Speeches in Parliament

Urging the Government to make apprenticeships easier to find and apply for.

I outline the importance of the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure our servicemen and women receive fair treatment when they leave the service of Queen and Country

In Business Questions I highlight the plight of auction marts at Hawes, Leyburn and Northallerton facing steep rises in rates

In a Commons chamber debate about Brexit and the rural economy I outline some of the opportunities for the food industry and farmers after we leave the EU.

In a Westminster Hall debate about the Henriques Report into Operation Midland I outlined the appalling treatment meted out to one of my predecessors, Lord Leon...

At Business Questions, I urge the minister to consider my idea of creating free ports around the UK to boost manufacturing and international trade.

Welcoming the Casey Report into opportunity and integration among our minority communities, I stressed how important it is that Britain's new communities...

In a Westminster Hall debate about a proposed ban on driven grouse shooting, I spoke in defence of the industry and the contribution it makes to the rural...

In the Commons I raised the issue of my constituent Nicholas Simpson, of Catterick Garrison, one of the "Chennai Six" currently jailed in India having been...