Affiliation
House: Commons
Constituency: Gloucester
Status: Current member
Backbencher (MP)
Affiliation
House: Commons
Constituency: Gloucester
Status: Current member
Latest Activity
Sitting day: 2026-04-16
Activity total: 6
Contributions: 6
Votes recorded: 0
Current Offices
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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 (Sixth sitting)
2026-04-16 · 17:03The Minister has been really clear in her response. This morning, the shadow Minister was extolling some intellectually coherent arguments that the Conservative party has now disc…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)
2026-04-16 · 12:52As the shadow Minister has the backlog data to hand—I do not—would he mind sharing with the Committee the data for all the other regions and the overall backlog picture for the wh…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fourth sitting)
2026-04-14 · 18:55I have some experience in this, having changed my practice when I was a solicitor from being a banking lawyer to being an employment lawyer. It takes time to build up a level of e…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fourth sitting)
2026-04-14 · 17:16The hon. Member is giving a rather elongated speech this afternoon, which we are all enjoying. On the subject of the Criminal Bar Association, I seem to recall it rallying against…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fourth sitting)
2026-04-14 · 16:59As a former solicitor, I appreciate the hon. Member’s commitment to being paid at an hourly rate, given the speed of his contribution his afternoon. One of the points the Secretar…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fourth sitting)
2026-04-14 · 16:03I want to correct the record. This morning, I understood the Conservative party position to be that we are not allowed to call them victims at that point.
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Third sitting)
2026-04-14 · 11:10While we are on the subject of British values, is the Green party in Westminster’s position that criminals should go to jail? A Green party candidate in Scotland has said that the…
SEND Provision and Reform
2026-04-13 · 22:17For too long, parents and carers in Gloucester have had to fight a broken system that was not delivering the best chance in life for their children. This Government inherited a SE…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25 · 18:43Q We only have 30 seconds. Where would you draw the line? If someone says, “I’ve stolen a bottle of whisky to protest against Tesco,” would they be included in the cases you are t…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25 · 18:27Q In a case where somebody makes that appeal and says, “I was not advised and there was evidence that was not considered. I think there was a miscarriage of justice here,” are you…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25 · 18:26Q If that was the case for Andrew, why not? You are making the point that this would create unfairness, but you have just said that there is unfairness at the Court of Appeal stag…
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
2026-03-25 · 18:26Q Should we remove it at the Court of Appeal stage as well? Is that APPEAL’s position? Emma Torr: No, that is not APPEAL’s position.