Speeches in Parliament

I update the select committee covering my department on progress with the Government's plans for Business Rates Retention by local councils.

I respond for the Government in a debate called by Kate Hoey, MP for Vauxhall, about the pension treatment of one of her constituents, a former employee of the...

I conclude the debate on behalf of the Government on the 2018/19 funding settlement for local councils.

Making my debut as a Minister at the House of Commons despatch box, I respond on behalf of the Government to the many excellent and moving contributions from...

I respond in a Westminster Hall debate on the funding of local government on the Isle of Wight called by Bob Seely, the island's MP.

In Foreign Office Questions I draw the Foreign Secretary's attention to the plight of tigers in Laos. A year after the Laos Government said it would ban the...

Prime Minister Theresa May gives a very positive response to my question about the need for more appropriate changing rooms for the profoundly disabled.

In the debate about the Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill, I speak in support of the current review of parliamentary seats by the Boundary...

My contribution to the debate on the 2017 Budget welcoming the percentage reduction in the UK's debt. Finally, we can see through to the time when the country...