University Tuition Fees Speech (Tuesday 12 January 2021) 12th January 2021 For eleven months now we have been gripped in the jaws of the Covid19 health pandemic. It has brought hardship on businesses and livelihoods, upended our very... Speeches
Homeless Winter Support Speech (Wednesday 16th December 2020) 16th December 2020 A year ago, I was elected on a promise to eradicate homelessness and rough sleeping in Hastings and Rye over the next ten years. This is a promise to local... Speeches
Fisheries Bill Speech (Tuesday 1st September 2020) 1st September 2020 This Bill is not only important for the UK fishing industry, it is also a statement of the repatriation of sovereign powers to the UK. We regain total control... Speeches
Terrorism Bill Debate Speech (Wednesday 20th July 2020) 20th July 2020 I want to touch on sentencing - what is the purpose of sentencing? Primarily to punish the offender; to reduce crime by preventing an offender from committing... Speeches
Immigration Bill Speech (Tuesday 18th May 2020) 18th May 2020 Importantly for this country, a country which has always welcomed immigrants, this Bill will enable the alignment of treatment for EU and non-EU citizens as... Speeches
Covid19 Debate (Pregnant Women) Speech (Wednesday 13th May 2020) 13th May 2020 A recent poll of 2,000 parents found that the extra time we are spending at home because of coronavirus is bringing families closer together by giving parents... Speeches
Victory in Europe Remarks (Friday 8th May 2020) 8th May 2020 Seventy-five years to the day, a great battle that our nation had endured for many years came to an end. On the 8 May 1945, men and women from all corners of... Speeches
Finance Bill Debate (Loan Charge) Speech (Tuesday 27th April 2020) 27th April 2020 The Loan Charge is an anti-avoidance measure, introduced in Finance Act 2016 to address the tax loss to the Treasury from a variety of ‘disguised remuneration’... Speeches