Vector search: register of interests declarations
Last run date: 2025-03-17
2025-03-14
Charlie Maynard (26544)
match score: 0.81
I should state my personal interest
Scott Arthur (26591)
match score: 0.74
There is fantastic expertise in our universities across the UK; as I say that, I have to refer hon Members to my registered interests because of my connections with the university sector
Mike Wood (25362)
match score: 0.72
At this point, Madam Deputy Speaker, I ought to declare an interest
Josh Fenton-Glynn (26545)
match score: 0.68
The case of the hon Member’s constituent is a really interesting one, although I do not know the full details
Christopher Chope (10103)
match score: 0.67
I am more interested, actually, in looking at the number of people in the civil service
Stephen Morgan (25658)
match score: 0.66
Further to that, my Department is aware of a range of measures that are being implemented by local authorities to boost the take-up of free lunches. We welcome locally led approaches and I am personally keen to learn from them. By working directly with their communities, local authorities can overcome the barriers to registering and take action to ensure that families have access to the support for which they are eligible, subject to those activities meeting legal requirements, including those on data protection.
2025-03-13
Kevin McKenna (26529)
match score: 0.94
I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Mike Wood (25362)
match score: 0.88
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Rebecca Smith (26512)
match score: 0.88
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Jim Shannon (13864)
match score: 0.81
I declare an interest as a member of the Ulster Farmers Union
Stephen Morgan (25658)
match score: 0.75
A number of Members are interested in the role of councils in this important issue
Alistair Carmichael (10785)
match score: 0.74
However, I have spoken about those issues before, so those who are interested in my views can refer to my previous contributions
Martin Rhodes (26575)
match score: 0.73
First, I declare an interest as chair of the all-party group for Fairtrade
Alistair Carmichael (10785)
match score: 0.73
First, I remind the House of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and place on record my appreciation for the Backbench Business Committee in allowing us this time in the Chamber
Gareth Thomas (10594)
match score: 0.72
I looked with interest at his website recently, which has a “My plan” section
John Milne (26624)
match score: 0.72
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In my speech, I referred to West Sussex county council but neglected to mention that, as declared in my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, I am still a member of that council. I want to put that on the record—my apologies.
Jamie Stone (25668)
match score: 0.72
I declare an interest because my brother is a cheesemaker
Dr Caroline Johnson (25597)
match score: 0.72
I declare an interest as the wife of a farmer and agricultural contractor
Justin Madders (25378)
match score: 0.68
The Government are committed to simplifying the process and law around trade union recognition so that working people have a more meaningful right to organise through trade unions—of course, I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests in this respect
Stephen Morgan (25658)
match score: 0.68
I recognise that there is interest across the House in a number of different forms of support, such as counselling provision, as we have heard this afternoon
Gareth Thomas (10594)
match score: 0.68
I recognise that there is considerable interest in that question from the hospitality industry, so I am happy to meet to hear, in a bit more detail, the particular concerns expressed to him
Alistair Carmichael (10785)
match score: 0.66
I can think of no better definition of what is meant by “national interest”
Dr Caroline Johnson (25597)
match score: 0.65
I should also declare an interest: I am a consultant paediatrician and have worked throughout my career with children usually at the point of severe crisis when they have been admitted through A&E to hospital following episodes of deliberate self-harm, such as cutting themselves or taking overdoses, and I have clearly seen the heartbreak for families as they have struggled to understand what they can do to best help their young person get better
Wera Hobhouse (25648)
match score: 0.65
I declare an interest as the vice-chair of the newly formed all-party parliamentary group on emergency care
2025-03-12
James Frith (25622)
match score: 0.93
I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests—
Matt Rodda (25691)
match score: 0.88
I refer colleagues to my entry on the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
John Martin McDonnell (10383)
match score: 0.88
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Katrina Murray (26494)
match score: 0.88
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Becky Gittins (26568)
match score: 0.87
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my proud trade union membership
Zarah Sultana (25909)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Laurence Turner (26517)
match score: 0.85
Much has been heard about registers of interests
Gregor Poynton (26428)
match score: 0.85
I draw the House’s attention to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Saqib Bhatti (25847)
match score: 0.85
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, not least because I worked in a small family business and retain an interest in the family business
Baggy Shanker (26489)
match score: 0.84
I, too, refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Sonia Kumar (26590)
match score: 0.82
I draw attention to my entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which include my membership of GMB, Unison and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Sarah Russell (26571)
match score: 0.82
I draw attention to my entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests: I am a member of Community and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
Nusrat Ghani (25354)
match score: 0.81
It is the responsibility of individual Members to ensure that they declare their interests properly
Sarah Russell (26571)
match score: 0.8
I should first mention that I am a member of the Community union and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, and I refer everyone to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Jayne Kirkham (26525)
match score: 0.8
I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and declare my Unison membership, although I am also an ex-solicitor
Steve Yemm (26469)
match score: 0.79
I must also draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my membership of both the GMB and Unite trade unions
Marie Tidball (26390)
match score: 0.79
I would like to correct the record and make a declaration of interests
Jerome Mayhew (25904)
match score: 0.78
In addition to a general reference to their entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, in this instance, where there is a direct link, should they not also set out the actual amount of money they have received?
