Vector search: register of interests declarations
Last run date: 2025-05-03
2025-05-01
Douglas Alexander (10661)
match score: 0.75
If the hon Member writes to me, I will certainly take a personal interest in the matter and write back to him
Carolyn Harris (25308)
match score: 0.73
I declare an interest as the trade envoy to New Zealand
Nick Timothy (26335)
match score: 0.72
I declare my interest as an unpaid trustee of the Index on Censorship
Thomas Tugendhat (25374)
match score: 0.69
I refer the Minister to my letter of 10 April 2025 to the Secretary of State. The Department is now articulating—based on a letter to the school from the Department, dated 3 April—that the plots of land at Court Lane, which could be used for educational provision, are sold. Frankly, it was this letter that motivated me to apply for this debate. The reasons given for that suggestion are interesting. It is claimed in this letter that Ministers have determined that
Janet Daby (25727)
match score: 0.67
This included inviting interested parties to make proposals to take on the provision
2025-04-30
Emily Thornberry (11656)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Aphra Brandreth (26553)
match score: 0.86
I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Ayoub Khan (26631)
match score: 0.86
Let me begin by drawing Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests; I am a member of the Bar
Andrew Murrison (11132)
match score: 0.76
I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and congratulate all involved on a very successful joint operation
Michael Shanks (26276)
match score: 0.67
The Secretary of State takes a very serious interest in this area
Harriet Cross (26538)
match score: 0.67
Separately, on the matter of the Bill itself, although it is not an issue for today’s vote, I ask Members of this House to carefully consider the proposals that are put in front of them in the future, including on Report. I hope that Members will have the opportunity to vote on sensible amendments, which we firmly believe are in the best interests of the country. Rather than merely following the whims of a party, I ask Members to consider what is right and wrong for our country, for law enforcement and for victims.
John Healey (10268)
match score: 0.66
Quite right. My hon. Friend will be interested to hear about the work that I and the Chancellor have commissioned together on the barriers in the UK that are holding back private sources of investment in our defence and technology industries. An important part of the defence industrial strategy, which we will be able to publish before too long, will be about how we use the big commitment of this Government and this country to invest in defence and make our armed forces fit for the future, and how we can use that to leverage much more investment from private sector sources so that we can do more, more quickly.
Nicholas Dakin (24798)
match score: 0.66
More widely, I appreciate that the right hon. Member for Newark has taken a keen interest in wider guidance across prisons and probation that touches on different experiences, including those specified in the amendment. The Government are absolutely clear on the need to ensure equality before the law. Wider work is going on to review relevant policy and guidance, and we will update practices where necessary. I therefore urge the Opposition not to press the amendment.
Richard Foord (26086)
match score: 0.65
“old, entrenched interests”
2025-04-29
Luke Akehurst (26420)
match score: 0.9
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Suella Braverman (25272)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Andrew Western (26120)
match score: 0.71
I want to address the points that my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan) made about the eligibility verification measure in relation to his amendment 11. The hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) spoke of the impact this would have on the poorest, giving them less right to privacy than everybody else. I understand their concerns, but that is not my interpretation, because we have already established in this place the right of Government to receive information or data from private organisations, including banks and building societies, that points to financial standing. HMRC already receives data on every interest-bearing account in the country, so this is not an unprecedented power. HMRC sends out 550 notices to data holders covering 130 million accounts, and 100 notices to card-acquiring service providers. It receives 20 million lines of data on card sales. I understand Members’ concerns, but I challenge gently the extent to which the measure is unprecedented.
Ed Miliband (11545)
match score: 0.68
I know the right hon. Gentleman has an important interest in this project. We continue to have discussions with Xlinks and obviously we are happy to brief him on those discussions.
Andrew Western (26120)
match score: 0.67
I welcome the ongoing engagement with industry and key stakeholders. We have made a significant effort to engage all interested parties and listen to their views. That feedback has been important in shaping our approach to the Bill to date and will continue to be so as it moves to the other place.
