May 2026

On roads, the precedent was clearly set by East West Rail, which fully resurfaced 21 roads that its heavy goods vehicles had trashed. Does my hon. Friend agree that HS2 should follow that precedent and fix that which they have broken in our communities?

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is patently absurd that the Secretary of State casually said at the Dispatch Box earlier that the overall bill for phase 1 will breach £100 billion—I predicted that years ago—yet even though the taxpayer will keep bailing out phase 1, there is no money to fund the mitigation projects that were actually promised to our communities, such as fixing our roads. It seems that the taxpayer will bail out everything else, but not the community impact.

As ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. In what has been a week of chaos, psychodrama and endless plotting, it must be a welcome break for the Minister to debate legislation that, as the explanatory memorandum sets out, results in “no changes to this policy and the regulatory regime associated with port State control is retained.” As I understand it, the draft regulations do not implement any new obligations, and it is therefore expected that there will be no dir

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

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes), who made a characteristically interesting speech. I agree very much on the need to improve our investment in productivity and skills. I will start by making a very brief tribute to Suzannah Reeves, Joanna Midgley, John Hacking and Angela Gartside, four councillors in my constituency who lost their seats in the elections last week, not because they were not excellent councillors—every single one

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

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

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

This is a deeply unhappy and unacceptable situation. It is completely unacceptable, after writing and raising questions informally with officials and the Minister himself, for the Chair and members of the ISC to have to come to this House to pose an urgent question. Will the Minister confirm that if there are any changes to permissions, he will come to this House and seek approval from the House for those changes?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parliamentary appearance by Ann Davies

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and I thank the Energy Secretary for making another clear case for the energy transition. I welcome the energy independence Bill, which will be one of the most significant and pragmatic pieces of legislation that we seek to work on in this Parliament and is directly entwined with our national security. Energy independence sets us free from the energy cost chaos caused by Putin’s erratic warmongering and is another step that enables us to stand in strong

Will the shadow Minister give way?

Parliamentary appearance by Ann Davies