Jo White (26358)
match score: 0.78
I refer Members to my declaration of interests, which clearly states my positive relationship with the trade union movement
Justin Madders (25378)
match score: 0.78
I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and declare my membership and financial interests in trade unions, as I have done throughout the passage of the Bill
Nusrat Ghani (25354)
match score: 0.77
I thank the hon. Member for advance notice of her point of order. I know that she has been diligent in seeking advice on how and when to declare an interest. That is now on the record.
Allison Gardner (26621)
match score: 0.77
I declare that I am a proud member of Unison, and I refer the House to my entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Greg Smith (25925)
match score: 0.77
For the avoidance of all doubt and in all transparency, I declare all my entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests for all to look at. They are all there for anybody to see.
Johanna Baxter (26375)
match score: 0.76
I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and to my proud trade union membership—I am a member of the Communication Workers Union and the GMB
Angela Rayner (25429)
match score: 0.76
I refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and declare that I am a lifelong proud trade unionist.
Andy McDonald (25169)
match score: 0.75
I proudly refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a member of Unite the union
Greg Smith (25925)
match score: 0.75
I am happy for the hon Gentleman to look at all my declarations in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Gareth Snell (25601)
match score: 0.73
I am happy to declare my interest as a member of three trade unions, but I got less from them than the shadow Minister got from a small business—I think his declaration is £12,500. Does he feel the need to declare that, given that he is now making a case against legislation that would impact that company?
Liam Byrne (11360)
match score: 0.73
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will start with my declaration of interests, as a former member of the Confederation of British Industry and a current member of the trade union Unison.
Jerome Mayhew (25904)
match score: 0.71
Here we have it: a clause of direct financial interest to Labour Members
Ian Lavery (24963)
match score: 0.7
I begin by declaring my interest as a proud trade union member—a member of the National Union of Mineworkers and Unite the union, and an honorary member of the Prison Officers Association—and as the chair of the trade union group of Labour MPs.
Gareth Snell (25601)
match score: 0.7
We can find out, Madam Deputy Speaker; I believe it is. Can you advise whether Conservative Members who received money from businesses affected by this legislation should make a declaration in the same way that we trade unionists do?
Laurence Turner (26517)
match score: 0.69
As has been said already in this debate, trade union donations have been declared, but donations from employers who have a direct private interest in particular sectors that we have debated in this place have not been declared. If any of the hon. Member’s colleagues have not drawn attention to such an interest, will he encourage them to do so? Does he agree with us on the Labour Benches that they were wrong not to make such a declaration?
Chris Law (25270)
match score: 0.69
I listened to the hon. Member with interest, but I suggest that she has that debate in the Scottish Parliament. After all, we are talking about the devolution of powers here in the UK Parliament.
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match score: 0.68
(b) for “the ballot concerned is arranged” substitute “the declaration is issued”
Antonia Bance (26342)
match score: 0.68
I proudly draw attention to my membership of the Unite union and my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and I thank my friends at the GMB and ASLEF for their support of my election campaign
Douglas McAllister (26334)
match score: 0.68
In speaking in support of the Bill, I declare that I am a Unison member
Lincoln Jopp (26573)
match score: 0.68
It did help that the then Secretary of State for Defence was a friend of mine, with whom I served in the Scots Guards. We did get the £20 bung for all the service personnel who stood in—regardless of the fact, interestingly, that all the generals, air marshals and admirals were against it, as were all the officials. There you go—I very much have the same values at heart.
Nusrat Ghani (25354)
match score: 0.67
Order. There were two points of order on declarations earlier, and I think I made the situation quite clear. I just wish to let Mr Mayhew know that, if he is referring to Members directly with any form of criticism, he is meant to give them prior warning, so he should be mindful of that for what comes next in his speech.
Becky Gittins (26568)
match score: 0.66
The hon. Member is working incredibly hard to try to make a case for vested interests in relation to this Bill. Those vested interests are in the working people of this country. Nevertheless, I appreciate his efforts, and he certainly has earned his afternoon snack today. This precedes my time in this Chamber, and my hon. Friends may be able to help me, but was he as vociferous during the pandemic—a time of national crisis—when close relationships with senior Government figures secured contracts that produced no personal protective equipment when the country was in such desperate need?