Simon Hoare (25427)
match score: 0.66
I want to bring two things to the attention of the House. Paula Sussex underwent a pre-appointment hearing by the Committee last week, and the Committee was very impressed with her. She reports to our Committee; we scrutinise the work of the ombudsman. I recused myself from that role for obvious reasons, but I want to assure the House—and this has been echoed by the Minister and my right hon. Friend the Member for Basildon and Billericay (Mr Holden)—that I am convinced we selected the standout candidate in a very competitive and well-qualified field. I think she will fulfil the job with great distinction, use the data available to drive improvements to public service and, as everybody recognises, represent and champion the interests and concerns of our constituents.
2025-04-28
Oliver Dowden (25323)
match score: 0.9
I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
James Frith (25622)
match score: 0.9
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Yuan Yang (26600)
match score: 0.89
Let me begin by declaring my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Simon Opher (26313)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Rupert Lowe (26361)
match score: 0.79
I should declare my interests, as on the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, in two football-related businesses as a result of my chairmanship of Southampton football club
Jacob Collier (26382)
match score: 0.75
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. At business questions last week, I asked a question related to JCB’s hydrogen diggers. Given that JCB was a sponsor of my constituency jobs fair, I should have referred the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests before asking that question. I seek your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker, on how I can correct the record.
Clive Efford (10185)
match score: 0.73
I declare my interest at the outset, as I volunteer as a trustee of Millwall Community Trust.
Yuan Yang (26600)
match score: 0.72
I have already declared my interest, and I do not agree with that intervention
Jim Shannon (13864)
match score: 0.71
I declare an interest as a Leicester City man
James Wild (25866)
match score: 0.71
I declare an interest as a supporter of Norwich City and King’s Lynn Town
Lee Dillon (26584)
match score: 0.71
I draw Members’ attention to my membership of the football APPG and the women’s football APPG, which both exist to safeguard and improve the game that we love. I have also attended various briefings by interested organisations, such as Fair Game.
Nick Timothy (26335)
match score: 0.7
I declare my interest as an Aston Villa season ticket holder and therefore speak as somebody experienced in the highs and lows of football
Stuart Andrew (24864)
match score: 0.69
You want to know who is interested and you want the best candidates
Iqbal Mohamed (26620)
match score: 0.68
If that is not a conflict of interest or a potential bribe, I do not know what is
Luke Charters (26480)
match score: 0.68
I should declare an interest as York City would be all but promoted by now
Jess Phillips (25364)
match score: 0.67
I delight in the hon. Gentleman’s interest, and what I would say to every single Member of this House is that I will work with absolutely anybody to make this better. I am more than happy to meet him and talk about any level of co-operation, because if people are genuinely here to try to stop the grooming gangs in this country, I am genuinely here to help.
Jonathan Brash (26339)
match score: 0.67
I declare an interest as a proud season ticket holder of Hartlepool United and—I am told—the first member of Hartlepool United Supporters Trust to be elected to represent our town as its MP
Chris Evans (24721)
match score: 0.67
I must declare an interest as the author of that great book, “Don Revie: The Biography”
Amanda Martin (26430)
match score: 0.66
What an honour that is, Madam Deputy Speaker. I start with an apology for my over-zealous intervention earlier and refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and by taking the opportunity to congratulate both Portsmouth’s men’s and women’s teams on securing championship status this season.
Janet Daby (25727)
match score: 0.66
I thank the hon. Member for her level of concern. Higher education providers are autonomous and responsible for managing their own budgets. If they were at any risk, we would work with the Office for Students to ensure that students were protected. The Government reserve the right to intervene to protect the interests of students. The strategic priorities grant is also available to support teachers and students in higher education in more expensive subjects.
Bridget Phillipson (24709)
match score: 0.66
I am grateful to my hon Friend for his passion and interest in this subject
2025-04-25
Pete Wishart (11333)
match score: 0.69
This is an issue that particularly interests and excites me
Stephen Gethins (25324)
match score: 0.69
Those of us with higher education institutions in our constituencies—I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests—will know of the damage that has been done by the ban on bringing dependants to this country
Meg Hillier (11605)
match score: 0.66
I have been listening with great interest to the hon Gentleman
2025-04-24
Emma Hardy (25646)
match score: 0.74
If my hon Friend would like, I can share details highlighting her interest in providing views to the officials responsible
Judith Cummins (25393)
match score: 0.68
Members will see that there is a lot of interest in business questions today—about 80 wish to speak. I therefore ask any Members who have a long question to rewrite it. It should be no longer than two or three sentences.
