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Cost of Living: Private rented sector — [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair] (18 Jul 2023)

Andrew Western: ...are unable to afford to move and terrified to challenge their landlords on the need for repair. I want to spend rather longer, though, on the comments of the hon. Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope). He is absolutely right to state that we need additional supply in the housing market. He seemed to suggest that I had not referenced that when I set out the need to scrap the Town...

Liaison Committee (17 Jul 2023)

Bernard Jenkin: I am most grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope), who is talking about the context of the inquiry. How can we conduct the inquiry in a vacuum, without reference to what happens in other countries, what other Parliaments are doing to scrutinise long-term strategic thinking, and what other Governments are doing in...

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Laura Farris: ...depend on Ministers being truthful in what they say at the Dispatch Box. I was asked to become a member of the Committee in or around April 2022 by my right hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth (Christopher Pincher), who was then Deputy Chief Whip. I had expressed no interest in joining the Committee, and I do not say that to be critical —it is just a fact. It is not something I had...

New Housing: Swift Bricks — [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair] (10 Jul 2023)

Kerry McCarthy: ...to consider whether swift bricks are an efficient way for them to meet their biodiversity targets. Three years ago, I wrote to the then Minister for Housing — the right hon. Member for Tamworth (Christopher Pincher)—calling for the building regulations to be revised to make swift bricks compulsory in all new homes. I received a disappointing reply then, and the Government’s response...

Business of the House ( 6 Jul 2023)

Thangam Debbonaire: I thank the Leader of the House for the forthcoming business. I would like to address the Standards Committee report published this morning on the right hon. Member for Tamworth (Christopher Pincher). I am shocked and saddened at its findings and my thoughts—and, I hope, the thoughts of the whole House—are with the victims. As well as addressing the impact on them of the Member’s...

Proxy Voting (28 Jun 2023)

Christopher Chope: ...want more rigour written into the Standing Order than I think there is in the current version. That is why it is important that the amendment is made only for the duration of this Parliament. I hope that, during the rest of this Parliament, there will be an attempt on both sides of the House to see whether we can introduce some rigour and consistency into the way in which people with...

Population Growth: Impact of Immigration (27 Jun 2023)

Christopher Chope: .... There is a lot to be done, and I do not know whether my right hon. Friend the Minister, in responding to this debate, will be able to promise that we will introduce a population policy. I hope he will.

Members of Parliament: Risk-based Exclusion (12 Jun 2023)

Penny Mordaunt: ...which the Commission needs to consider comments made today is with regard to the bar for when the process is triggered. Several Members, including my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope), have spoken about charge versus any other part of the criminal process. I say to all Members who have those concerns that I was of that school of thought. I was an advocate for...

Net Zero: 2050 Target ( 6 Jun 2023)

Graham Stuart: It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher, and to listen to this excellent and important debate. I begin by congratulating my right hon. Friend the Member for Spelthorne (Kwasi Kwarteng) on securing it. Of course, I come to this debate with some trepidation, as I am facing someone who did my job previously and then, unlike me—yet, anyway—went on to be...

Immigration Rules: Offshore Workers ( 6 Jun 2023)

Chris Philp: It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I add my congratulations to the hon. Member for East Lothian (Kenny MacAskill) on successfully securing this afternoon’s debate. I shall start by saying that I appear in place of the Minister for Immigration, my right hon. Friend the Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick), who, unfortunately, cannot be here this...

Children's Access to Books — [Sir Christopher Chope in the Chair] ( 6 Jun 2023)

Priti Patel: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I am really thrilled to be here for what is such an important debate—it is also a really lovely debate in its tone and content—for obvious reasons. Children are our future, and we have to think about how we put them on the right trajectory in their journey in life. Reading is crucial to that. I commend my hon. Friend...

Backbench Business: Plastic Pollution in the Ocean — [Sir Christopher Chope in the Chair] (18 May 2023)

John McNally: It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) on securing this much-needed debate, as well as Members who have made valuable points on how the world uses plastic. Plastic has been one of the world’s most valuable inventions. It is durable and flexible and has myriad uses. It has reduced product...

Reforms to NHS Dentistry (27 Apr 2023)

Steve Brine: ...to be achieved. The Minister reminded us this week that the Government are in the final throes of drawing up their workforce plan, which I understand will include dentistry. That is good. I hope that that plan will be published in the not-too-distant future—maybe once we get past a certain electoral event next Thursday. I also want to touch on overseas recruitment. According to the...

Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response: International Agreement — [Mr Virendra Sharma in the Chair] (17 Apr 2023)

Anne-Marie Trevelyan: ..., the UK agreed to establish an intergovernmental body to draft and negotiate the new pandemic instrument, with a target date of May 2024. To answer my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope), that is being negotiated with a view to adoption under article 19 of the WHO constitution, but without prejudice to considering adoption under article 21 as negotiations...

25 Years of Devolution in Wales — [Sir Christopher Chope in the Chair] (28 Mar 2023)

Rob Roberts: I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of 25 years of devolution in Wales. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Sir Christopher. Before I address the motion, may I speak on behalf of the House for the first time, and likely for the last time, in sending our condolences to the Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, on the recent sudden passing of his...

Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (24 Mar 2023)

Maria Caulfield: I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) for securing this important debate. I met him earlier to listen to many of his concerns on the issue. We know that, unfortunately, there have been some rare instances in which individuals have suffered possible harm following a covid-19 vaccination. Of course, my sympathy goes out to them and their families. The...

Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill: Clause 3 - Extent, commencement and short title (24 Mar 2023)

Stella Creasy: ...buses at a certain time of night, and are made to feel frightened and to be wary in a way that young men are not. I want to address head-on the point made by the hon. Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) because I agree with him that we have to stand up for our young men. We have to stand up for the bulk of young men who know when they see that and who realise what is happening...

Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill: New Clause 1 - Guidance (24 Mar 2023)

Christopher Chope: ...is all right with my hon. Friend. This brings me to the conclusion of my remarks. I will not say what my intentions are in relation to these amendments until I have heard from the Minister, which I hope, Madam Deputy Speaker, you will think is a reasonable approach to take.

Written Ministerial Statements — Department for Business and Trade: Post Office: Compensation for Horizon Scandal (23 Mar 2023)

Kevin Hollinrake: ...published a tariff (agreed with claimants’ lawyers) for reasonable legal fees and a registration form. In December we announced an independent Advisory Board on the scheme chaired by Professor Christopher Hodges and includes Lord Arbuthnot, Professor Richard Moorhead and the Rt Hon Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones MP), all of whom have long been distinguished campaigners for...

Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill: Clause 2 - Animals to which the import prohibition relates (17 Mar 2023)

Mark Francois: ...for more than 20 years in Parliament, although he was elected far earlier than me, on 9 June 1983—coincidently, as I understand, the same day as my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope). I must confess that I am not an expert on the subject, but I know that my late friend desperately wanted such legislation to pass, so I hope that the House will understand my...


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