Gavin Williamson (24729)
match score: 0.65
Does my hon. Friend agree that there is an interesting contrast in the Government’s approach? They are quite happy to put extra burdens, responsibilities and work on businesses of all sizes, yet when it comes to any element of transparency or giving members of trade unions a real choice and understanding of where their money is going, they refuse to do that.
2025-03-11
Aphra Brandreth (26553)
match score: 0.94
Let me begin by drawing attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
John Martin McDonnell (10383)
match score: 0.9
I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Lee Barron (26554)
match score: 0.9
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Matt Western (25701)
match score: 0.89
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my union membership
Ian Byrne (25816)
match score: 0.88
I refer hon Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Neil Duncan-Jordan (26633)
match score: 0.88
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Sarah Owen (25823)
match score: 0.87
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and the fact that I am a trade union member
Jeevun Sandher (26521)
match score: 0.87
I happily refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Jessica Asato (26386)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Lola McEvoy (26315)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Sarah Russell (26571)
match score: 0.84
I need to highlight to the House that I am a member of the Community and USDAW trade unions, and I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Imogen Walker (26409)
match score: 0.83
As per my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, I am a member of GMB
Alistair Strathern (26278)
match score: 0.82
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my trade union membership
Deirdre Costigan (26384)
match score: 0.82
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my Unison membership
Alex Sobel (25680)
match score: 0.81
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and my 28-year membership of the GMB union
Justin Madders (25378)
match score: 0.81
I start by referring to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I have done throughout the passage of the Bill
Anna Dixon (26524)
match score: 0.8
I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and I am a proud member of Community
Jonathan Pearce (26362)
match score: 0.8
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and I am a proud member of the GMB
Catherine Atkinson (26405)
match score: 0.8
I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and the fact that I am a proud trade union member
Alison Griffiths (26536)
match score: 0.8
Would the right hon Lady be kind enough to declare her union interests from her entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests? I believe there is a £10,000 donation—
Michael Wheeler (26551)
match score: 0.8
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and my proud membership of USDAW and the GMB
Polly Billington (26360)
match score: 0.8
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and declare that I am a proud member of the GMB
Nadia Whittome (25845)
match score: 0.78
I am a proud trade unionist, and I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Steve Witherden (26583)
match score: 0.77
I am proud to declare my membership of Unite the union and the NASUWT, and I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Laurence Turner (26517)
match score: 0.77
As is customary, I draw attention to my declarations in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and to my membership of the GMB and Unite trade unions
Andy McDonald (25169)
match score: 0.77
As a proud trade unionist, I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Louise Haigh (25357)
match score: 0.77
I am very grateful for that point of order. I am, of course, very happy to declare my interests, as set out in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, just as I am in the process of criticising a trade union.
Lorraine Beavers (26475)
match score: 0.75
I proudly declare my membership of Unite and the Communication Workers Union and I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
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match score: 0.72
(ii) employers’ associations representing the interests of employers of social care workers
Shabana Mahmood (24788)
match score: 0.72
I know this matter is of great interest to him and to Members across the House
Luke Evans (25805)
match score: 0.68
My hon. Friend is a learned man and he may have seen the report in the Financial Times that, for the first time ever, the number of companies registered at Companies House has fallen. Does he think this Bill being on the horizon has anything to do with that, particularly given the points that have been made about it not being fit for purpose?
Damian Hinds (24782)
match score: 0.67
I would be interested to hear from the Government their assessment of that
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match score: 0.67
4I Request for declaration relating to other working conditions
2025-03-10
Lewis Cocking (26316)
match score: 0.92
I draw the attention of Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Mark Ferguson (26310)
match score: 0.9
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Tracy Gilbert (26526)
match score: 0.81
I declare an interest as a member and former employee of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
Jim Allister (25122)
match score: 0.68
In clause 123, we have hidden away something of particular interest to many in Northern Ireland: for the first time, it will be an offence to put something on a lamp post or to have a banner that glorifies a proscribed organisation. That is a good and necessary thing. I welcome the fact that that is the intent. The explanatory notes tell us that that is exactly the purpose of the clause: it would, for example,
Emily Darlington (26412)
match score: 0.67
I want to talk about stalking and how important our measures are on that. If I had had time, I would have shared my own story of how I was stalked. My stalking happened in person, but more and more of it is happening online. I am interested in hearing from the Minister about how the Bill will help to tackle that.
Sarah Hall (26416)
match score: 0.66
I begin by declaring an interest: I am proud to be married to a serving Cheshire police officer.
