MP for Bury south
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Prime Minister: Engagements (25 May 2022)
Christian Wakeford: ...to increase to £2,800 in the autumn, more than double last year’s cap. I know the Prime Minister has been busy drafting and redrafting his half-arsed apologies rather than helping the people of Bury South, but at which work event—At which work event did he realise Labour’s call was the right thing to do; considering he and his party voted against it last week? Is it just to save his...
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (24 May 2022)
Claire Hanna: ...able to pursue prosecutions. Members have glibly referenced accusations not being proven in court, but it will not be possible to prove them in court if the Bill becomes law. Members also mentioned South Africa, but this is so far removed from what happened in South Africa, where victims provided impact statements and could be present, along with their lawyers who could cross-examine...
Debate on the Address: [1st day] (10 May 2022)
Paul Maynard: ...the Prime Minister in making decisions on who should be appointed to Government. I am sure that the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill), who is on the Front Bench, would pass with flying colours, but it is incumbent on the Government in a cost of living crisis, when our constituents are under such...
Debate on the Address: [1st day] (10 May 2022)
Paul Maynard: ...the Prime Minister in making decisions on who should be appointed to Government. I am sure that the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill), who is on the Front Bench, would pass with flying colours, but it is incumbent on the Government in a cost of living crisis, when our constituents are under such...
National Strategy for Self-Care (26 Apr 2022)
Edward Argar: ...are seeking to do in this area comes back to the refresh of the NHS long-term plan, which will have to happen in the context of what we have seen during the pandemic. The hon. Member for Bristol South highlighted the health inequalities White Paper, which will come forward in due course. There is a genuine opportunity to use that White Paper to draw a number of these elements together. I...
Football Governance (25 Apr 2022)
Jeff Smith: ...fan responses to a survey, and supported by an expert advisory panel from the world of football. As the Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the hon. Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp), rightly said when doing the media rounds this morning, “there has been huge input from fans up and down the country”. Eleven years after the Culture, Media and Sport...
Global Migration Challenge (19 Apr 2022)
Jonathan Gullis: ...bit, particularly in Scotland, and that the north Islington wokerati are more than welcome to come to Stoke-on-Trent and explain why they oppose it? Perhaps they should send the hon. Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) to explain why.
General Practice: Large Housing Developments — [Peter Dowd in the Chair] (29 Mar 2022)
Richard Fuller: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate my county colleague and hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous) on securing the debate. He will know that this is a particular issue for Bedfordshire. In my own constituency over the course of the last decade, the town of Biggleswade, the village of Stotfold and the newly parished area of...
Written Answers — Treasury: Members: Correspondence (28 Mar 2022)
Dan Carden: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton and hon. Member for Bury South of 24 February 2022.
National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Bill (24 Mar 2022)
Lucy Frazer: ...on universal credit. As a result of those changes, 1.7 million households will benefit from the taper rate change, which is £1,000 of additional income for them. The hon. Member for St Helens South and Whiston (Ms Rimmer) talked about the energy crisis. She will know the measures we have already put in, including the £9 billion of further support, with the £350 that people will get...
School Rebuilding Programme: [Mrs Maria Miller in the Chair] (22 Mar 2022)
Michelle Donelan: .... We will, of course, subsequently publish the full nomination at the end of the process, as well as the methodology for prioritisation, which was a point raised by the hon. Member for Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan). Two schools in County Durham have been selected for the new programme: Sugar Hill Primary School and Woodham Academy. Work is ongoing to complete the feasibility study on...
P&O Ferries and Employment Rights (21 Mar 2022)
Laura Farris: ..., the reason we do not want to legislate to ban fire and rehire is that we would end up with more dismissals from the decent employer who is under extreme financial stress. As the hon. Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) said during that debate, fire and rehire must be “an absolute last resort”, and Conservative Members have always agreed with that proposition. We feared that...
Irish Diaspora in Britain (17 Mar 2022)
Conor McGinn: ...in Britain. I use the term “Irish-born” specifically because, of course, many more people here have Irish parents and even more have Irish grandparents, as was mentioned by the hon. Members for Bury North (James Daly), for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes) and for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Steven Bonnar). As we heard from my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham and...
Support for Ukraine and Countering Threats from Russia (2 Mar 2022)
David Lammy: ...the strength of Ukraine’s army, but they will not break the spirit of the Ukrainian people, who have our full solidarity in these dark times, as was illustrated by my hon. Friend the Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) as he explained his Ukrainian heritage. The attack on Ukraine marks a new era, a tectonic shift that will have long-term consequences for our country and for...
Judicial Review and Courts Bill - Committee (2nd Day): Amendment 47 (24 Feb 2022)
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: ...me make two points right at the start. First, we have now heard about two colliery disasters. The Gresford disaster was something that my late grandfather used to talk about, although he was from south Wales and not north Wales. As a boy, and I have just been looking it up, one thing that stuck with me when he talked about it was the numbers: 266 people were killed in that disaster. Only...
Public Bill Committee: Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 - Reports of the Committee (10 Feb 2022)
Ruth Jones: ...the Members for Leeds North West, for North Tyneside, for Cambridge, for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard), for Bristol East, for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West), for Canterbury (Rosie Duffield), and for Denton and Reddish (Andrew Gwynne), and my hon. Friend the Labour Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford), among others listed on the amendment paper. The amendment...
Special Educational Needs and Children’s Mental Health Services — [Yvonne Fovargue in the Chair] (9 Feb 2022)
Laura Farris: ...spoke, they must not think that I am not grateful for what they said. I pay particular tribute to my hon. Friends the Members for Bracknell (James Sunderland), for Winchester (Steve Brine) and for Bury North (James Daly), all of whom have children with special educational needs. My hon. Friend for Bury North showed absolutely directly what the emotional effect on the family means and how...
Levelling Up - Statement (7 Feb 2022)
...scarring and stagnation elsewhere, and that must change. We need to tackle and reverse the inequality that is limiting so many horizons and that also harms our economy. The gap between much of the south-east and the rest of the country in productivity, in health outcomes, in wages, in school results and in job opportunities must be closed. This is not about slowing down London or the...
Glue Traps (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offences relating to glue traps in England (4 Feb 2022)
Ruth Jones: ...in support of this Bill on Third Reading. I should say that it is good to see the Minister in her place. I feel as if I have seen more this week of her, her fellow Minister the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill) and the hon. Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) than I have of my husband, my children and my cat. I suspect the same goes for the Minister, too. I congratulate...
Animals (Penalty Notices) Bill (4 Feb 2022)
Andrew Rosindell: ...for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman), who has served this place so well for so long. I thank all Members who have spoken in the debate, including my hon. Friends the Members for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson), for Wolverhampton North East (Jane Stevenson), for Stroud (Siobhan Baillie), for Stockton South (Matt Vickers), for South West Hertfordshire (Mr Mohindra), for...