Mark Garnier (24824)
match score: 0.68
May I first say a hearty congratulations to the Minister on bringing through her first Bill in the new Government? She was parachuted into the job rather recently, but she has done a magnificent job, and it has been a pleasure to engage with her. We share the aim of working in the interests of the wider economy, and we have worked together on the Bill. We may differ on a few tiny details, but we agree on its overall objective.
Emma Reynolds (24868)
match score: 0.67
I understand that the sector’s interest in this matter stems from a provision in clause 7 that gives the Bank of England an explicit power to require the issuance of securities by the firm in resolution where the new mechanism in the Bill is used. This provides a means for the Bank of England to give effect to a recapitalisation under the new mechanism established by the Bill. Its purpose is to provide additional operational certainty that, if the Bank of England needs the failing firm to issue shares as part of its resolution, doing so will not be put at risk by the usual administrative process of share issuance.
Abena Oppong-Asare (25846)
match score: 0.67
I thank the hon. Member for his work in this space, because I know he has done a lot of work on this issue. We are constantly looking at the risk register and updating it, and a lot of work has been done. Alongside that, we are carrying out a resilience review. As he rightly pointed out, we need to work across a wide range of sectors to make sure that wider society plays a greater role in this matter, and the work that I have been doing has involved meeting businesses, voluntary organisations and vulnerable groups to make sure that the issues are reflected. We will make sure that we share the lessons learned with the House in due course, and I have also engaged with parliamentarians on this issue.
Matt Rodda (25691)
match score: 0.67
I appreciate that the Bill’s scope is limited, and the Minister is making an excellent case for the Government. I realise that bank collapses are unusual and that the Government take a range of steps to try to protect the interests of consumers, but could she write to reassure me on the related point of bank branches there were a bank collapse?
Hamish Falconer (26446)
match score: 0.66
The right hon Gentleman has long had an interest and he is right to call me to the House to answer questions
Lucy Powell (25165)
match score: 0.66
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this important matter. There is nothing worse for pension holders than seeing the value of their pension eroded because uprating is not happening in line with inflation. Pension scheme trustees have a duty to act in the best interests of their members, and I will ensure that a Minister looks into this case for her.
Lucy Powell (25165)
match score: 0.66
I will absolutely join my hon. Friend in congratulating Clydebank FC, known as the Bankies. What a great honour it will be for a new Member of Parliament to see their football club lifting the league trophy at their home ground on Saturday. I am slightly otherwise engaged this weekend with my own football interests, but I look forward to seeing him with the trophy at Clydebank on social media.
Emma Hardy (25646)
match score: 0.66
I thank my hon Friend for his thoughtful contribution as always and for his interest in this area
Lucy Powell (25165)
match score: 0.65
I certainly join my hon. Friend in congratulating William on highlighting the issues of road safety in Bacup and across Rossendale and Darwen. He is absolutely right: road safety matters attract a great deal of interest in this House. We will soon deliver an updated strategic framework for road safety. I will ensure that that is brought to this House, and I will consider his request for a debate.
Jim Shannon (13864)
match score: 0.65
I thank the Minister very much for his answers to those questions. The reform of public services is important, and I welcome the ideas he has put forward. I know he has a deep interest in Northern Ireland. Is it possible on his journeys to Northern Ireland—I understand that he goes regularly —for him to discuss the reform of public services with the Northern Ireland Assembly and the relevant Minister to ensure that we can have the same benefits that come from what he is putting forward today, thereby improving services and saving money at the same time?