Yuan Yang (26600)
match score: 0.66
“that the House of Commons urge the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee and the Business and Trade Select Committee to launch an inquiry into the ownership and governance affairs of Reading Football Club since 29 May 2012 on grounds of public interest, with a particular focus on the governance of Reading Football Club since May 2017. And the petitioners remain, etc.”
Yvette Cooper (10131)
match score: 0.65
That is an interesting point
Yvette Cooper (10131)
match score: 0.65
I am very conscious of the time, and I know that many Members wish to speak, so I want to make some progress now. Through the Bill we will protect people better by making stalking protection orders more widely available and introducing a new criminal offence of administering a harmful substance, for instance by spiking. I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion) has long campaigned for our measures to strengthen the management of offenders in the community and introduce enhanced notification requirements for registered sex offenders, as well as a bar on their changing their names when there is a risk of sexual harm.
2025-03-07
Josh MacAlister (26321)
match score: 0.85
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, to see the value of the contributions in kind that they have made to get us here today
Martin Rhodes (26575)
match score: 0.77
I declare an interest as a member of the all-party parliamentary group for space
John Grady (26426)
match score: 0.68
It may be of interest to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that Bradford, part of which you represent, contains a centre of space expertise, namely the University of Bradford. I will return to that later.
John Grady (26426)
match score: 0.67
In summary, we have a huge opportunity and it is one that we must seize. The Bill has one, sole objective: to help get investment into the space sector so that we seize this opportunity. With that in mind, I now turn to provide more detail about the legal and commercial background to the proposed Bill. I must admit that, given my previous career as a lawyer, I find this bit the most interesting. However, I quite accept that for others it may have a more treacle-esque quality to it. I beg forgiveness, but I am afraid I must proceed!
Rebecca Paul (26466)
match score: 0.66
I am pleased to speak in support of the Bill. I must start by declaring an interest: I am a mother of three children who enjoy nothing more than staring at their screens day in, day out—if they could, they would be on them 24/7. No longer are our children clamouring to go out and play or to see their friends; instead, they want to do everything through a screen. They want to watch endless YouTube videos. I never realised that the unpacking of a toy or slime making could hold such interest. It seems that they take their joy in watching others do things online—even, rather bizarrely, playing computer games—instead of actually doing them in the real world.
2025-03-06
Tom Rutland (26467)
match score: 0.9
I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Stella Creasy (24949)
match score: 0.82
Like everybody in the Chamber, I must be sure to draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Lloyd Hatton (26471)
match score: 0.8
I begin by declaring an interest: I am a member of a political party
Claire Hazelgrove (26496)
match score: 0.77
I declare an interest as a member of the all-party group on political and media literacy
Dawn Butler (11447)
match score: 0.74
I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate and draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Ellie Reeves (25681)
match score: 0.73
I know that my hon Friend takes a keen interest in these matters
Richard Holden (25893)
match score: 0.7
I declare my interest as vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary media group and chair of the all-party parliamentary group on freedom of speech
Lucy Powell (25165)
match score: 0.69
Access to cash and banking services is probably the single biggest issue that is raised with me in business questions, so I know that it is of great interest to the House and to the hon. Member’s constituents, and it is vital that we take it seriously. That is why we are bringing in banking hubs—we are committed to opening 350 of them, and we are along the way to do that—but this is not something that the Government alone can deal with; we all need to take more action to ensure that our rural communities can access banking services.
Kieran Mullan (25883)
match score: 0.67
The hon. Member is completely right—forgive me, she is also a member of the APPG although I did not recognise that at the start of my remarks. One thing we can do through the APPG—we started to do this in the last Parliament, and I am trying to reconstitute it—is to help interested local authorities form a group and support them. This technology is new to them, and they do not necessarily have the expertise and understanding. Again, the hon. Member is right: these are the sorts of things that a comprehensive Government-led strategy could help to address close the gaps.
2025-03-05
Julian Smith (24961)
match score: 0.84
I refer the House to my registered voluntary interests
Dr Caroline Johnson (25597)
match score: 0.79
I draw right hon and hon Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I am a consultant paediatrician
Justin Madders (25378)
match score: 0.77
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, just to make sure that the shadow Minister is not disappointed
Emily Thornberry (11656)
match score: 0.74
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. For clarification, when I made my contribution, I referred to Jordan. I should have referred the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I recently went to Jordan at the invitation of the King, and I should have said so.
David Taylor (26576)
match score: 0.69
My hon. Friend makes an interesting point, which I hope he will get to make in more detail in due course. In the time available to me, I will carry on with a few other suggestions.
