May 2026

The Anti-Slavery Commissioner recently called out the targeted online grooming of young men by county lines gangs. That is far from being an isolated case of such targeting. Young men growing up in Britain today are all too often targeted by those in the worst corners of the internet—from those in the manosphere to predatory gambling companies to get-rich-quick schemes. However, while Ofcom rightly has guidance for platforms about how to better protect women and girls from the specific harms tha

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

Parliamentary appearance by Anneliese Dodds

Parliamentary appearance by Greg Smith

Parliamentary appearance by David Davis

Parliamentary appearance by Sarah Coombes

Parliamentary appearance by Dr Kieran Mullan

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

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

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

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

For too many people, the promise that hard work would help them get on in life is broken. The promise that each generation would do better than the last is broken. The expectation that big corporations would be made to play by the rules and pay fair taxes like the rest of us is broken. It is hardly surprising that so many people feel that the whole system is broken and that nothing works, and that they are now demanding action to fix it. The King’s Speech was another chance for this Government t

Flashing back to the 1980s, would the right hon. Member like to remind us when the Conservatives last balanced a budget?

We all agree that we urgently need to get the economy growing again. However, the Bills in the King’s Speech do not represent the big, bold economic change that the country needs. I will talk today about just two things that would create economic growth: trade, and balancing tax and spending through our fiscal framework. On trade, our country prospers when fair markets for goods, services, capital and labour operate effectively. Trade makes this country great. Raising barriers to trade makes it

Parliamentary appearance by Josh MacAlister

I welcome the measures set out in the King’s Speech, and the wider Government programme to back British businesses. In the face of ever more disabling global headwinds, it is crucial to have a Government who accept an interventionist role, whether through renationalising British Steel, setting up Great British Energy, tougher regulation of the water companies, competition reform or tackling late payments. There is acknowledgement that an engaged state is needed, and that leaving things to the ma

The King’s Speech set out this Government’s commitment to remove the barriers holding back Britain and to break through the failed status quo. Nowhere is that more urgently needed than in life sciences and medical innovation. Britain cannot become a world leader in life sciences while patients and researchers are trapped inside systems that move too slowly. This matters because behind every delayed trial and every missed opportunity are families running out of time. This country is uniquely plac

Parliamentary appearance by George Freeman

Parliamentary appearance by Sir Julian Lewis

Parliamentary appearance by Liz Twist