Vikki Slade (26582)
match score: 0.65
My constituent, Paul Pearson, tragically lost his granddaughter Lauren following an accidental drug overdose. He later discovered that she had been introduced to drugs by someone at her dance school. Safeguarding concerns were not passed to the Disclosure and Barring Service. It was suggested that the individual also was not DBS-registered. When I queried that with the Home Office, it said that Home Office legislation around regulated activity only provides eligibility for checks and does not make them a requirement. I am sure that the Leader of the House shares my concerns on this. Will she ask the Government to make time for a debate on DBS and how it can be strengthened to protect children?
2025-04-23
Matt Turmaine (26417)
match score: 0.93
I draw 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
Stephen Gethins (25324)
match score: 0.84
I also note my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests in relation to higher education
Scott Arthur (26591)
match score: 0.79
I make my response within the context of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and I note my membership of the University and College Union
Matt Rodda (25691)
match score: 0.73
First, I should declare an interest: I have close relatives working in the water sector, although in science rather than in the water industry
Torsten Bell (26331)
match score: 0.72
I thank the hon. Member for the reminder to respond to that point. He will know that trustees already have a responsibility to invest in the interests of their members and that the law requires trustees of significant schemes—with more than 100 members—to set out a clear statement of their investment principles. The hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Lisa Smart) mentioned some of the issues they will want to consider in that. That is how trustees provide clarity to their savers. There is also then scope for individuals, particularly in larger pension schemes on the defined contribution side, to make choices about where they invest their funds. We see that, for example, with the National Employment Savings Trust, the Government-backed pension scheme, where individuals make different choices on the grounds of ethical issues across the board, including defence, as mentioned by the hon. Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord). I thank him for his intervention and for reminding me to come back on that point before concluding.
Ian Murray (24872)
match score: 0.68
That is in the national interests of the UK
Calum Miller (26617)
match score: 0.68
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) for opening this debate for the Liberal Democrats, and I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I am an office holder in the all-party parliamentary water group.
Douglas McAllister (26334)
match score: 0.67
Will the Secretary of State join me in welcoming the pragmatic and calm approach of our Prime Minister to this issue? He is working in the clear interests of businesses and consumers, in contrast to Opposition Members, who seem interested only in social media and quick headlines
Emma Hardy (25646)
match score: 0.66
That is something she might be interested in
2025-04-22
John Martin McDonnell (10383)
match score: 0.9
I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Tahir Ali (25888)
match score: 0.9
I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Lewis Cocking (26316)
match score: 0.9
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Vikki Slade (26582)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Elaine Stewart (26598)
match score: 0.83
I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests; I was a manager at the CRT
Bridget Phillipson (24709)
match score: 0.68
I recognise my hon Friend’s long-standing interest and campaigning in this area
Shabana Mahmood (24788)
match score: 0.68
I thank the Chair of the Justice Committee for raising an important issue for his own constituents that also has wider significance. I will publish the full terms of reference and place them in the Libraries of both Houses very soon. Regardless of whether the review goes into the specifics of every other type of case, I am sure that it will make findings on how such cases, particularly involving people with mental health conditions, are properly managed. I am sure that those findings will be of interest not just to our Department but to others, and will be implemented by the Government in due course.
2025-04-08
Paul Holmes (25808)
match score: 0.74
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to correct the record. When I asked my question, I did not refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which indicates that I am a trustee of the armed forces parliamentary scheme. I apologise for not doing so.
Rebecca Smith (26512)
match score: 0.73
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I will refer to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission during my speech
Rachel Reeves (24851)
match score: 0.7
I had better declare an interest as a proud Member of Parliament for Leeds West and Pudsey
Gareth Thomas (10594)
match score: 0.69
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his continued representation of his constituents’ interests. He has made a number of very clear representations to me on the importance of the Gloucester post office, and I would be very happy to meet him to discuss its future as it transitions to a franchise-run operation. I should make it clear that the Post Office very much wants these franchises to be in key locations that are important for our communities, because that is obviously where the commercial income will come from, so it will be keen to meet with stakeholders such as Members of this House and other local stakeholders. If my hon. Friend would like to meet me to discuss this issue further, I would be very happy to do so.