Andrew Bowie (25703)
match score: 0.68
I read with some interest that the leader of the Scottish Labour party is considering publishing a league table to rank the performance of his Scottish Labour MPs. I will not ask the Secretary of State to say where he thinks he may sit in that table, but I will ask about jobs and the economy, specifically in relation to the energy industry.
Ashley Dalton (26123)
match score: 0.67
I also thank all other colleagues for taking part. The number of right hon. and hon. Members who have contributed today speaks to the significant interest in our health and social care services not only in this House but in the country. The wide range of issues raised shows how broad and overarching our NHS and social care services are. I will try to cover as many of those issues as I can, and if I miss anything, I will happily pick it up with hon. Members afterwards. I will also attempt to respond to all hon. Members who have spoken, but if I miss anyone, I hope they will forgive me, because we have had so many contributions.
Keir Starmer (25353)
match score: 0.67
On the question of assets, we are using the interest on the assets to help fund Ukraine and we are looking, with others, at whether it is possible to go further. Obviously, I will update the House if that is possible. But I have to say that, at a time when defence and security in Europe and the UK must be ramped up for all the reasons that the hon. Gentleman readily understands, the SNP maintaining its position of wanting to get rid of the single most effective deterrent that we have—the nuclear deterrent—really has to be explained in its historical context.
David Taylor (26576)
match score: 0.66
Other Members have made points about how aid is in our national interest, and they are right to say so
Justin Madders (25378)
match score: 0.65
First, I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (Liam Byrne), and indeed the hon. Member for Dumfries and Galloway (John Cooper), for securing the debate, and for the work that they do on the Business and Trade Committee. The hon. Member for Dumfries and Galloway littered his speech with football analogies, to the extent that I wondered whether you were going to show him a red card, Madam Deputy Speaker, but you did not. He made many criticisms of the Government, but all I would say is that we are not even at half-time yet. Let us wait until we get to the end of the match. There were a number of important and interesting contributions to the debate. I will try to address as many of them as I can in the time that I have.
2025-03-04
Douglas Alexander (10661)
match score: 0.74
I should begin, as others have done, by declaring an interest, in that I myself am a member of the Church of Scotland
John Lamont (14026)
match score: 0.73
I should declare an interest as a member of the Church of Scotland and an elder of the Kirk
Alex Norris (25687)
match score: 0.71
I am grateful to the Chair of the Select Committee for those questions. I agree with what she said about competitive tendering; the quid pro quo is that the Government of the day have to be very clear about how allocations are made. My commitment is that we will always be very transparent about how the decisions are made, and I know that the Select Committee will take a strong interest in that.
Florence Eshalomi (25759)
match score: 0.7
The Minister said that it was important for communities to have a say in their future, so is the Department looking at the community right to buy? I declare my interest as a Labour and Co-operative MP
Dan Jarvis (25067)
match score: 0.68
Given the hon. Member’s strong constituency interest, I completely understand why he raises those concerns. I hope that he and other hon. Members will understand that, from a national security perspective, we take these matters incredibly seriously.
Dan Jarvis (25067)
match score: 0.68
I know that my hon Friend has a long-standing interest in these matters, and I can give him the assurances that he seeks
Jim Shannon (13864)
match score: 0.67
I congratulate the hon. and learned Member on securing this debate. Small businesses in my constituency have told me that they are now having to pay His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs a duty for buying goods from English suppliers and then selling the same goods in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland consumer, remaining within the internal market. Last Friday, one trader told me that he is now having to pay more in duties to HMRC than the invoice was for the goods. That is because HMRC does not trust that the goods will remain, but assumes that they will be sold into the EU. Does the hon. and learned Member not agree that the same HMRC displays greater trust and acceptance of VAT declarations, on the premise that they will be checked at random, than it does for internal trade within the United Kingdom? What a backward step that is.
Dan Jarvis (25067)
match score: 0.66
I agree about the importance of our relationship with the United States and that we absolutely have a mutual interest with colleagues in the new Administration
Patricia Ferguson (13984)
match score: 0.66
I should declare an interest: I have known Lady Elish since we were both teenagers and members of our respective schools’ debating societies
Dan Jarvis (25067)
match score: 0.66
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his work through the APPG and his long-standing interest in this particular matter, and for his practical question. BNO status holders and their families are making significant contributions to our economy and local communities. He asked an important question about passports. I can assure him that there is no requirement for a person’s passport to be valid in order for them to apply to extend leave or for indefinite leave to remain under the BNO route. I know that colleagues in the Foreign Office will have heard his point about those who remain in Hong Kong, but I would be happy to discuss it further with him should that be helpful.
