May 2026

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

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support for our overall approach. I am reassured that we have the capability and capacity that is needed in the executive leadership of HS2. That was not the case previously. A new financial director and new commercial director are in place, and I am reassured that the six new appointments to the HS2 board, which the new chair has led over the past year, have the right skills. On the expert panel, I assure the hon. Gentleman that there are the multiple

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

Parliamentary appearance by Mrs Elsie Blundell

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

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

While I welcome the steps the Department has already taken to prevent perpetrators of domestic abuse from using the family courts to continue coercive control, will the Minister look to ensure that legal aid is accessible to victims in pathfinder courts, particularly at decision hearings, given the worrying reports that it has become nearly impossible to access it in practice, so that perpetrators cannot exploit this process and continue their campaigns of harassment?

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

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

My hon. Friend has been a great advocate for his constituents, and I totally agree that the focus now, as it should have been all along, is on delivering more seats, and more trains that run on time. We will conduct a further feasibility study on connectivity north of Birmingham. That will consider all options and the impact of each option on economic growth, housing, capacity on the rail network, journey times and resilience, as well as looking at how we might design, consent and fund any futur

I appreciate that the hon. Gentleman’s Buckinghamshire constituents will have experienced considerable disruption to their lives as a result of this construction project, and I know that those who live nearest to infrastructure schemes tend to take more of the pain before the gain from the new service is delivered. I will look into the matter of the noise impacts of a lower-speed railway. My instinct is that the noise is likely to be less, but if what I learn is any different from that, I will w

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

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

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

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

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

Parliamentary appearance by Phil Brickell

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

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

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