Gareth Thomas (10594)
match score: 0.68
My hon Friend has followed this issue for a long time, and I recognise his continuing interest
Gareth Thomas (10594)
match score: 0.68
During my engagement with the National Federation of SubPostmasters, concerns have been raised that the Post Office may have acted improperly in the course of the network transformation programme during the 2010s. There are claims that the Post Office and its representatives put undue pressure on postmasters, and may have given unregulated financial advice to encourage them to move on to contracts that were ultimately not in their best interests. Those allegations must be taken seriously. I am therefore commissioning an independent review of the conduct of the programme to establish whether there was any improper or coercive behaviour, and I will update the House on the scope and timing of the review in due course.
Darren Jones (25637)
match score: 0.67
As I represent the neighbouring constituency, I declare that the project may have some indirect benefit for my constituents
Rachel Reeves (24851)
match score: 0.67
I thank the hon. Lady for those questions. This is a time for pragmatism and cool heads, not to rush a response. We are working closely with business. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business and Trade announced in the House last week a call for evidence on the response that businesses are looking for. Ratcheting up barriers to trade and ratcheting up tariffs will not be in our country’s interests, whether in terms of inflation or, indeed, for supply chains. We need to have cool heads and think about the national interest, not give knee-jerk reactions.
Hilary Benn (10669)
match score: 0.66
On the duty reimbursement scheme, I have met HMRC officials, because I agree with the hon. Gentleman that it is important that the scheme works effectively, depending on the number of Northern Ireland businesses that are affected, to reimburse tariffs. I would just say, however, that Northern Ireland imports about £800 million-worth of goods from the United States of America, which is about 2% of Northern Ireland’s total purchases. That impacts upon his third question. We are going to have to take this a stage at a time. The Prime Minister has made it quite clear that he will do what is in the national interest to protect our businesses, our companies and our economic future, but it is precisely because of the Windsor framework that the duty reimbursement scheme exists.
2025-04-07
Alison Bennett (26498)
match score: 0.87
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Alistair Carmichael (10785)
match score: 0.86
I remind the House of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests
Desmond Swayne (10580)
match score: 0.83
My interests are in the register, Mr Speaker
Angela Rayner (25429)
match score: 0.82
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which states that I am a trade union member.
Michael Payne (26408)
match score: 0.81
I refer hon Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests regarding my unpaid membership of two local authorities
Heidi Alexander (24953)
match score: 0.75
Officials in my Department are looking at this issue very closely. I would be interested in learning more from the hon. Member about the visit she made to the business in her constituency.
Jim Shannon (13864)
match score: 0.7
If that is the case, I met a manager in my constituency last Friday who told me he would be very interested in that scheme but he does not know about it
Luke Akehurst (26420)
match score: 0.66
For 13 years before my election, I worked as director of an organisation called We Believe in Israel, and I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Part of my job was to lead study tours for British politicians to visit Israel—incidentally, every single trip I led also visited the west bank to hear Palestinian perspectives on the conflict. I commend my hon. Friends the Members for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) and for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang) for wanting to visit the region and see the situation for themselves. We probably disagree on aspects of the conflict, but they are moderate voices who support a two-state solution, and it is outrageous that they were detained and not allowed entry. Does the Minister agree that it is vital for hon. Members to visit Israel and the west bank and see the situation at first hand; that doing so helps people to arrive at an informed, nuanced and balanced view; and that anything that hinders this is to be deplored?
2025-04-03
Roger Gale (10217)
match score: 0.78
I should properly declare an interest as a former member of the British Actors’ Equity Association
Max Wilkinson (26344)
match score: 0.75
Madam Deputy Speaker, I have already told the Member to whom I am about to refer that I intend to refer to him today, because his entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests is revealing
Jonathan Reynolds (24929)
match score: 0.72
I do the same for the United Kingdom: I have to put our interests first
Leigh Ingham (26392)
match score: 0.72
I am not sure whether a declaration is necessary in this case, but I would like to make it known that I am member of the Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections, and I commend Mr Speaker for his work in this space
Marsha de Cordova (25620)
match score: 0.69
Yes, I am very happy to meet my hon. Friend. The Church Commissioners have transparently registered all mineral rights with the Land Registry. I cannot comment on the specifics, as I am sure he would agree, but I am very happy to meet him and will ensure there are officials from the Church investment team, too.