Melanie Onn (25317)
match score: 0.65
The two towns in my constituency are delighted to be included on the list of towns that will receive this long-term funding—such certainty has been absent from previous financial commitments—but I am particularly interested in the Government’s arrangements for the future. Under the previous arrangements for town board deals, decisions have been made about putting money into parts of projects that have been left to suffer delay and incur extra costs; in my case, money that had been intended for the library was reallocated. Can my hon. Friend reassure my constituents that there will be an opportunity to review the Government’s arrangements for the new neighbourhood boards?
2025-03-03
Richard Baker (13952)
match score: 0.85
I must declare a number of interests
Paul Kohler (26570)
match score: 0.83
Turning to new clause 8, I draw the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Angus MacDonald (26637)
match score: 0.8
May I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests? Let me voice my support for my hon Friend’s new clause, which would require the Government to review the impact of alcohol duty increases on key sectors
Caroline Nokes (24809)
match score: 0.72
Order. In the interests of complete impartiality, I want to make sure that all Members are aware that they have to speak to the amendments as proposed in this Finance Bill, not any other amendments that they might wish had been proposed.
Luke Myer (26411)
match score: 0.71
I declare my role as a member of the Ecclesiastical Committee
Robin Swann (25141)
match score: 0.67
I thank the Prime Minister for his leadership over the weekend. In the statement, he talks about UK jobs, UK skills and UK finance pulling together for our national interest, so may I also welcome the announcement of the ÂŁ1.6 billion investment in Thales in Belfast in regards to the procurement of those 5,000 air defence missiles that will defend Ukraine, but also our democracy? While that investment in our private sector is welcome, may I just ask the Prime Minister to remember to invest also in our armed forces personnel? We require them and we will need them and want to support them as we ask them to step forward into a challenging time. While there may be those making comment around the quantity, can the Prime Minister remind others listening and watching that it is the quality of our armed forces that counts?
James Murray (25801)
match score: 0.67
I turn to the amendments relating to the taxation of foreign income and gains arising in settlor-interested trusts
Luke Myer (26411)
match score: 0.66
I understand that the Charity Commission is taking a direct interest in safeguarding at the moment, and I hope that an arrangement can be made on that, but the point that my hon Friend makes is right
Keir Starmer (25353)
match score: 0.66
That is why it is in our national interest for us to take the steps that we are taking
2025-02-27
Jessica Brown-Fuller (26372)
match score: 0.91
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
Ann Davies (26359)
match score: 0.89
I begin by referring Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Martin Vickers (24814)
match score: 0.75
It is a community interest club
Caroline Dinenage (24873)
match score: 0.7
I must declare an interest, because one of those homes was, and still is, mine
Lisa Nandy (24831)
match score: 0.68
All I can say is that the hon. Member is lucky that I am answering this question, not my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda and Ogmore, or we would be here for several hours. My hon. Friend met the EU commissioner on precisely this issue yesterday. We firmly believe that closer co-operation with our friends and allies across the European Union is not just in our interests, but in their interests, and we are seeking closer agreement on this issue.
Stephanie Peacock (25617)
match score: 0.67
My hon. Friend raised the importance of transport links to support the growth of clubs. I agree with him that we all need to play our part in supporting the case for our local clubs to be well served by local transport, not only for football fans but for access to opportunities to participate in sport. I am discussing with colleagues across Government how we can improve public transport access to and from sporting events, as I know that is an issue of interest and concern for Members on both sides of the House.
Marsha de Cordova (25620)
match score: 0.65
The National Church Institutions and the Church of Scotland signed the Columba declaration, committing to joint dialogue on a range of issues. I understand that they meet regularly to discuss these issues. It might be useful for her to reach out to the Church of Scotland on that, and if she is unable to do so, I am happy to put her in touch with it.
Lisa Nandy (24831)
match score: 0.65
Having been through my own club, Wigan Athletic, going into administration in recent years, my heart absolutely goes out to my hon. Friend and all the fans working together to try to save a social asset that means so much to people in the community. I wish him every success. He will know that sport is a devolved matter and that the football regulator will apply only to English clubs, but we will work with the Scottish Government on best practice to help, support and sustain clubs across the United Kingdom. Unlike the previous Government, we seek a respectful and constructive relationship with the Scottish Government—we think that is in the interests of his constituents.
2025-02-26
Saqib Bhatti (25847)
match score: 0.9
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Laurence Turner (26517)
match score: 0.9
I draw attention to my declarations in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Deirdre Costigan (26384)
match score: 0.88
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Mark Ferguson (26310)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Peter Fortune (26027)
match score: 0.78
Like many Conservative Members who have started a small business, I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Julian Smith (24961)
match score: 0.77
I refer the House to my declaration of voluntary interests
Hon. Members: ()
match score: 0.75
Declare an interest!
