Speeches in Parliament

I was on the front bench in the Chamber of the House of Commons yesterday afternoon to hear my friend and Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew...

Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Nigel Huddleston MP, Minister for International Trade, during the parliamentary debate on UK Export...

Yesterday, during Business Questions, I asked for a debate in Parliament to celebrate and show thanks to the individuals who help put on community festivals...

Unfortunately due to high time pressure on the Parliamentary schedule, this is a highly truncated version of the speech I intended to deliver. I have therefore...

I was in the House of Commons on Friday 23rd November to speak in a debate on the Parking (Code of Practice) Bill, which was in its final stages in the Commons...

In last week’s Budget debates, I made the case for a fairer distribution of funding across the country for public expenditure. I focused in particular on the...

On Wednesday 2nd May I led a parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall on grandchildren’s access rights to their grandparents and the full transcript of the...

On Wednesday 28th March, I contributed to a parliamentary debate on upgrades to the Cotswold Line. The debate had been called by Robert Courts MP whose Witney...

On Friday 2nd February, Conservative MP Tim Loughton’s Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill received its second reading in the...