Jonathan Reynolds (24929)
match score: 0.68
My hon. Friend is right; Bracknell has some tremendous businesses, such as Honeywell, Dell and 3M, so he will be seeking to promote and defend particular constituency interests. I have had tremendous support for the approach that I have mapped out today not just from UK businesses but from US businesses as well, particularly those with an economic relationship with the UK. Right now people are seeking evidence that countries around the world are trying to deal with this difficult situation in the right way, in their own national interests but also in a way that gives us an opportunity to strengthen rather than weaken those important trading relationships.
Jonathan Reynolds (24929)
match score: 0.68
Our job is to defend the UK national interest, and the company in Torbay that the hon. Member described—it sounds like a fantastic company —is an exemplar of why I want businesses to be based in the UK: because they can then access a whole range of markets from the best possible position. That is exactly the kind of company that, because of complex supply chains, will have questions about what the announcements mean for it. We decided to launch bespoke information on great.gov.uk today to coincide with this announcement precisely to attempt to provide such companies with the assurance that they need.
Lindsay Hoyle (10295)
match score: 0.67
I am going to call the shadow Minister, but I am not sure whether he should declare an interest as a former apprentice of London Broncos
Jonathan Reynolds (24929)
match score: 0.67
I will keep my right hon Friend updated given her particular constituency interest
Jonathan Reynolds (24929)
match score: 0.67
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I have constituency interests that are similar to his, and the close alignment between ourselves and the US on defence and security matters is an enduring and huge asset to both countries, so I share the sentiments he has raised. He asks whether we can engage US counter- parts in this conversation about a more constructive way forward. Yes, that was always part of our thinking, and our trading bodies in the UK have excellent US links in the main, and they engage in similar activity around that. On his specific point, I have no detail to give him— I have no knowledge of anything like that being used as a bargaining chip, but if I need to give him additional information, I am happy to write to him to provide that.
Jonathan Reynolds (24929)
match score: 0.67
I am tremendously grateful for my hon. Friend’s support and for her question—Adam Smith is probably the best historical reference we have had in this statement so far. As she knows, I have always aspired for my Department to be one of the most pro-Scottish UK ministries, because of the interests that we are there to defend and promote. She will also know that this week is Tartan Week in the US. The Secretary of State for Scotland is in the US right now, and I admire the way that he has turned the Scottland Office into such an economically focused Department, working with Scottish businesses, and working closely with me. That is a tremendous initiative, and one that we will continue to promote.
Luke Murphy (26488)
match score: 0.66
Does the Business Secretary agree that it is hard to take the Conservative party’s criticisms of our trade approach seriously, given its appalling record on meeting its claims to be able to achieve trade deals? I urge him to continue with his calm approach to this, in the interests of businesses in Basingstoke and across the country, and to take those decisions in the national interest
Jonathan Reynolds (24929)
match score: 0.66
I am grateful for the support of my hon. Friend’s constituents. I hear in every part of the country that our approach is genuinely the one that businesses want us to take. It is calm—I am not sure whether it is cool—and, I hope, reassuring to businesses in my hon. Friend’s area. A lot of people are always offering advice in this area. At times, they are offering to escalate a conflict, and perhaps do not have a plan to de-escalate it, but this Government’s approach is always to pursue our national interest, work with partners, and look at the mutual benefits we could get from doing things right. I am extremely grateful for the support for that policy from Members in all parts of the House today.
Jim Shannon (13864)
match score: 0.66
In his reply to my right hon Friend yesterday, the Prime Minister kindly committed to act in our national interest, so will the Secretary of State outline for the record what steps will be taken to do just that?
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (26472)
match score: 0.65
Just as President Trump is acting in what he believes is his national interest, will the Secretary of State reassure me and my constituents in Felixstowe and across Suffolk Coastal that he and the Prime Minister will act firmly in our national interests, and do whatever is necessary to protect British jobs, British trade and industry, and British consumers?