Gareth Snell (25601)
match score: 0.73
I will happily declare an interest, Madam Deputy Speaker, as a proud member of many trade unions. My declaration is up to date and free for all to see.
Gideon Amos (26531)
match score: 0.72
On the recommendations to the architectural profession, I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests—I am a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Anneliese Dodds (25618)
match score: 0.71
Another issue that has been of considerable interest to Members is the environment
Judith Cummins (25393)
match score: 0.7
Order. I am interested, and my constituents will be very interested, to hear what the Minister is saying.
Priti Patel (24778)
match score: 0.7
They are pursuing their own interests and that is why we have to call out this deal
Priti Patel (24778)
match score: 0.68
Conservative Members stand in support of the national interest
Josh Fenton-Glynn (26545)
match score: 0.68
I welcome the hon. Member’s interest in the Chagos islands and his desire for detail. It is obviously an issue he is very passionate about, but he has not mentioned it previously in his time in Parliament. I wonder whether, given his desire for detail, he could let us know the names of the four main Chagos islands?
Daisy Cooper (25901)
match score: 0.67
I welcome the Deputy Prime Minister’s statement. I particularly welcome the Government’s acceptance of the recommendation on professionalising and regulating fire engineers and assessors, not least because five years ago, in the Committee on the Fire Safety Act 2021, I tabled new clause 2, which would have created a public register of fire risk assessors. Had my new clause been accepted, we might have been able to avoid the developing scandal of the issuance of potentially fraudulent EWS1 certificates by Tri Fire, which could have a devastating impact on thousands of leaseholders, including some in my constituency. In the light of those concerns, which have been raised both in the media and in the Chamber today by Members from all sides of the House, can I urge the Deputy Prime Minister to convene a meeting for all MPs whose constituents are affected, and does she agree that it is time that the police investigated those reports?
Kevin Hollinrake (25415)
match score: 0.66
Although I welcome the fact that the Deputy Prime Minister has accepted the majority of the recommendations, why has she not accepted the inquiry’s recommendation for a single regulator to oversee the testing and certification of construction products, leaving that instead with conformity assessment bodies? I remind her that the Building Research Establishment, which is itself a conformity assessment body, was strongly criticised for its conflicts of interest
Lillian Jones (26327)
match score: 0.66
Their interests have been an important part of the negotiations
Daisy Cooper (25901)
match score: 0.66
I am grateful to the hon. Member for raising those points. Our high streets are the beating hearts of our communities all over the UK. There is real concern that when the national insurance contribution changes and the reduction in the business rates relief kick in, our high streets will be absolutely hammered and we may indeed see tumbleweed. That matters for two reasons: there will be an impact on our local economies and that could have a knock-on impact on people’s confidence. Many people with busy lives do not always get to follow headlines about growth, inflation, interest rates and all the rest, but they do look to their high streets as the primary signal of whether or not the economy is working for them and whether it is working in their local area.
Iain Duncan Smith (10180)
match score: 0.65
It would help the Government’s argument that they are acting in the public interest if they were much more open about what has been going on in these negotiations. There is a legitimate question about that. We all unite behind the idea of the Prime Minister raising defence spending, and we wish him the best when he goes to Washington; that is in our public interest. As I made clear at the statement yesterday, I would stand behind nobody in my support for him on that.
2025-02-25
John Lamont (14026)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
John Hayes (10265)
match score: 0.81
I should, at the outset of my remarks, have referred Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, because I am associated with universities
Laurence Turner (26517)
match score: 0.79
Let me start by drawing attention to my declarations in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests in respect of the GMB defence manufacturing trade union
Andrew Pakes (26601)
match score: 0.76
Before I continue, I must declare my interest
David Lammy (10678)
match score: 0.7
I say to the right hon. Gentleman that if the agreed requirements are not met we will carefully consider what further steps to take. Our expectation remains clear: those registers will ultimately be public, and my hon. Friend the Minister of State will meet the BVI to make clear our expectations.
Andrew Mitchell (11115)
match score: 0.68
The Foreign Secretary will be aware that under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, the British Virgin Islands is obliged to introduce open registers of beneficial ownership by the end of 2020, or be subject to an Order in Council. It has not done so, it is in contempt of Parliament, so when will the Foreign Secretary issue the Order in Council?
David Lammy (10678)
match score: 0.68
The BVI committed at the Joint Ministerial Council to improving access to its corporate register by June. I met BVI representatives just after that time at the end of last year, and my hon. Friend the Minister of State will meet the BVI again in the coming weeks. It is important that that public consultation on the proposed register will close this Friday, and we are working with the BVI to improve its proposal.
