All 4 results for defence speaker:Huw Merriman

HS2: Revised Timetable and Budget (14 Mar 2023)

Huw Merriman: ...pandemic, and therefore the impact on the amount of borrowing. Over £100 billion is required each year, or it was last year, to service the overdraft, which is greater than the amount we spend on defence. It would be entirely irresponsible for any Government to look at all of its portfolio without those figures in mind. However, I am very proud of what we are doing on delivering HS2. The...

Women’s Rights to Reproductive Healthcare: United States (28 Jun 2022)

Huw Merriman: ...past seven years that I have been in Parliament, I have joined with many across the House to ensure that a woman’s right to choose is not just protected but stands alone as a right rather than a defence to a criminal conviction. I agree with the Minister that this House stopped scrutinising the United States of America back in 1776, and to those who are trying to give oxygen to this...

Lobbying of Government Committee (14 Apr 2021)

Huw Merriman: ...was direct, loyal and non-partisan, and here we are today talking about election leaflets and playing party politics. Of course, there is a serious point behind this, and I want to make a point in defence of the Select Committee process. I am very fortunate to be Chair of a Select Committee, and I note, as I sit alongside the Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs...

Defending Public Services (23 May 2016)

Huw Merriman: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) in this debate on the Queen’s Speech. In the time afforded to me, I want to focus on the defence of three key public services—the NHS, schools and the BBC. On the first, 28% of my constituents in Bexhill and Battle are over the age of 65, versus a national average of 17%. There are forecasts that the...


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