+00:00
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:15:00+00:00
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
Commons - 2026-03-25T15:01:00+00:00
Opposition Day Motion: Defence
Commons - 2026-03-24T19:01:00+00:00
Opposition Day Motion: Oil and Gas
Commons - 2026-03-24T16:00:00+00:00
Recent Participation
Recent speeches in the feed
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:14No, I am not giving way. Let me make that clear now. I want to finish in a moment. The reality is that jury trial is too precious a thing to lose. We are faced with a question of…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:11I will not take interventions now, and certainly not if they are of the quality that we have had up till now. The reality is that jury trial is the cornerstone of our justice syst…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:09No, I am not giving way. I am mindful of time and I must complete what I have to say. This is a time when not just this House but the judiciary and the courts are under attack. Th…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:09Not just now. I say to the House, in all conscience, that jury trial is precious. Why? It is precious because it unites all parts of the political spectrum. It is precious because…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:04I will give way to the hon. Member for Colchester first.
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:03I will give way to the hon. Member for Colchester (Pam Cox) first, if she can give me just two seconds. I want to develop this theme, because it is very important to me. There are…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:02Not now—later. I will. I want to appeal to Labour Members. We are engaged in ideological strife. But in the Venn diagram that any society depends upon for the sustaining of suffic…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:02Not just now, but I will come back to the hon. Member. We in this House are engaged in ideological strife. Every day of our lives we are engaged in a political battle, and frankly…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:00I should declare an interest at the beginning. I am a member of the Bar—that is not uncommonly known—I still practise at the Bar, and I have the honour to be a criminal barrister…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10 · 15:00There has always been a summary jurisdiction—invariably never for offences of dishonesty, and invariably never for offences that might lead to the destruction of the reputation of…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10The other logical absurdity is that, under the Government’s proposed reforms, somebody with a previous conviction may well go above the three-year threshold, so those who have a s…
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2026-03-10I agree entirely with the hon. Gentleman. Postmasters, postmistresses, postmen—those whose honesty and integrity are integral to their employment and who, for a breach of trust, w…