Affiliation
House: Commons
Constituency: Tynemouth
Status: Current member
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Affiliation
House: Commons
Constituency: Tynemouth
Status: Current member
Latest Activity
Sitting day: 2026-04-16
Activity total: 33
Contributions: 33
Votes recorded: 0
Current Offices
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Parliamentary post
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Government post
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
Modernisation Committee Report: Access to the House of Commons
2026-04-16 · 15:34I certainly support people having their say and being informed by debates. I will give it some thought; I am not rejecting it out of hand. But there will be a moment and there wil…
Modernisation Committee Report: Access to the House of Commons
2026-04-16 · 15:25I thank all Members for their contributions to today’s debate. I hope to take a little bit of time responding to them, because although this has been a relatively short debate, it…
Modernisation Committee Report: Access to the House of Commons
2026-04-16 · 14:26I beg to move, That this House has considered the First Report of the Modernisation Committee, Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures, HC 755, and the House Administrat…
Business of the House
2026-04-16 · 12:48My hon. Friend is a tireless advocate for his constituents on a range of issues, and I join him in commending the work of those who have campaigned on this important issue. I unde…
Business of the House
2026-04-16 · 12:47As my hon. Friend says, the Home Office is consulting on people’s views of changes more widely. I can reassure her that no decision has been made and that children’s welfare and s…
Business of the House
2026-04-16 · 12:46My hon. Friend is absolutely right to recognise the vital contribution of British Sikhs in our communities, which has been raised regularly in these sessions. They are such an imp…
Business of the House
2026-04-16 · 12:39My hon. Friend raises a very concerning matter. We stand for unity, not division. Racism or any other form of discrimination has absolutely no place in our society. There is a rea…
Business of the House
2026-04-16 · 12:39I understand the hon. Gentleman’s frustration if there are railways stations and a railway service that some people are unable to access. The Government have announced an investme…
Business of the House
2026-04-16 · 12:39I am genuinely very sorry to hear of the constituency case the hon. Gentleman raises. If he will let me have details—I know it has been resolved to some extent—I will make the Min…
Business of the House
2026-04-16 · 12:39My hon. Friend is right to highlight the action taken by the Government to ensure that councils have the necessary resources to tackle potholes, so it is inexplicable that the per…
Business of the House
2026-04-16 · 12:35I do not know where we are with the appointments, but I will certainly take that up with a Minister and find out, and I will let the hon. Gentleman know.
Business of the House
2026-04-16 · 12:35My hon. Friend is absolutely right to champion community-based organisations, not least those in the fine town of Consett, of which I am a son and very grateful for that. Social e…