Lloyd Hatton (26471)
match score: 0.67
The BVI will soon close the consultation on its proposal to grant only limited access to a register of beneficial ownership. That proposal means that it will be virtually impossible for even a select few to trace those using the BVI as a place to secretly stash their cash, and this comes some five years after the first deadline to set up a register was missed. I know that the Secretary of State agrees that sunlight is the best disinfectant when it comes to combating illicit finance, so what steps is he taking to ensure that the BVI establishes a genuine and fully transparent register of beneficial ownership?
Shaun Davies (26332)
match score: 0.67
I welcome the statement from my right hon. and learned Friend the Prime Minister. In places such as Telford—which has a proud defence sector—companies, communities and supply chains need certainty. British taxpayers will be demanding that their money is used to enable British-based companies to support our British troops around the world. Can my right hon. and learned Friend assure me that each and every pound will be diverted to British industry or British-based industries, enabling them to support our interests around the world?
2025-02-24
Greg Smith (25925)
match score: 0.89
I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests
Roger Gale (10217)
match score: 0.69
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. First, I should declare a non-pecuniary interest as a freeman of the City of London. A constituent has raised with me the concern that the City of London is seeking by means of a private Bill—the City of London (Markets) Bill—the ability to sell and redevelop without replacement the historic meat market of Smithfield and the fish market of Billingsgate. A petition against this proposal with many hundreds of signatures has been denied an audience and blocked by the corporation on the grounds that the petitioners do not have a direct interest in the proposed legislation. Smithfield and Billingsgate have for centuries provided meat and fish that is consumed throughout the country, and it is therefore fair to argue that every citizen of the United Kingdom has a direct interest in these markets, for which the corporation has acquired and prepared alternative sites that it is now seeking to abandon. My question to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, is: is it correct, proper and orderly that the petition against this Bill should not be heard?
Jim Shannon (13864)
match score: 0.69
The Minister has a real interest in the matters for which she has ministerial responsibility; I want to put on the record my thanks to her. When we have had meetings on other issues relating to Northern Ireland, she has been anxious to help and support me, and I appreciate that.
James Wild (25866)
match score: 0.68
If the Minister contends that the agreement, which does not yet exist, is too commercially sensitive, will he consider making a redacted version available? As I said in Committee, will he consider providing the agreement to the Public Accounts Committee on a confidential basis? As a former member of that Committee, I know of a precedent for that: in January 2018, the Cabinet Office provided a risk register of strategic suppliers to Government—a very sensitive document—to that Committee, which provided assurance on behalf of the House. I remain concerned about political pressure being put on the Crown Estate and urge Members to support our new clause 6, which would simply require the Chancellor to lay the partnership agreement before Parliament.
James Murray (25801)
match score: 0.68
I draw Members’ attention to the fact that in the other place, the Government supported the inclusion of clause 6, which requires the appointment of commissioners responsible for giving advice about England, Wales and Northern Ireland. That will ensure that the Crown Estate’s board of commissioners continues to work in the best interests of Wales.
James Murray (25801)
match score: 0.68
The shadow Minister also tabled new clause 6, which would require the Chancellor to lay before Parliament any partnership agreement between the Crown Estate and Great British Energy. As I made clear in Committee, partnership agreements are highly commercially sensitive. It is therefore right that any agreement is not made public or laid before Parliament, as to do so would likely prejudice the commercial interests of the Crown Estate or Great British Energy. I hope the hon. Member feels that he does not need to push the new clause to a vote.
Wendy Chamberlain (25872)
match score: 0.67
I am grateful to him for giving way a second time. He is making an important point. One of the things that I have always found interesting is that when a bank has closed in North East Fife, it offers to deliver not an access-to-cash service but some kind of pop-up banking advice service in the constituency. That suggests to me that banks know very well that giving banking service advice is important. Instead of doing it as a sop for a number of months before giving up, they need to do it on a more regular and permanent basis.
Pippa Heylings (26421)
match score: 0.66
The Crown Estate must work closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ marine spatial prioritisation framework and the MMO’s expertise, as well as other relevant consultees such as heritage. The Government amendment requiring ministerial approval for seabed sales is an important and positive step, recognising its national importance. However, that highlights the broader need for transparency and oversight in marine planning. The new clause seeks to avoid potential conflicts of interest in prioritising and decision making arising from the Crown Estate’s new borrowing and investment powers.
Perran Moon (26482)
match score: 0.65
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Today is the third anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine. During the Ukraine statement, several Members were asking where certain other Members were for that vital debate. Up to now, the House has been rock solid in its overwhelming support for Ukraine. It may interest Madam Deputy Speaker to know that the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) is not actually in the United States, and he is not in Clacton-on-Sea. He is 290 miles away, in my constituency, holding a rally. Should he not have asked me first?