May 2026

Joe Powell voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Warinder Juss voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Parliamentary appearance by Mr David Lammy

I welcome the announcement of a new energy security Bill in the King’s Speech, which will meet our manifesto commitment not to issue licences to explore new oil and gas fields. Crucially, it will also deliver on our commitment to ban fracking. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves injecting fluid at high pressure to fracture rock and extract hydrocarbons. In 2019, a moratorium on fracking was introduced following earthquakes linked to fracking activity at Preston New Road in Lancashire. Cu

My Chesterfield constituents at one time hoped that they might be beneficiaries of HS2. That feels like many years ago. I share the Secretary of State’s fury about the incompetence that has got us to this stage. We would not have supported a programme like this, had we known that the line would go only to Birmingham. The line should be going to Manchester and Leeds, at the very least; any serious country that had high-speed rail would agree. I am glad that the Secretary of State has laid out how

The shadow Secretary of State did not take my second intervention when I attempted to get an answer from her. We know that Conservative Members propose to get rid of the energy profits levy, costing the Government about £12 billion, and they want to get rid of VAT, costing about £5 billion or £6 billion. We know they have a plan for oil or gas that might be here in four or 10 years, although it is owned by somebody else, and they believe they will use that collection of policies to reduce people

His Majesty’s Gracious Speech set out a legislative programme for the Government, including plans to build our national security, our economic security and our energy security. I welcome this agenda, which is consistent with the manifesto on which my hon. Friends and I were elected. I urge all members of the Government to exhibit a relentless urgency, and a focus on delivery of that programme, to ensure that the ambition is matched by its impact. We were elected in 2024 on a mandate for change—f

Lorraine Beavers voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Gareth Davies voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

What assessment has the Minister made of the report concerning communication between the former Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron, and the International Criminal Court prosecutor, Karim Khan, regarding the court investigation into war crimes in Gaza? What steps is he taking to uphold the independence of the international judicial institutions that we set up?

Laurence Turner voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Andrew Pakes voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

1. What steps he is taking to reform the family courts.

I am grateful for that response. My constituent Olivia is an extraordinary survivor of sustained coercive control involving psychological, physical and financial abuse—a set of abuses that continued even after her separation from her partner, because of child contact arrangements, which left her in persistent fear for both her safety and that of her child. What steps are the Secretary of State and his Front Bench team taking to strengthen safeguarding in the family courts and to protect domestic

Parliamentary appearance by Mr David Lammy

Al Carns voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Michael Wheeler voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Parliamentary appearance by Dave Robertson

Andrew Western voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Karl Turner voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)