May 2026

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

T9. The latest Women’s Aid annual audit highlights that nearly 80% of domestic abuse survivors now face devastating tech-facilitated abuse and online stalking. How will the Ministry of Justice collaborate across Government to ensure that our courts and prosecutors are fully equipped to tackle digital violence?

I thank my hon. Friend for his continued leadership as co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for the survivors of Fayed and Harrods. I was in contact with Baroness Harman yesterday and will raise the possibility of her joining the Prime Minister’s meeting with victims and survivors. I too would be humbled to meet those for whom my hon. Friend has advocated so powerfully both in and outside this Chamber.

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

I thank the Minister for delivering this really important update in the House, rather than at party conference as the previous Tory Prime Minister did. What has really struck me about this statement is that the cost of HS2 is now measured in the hundreds of billions, but what we are spending on active travel is measured in the hundreds of millions. I think the Government previously committed only £600 million until 2030 on active travel. Projects such as the Thame to Haddenham greenway would del

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

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

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

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

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

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

For more and more UK households and businesses, the monthly energy bill is one of their largest bills, and it is increasing. That is largely due to rising international oil and gas prices, which in turn have been exacerbated by the recent war in Iran. It is for exactly that reason that for too long we have been energy insecure. Energy security is needed to give us cost of living security. If we get this right, we can cut bills, cut emissions and cut our dependence on volatile foreign oil and gas

Interestingly, the hon. Lady has come up with no justification for continuing to be in hock to the international oil and gas markets, so my argument that that is not a good idea has been reinforced by her intervention. I want us to be energy independent and, eventually, energy dominant, exporting our energy around the world, generating more revenue for the Treasury, creating more jobs here at home and helping to fix our current account deficit. The new energy security Bill rightly seeks to hardw

I agree with the right hon. Member that hydrogen is an important part of where we need to go, but we need to fix the fundamentals, which were not fixed during the 14 years before Labour was elected, and we need to get on with that. New nuclear creates jobs. In my constituency we have two old nuclear power stations at Dungeness that are currently being decommissioned. Dungeness is a brilliant candidate for new nuclear technologies, with an existing grid connection, land available, population cent

2. What steps he is taking to help reduce levels of reoffending.

Reach Out and Recover Kent, a brilliant organisation that I met in Folkestone over the weekend, helps people, including ex-offenders, to recover and stay away from addiction so they can gain skills and work to reintegrate into society. However, Ministry of Justice figures show that at the six-month post-release point, the reoffending rate is twice as high for unemployed adults as for those in employment. What are the Government doing to ensure that more ex-offenders in my constituency get tailor

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

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

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

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