Speeches by Ryan.

“We owe our veterans and service personnel a great debt, and we eternally thank them for their service to and sacrifice for this country—particularly in proud regiment towns like Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield. Will the Leader of the House join me in thanking Healthier Heroes, Andy, Rio and the powerful community of su…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I propose to deal with clauses 1 and 2 together, as you set out. This modest but important Bill amends current legislation to enable defendants and debtors in specific types of cases heard in the magistrates court or county or family courts to be able to ap…”

“11. What steps he is taking to strengthen the UK’s relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

“I declare an interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is an important partner for trade and peace in the middle east and for the combating of terrorism around the world. With reference to recent events in Iran, how is the Foreign Secretary utilising our relationship to in…”

“That makes sense. Thank you.”

“As I say, without getting into the tit-for-tat, we have so many Departments that come here and tell us that and then the NAO says different. The NAO says that the long-term trends are not great. The NAO says that caseworkers do not have a collective understanding of how often this occurs. They do not collect the data a…”

“My final question is about the number of cases being cancelled at usually quite late stages, which was something like 32% between January 2023 and November 2024. What can you do to make sure that cases are not being cancelled when they go through?”

“That is good to hear. If I were you guys and I had read that NAO Report paragraph, I would be frightened about the sort of operation I was running and the efficiency of that operation. The overarching point here, without getting too much into the politics, is one of fairness. We talked at the start about those children…”

“I should probably start by saying that I currently have a private Member’s Bill going through the Commons that will try to bring some of these video hearings into action—I am not sure whether I need to declare that or not, but I have done. The NAO Report, in paragraph 3.6, talks about an administrative process review t…”

“I will start by answering the question that is so often asked, first under the breath, and then in the dark corners of the internet, and now, in some places, in the unfortunate mainstream: why do we have Pride? Why do we need Pride? The answer is that for far too many people, even in the Britain of 2025—one of the grea…”

“There has been quite a nice cross-party feeling to the debate tonight, and that has been encouraging. There has also been some mention of trailblazers. I realise this is probably a little bit embarrassing for those on our Front Bench, but the Minister who opened the debate, my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda and Ogm…”

“Absolutely. I am so proud of my hon. Friend and everybody else who has contributed to the debate, whether LGBT or an ally. I stand here as an openly gay man, but allies have talked about films—“Pride” and things—that they have seen. It is important for us all to be here and to recognise Pride, and I thank my hon. Frien…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I absolutely will. One of the first experiences I had as an MP was being approached by a constituent, Steven, whom I had not met during the election campaign, and who has now received compensation for his disgraceful treatment when he was a member of the armed forces. I…”

“Let us say it straight: disabled people have been let down by 14 years of Tory Government. The number of disabled people in working households living in poverty doubled under the Tories’ watch, to 1.3 million people last year and the pay gap for disabled people is higher now at 13% than it was a decade ago. I will touc…”

“I will not give way. The principle of the social contract of the welfare state is at stake, and this Government are defending it.”

“The Minister may have seen my constituent Mollie Mulheron recently featured on “Newsnight”. Our local ICB recently refused her access to fertility treatment after recovery from an aggressive cancer with a high likelihood that her illness will return. Will the Minister meet me and Mollie to discuss that issue, and acces…”

“It is already in.”

“The OBR has already assumed that 12% to 25% leave. We know that, if 25% leave, the policy becomes a cost.”

“On another day I would love to ask you about trusts and entities, and what you think about some of this stuff and the legislation, but not today. We will move on to non-dom compliance and the non-dom regime, please. What impact do you expect the changes to the non-dom regime to have on your compliance work? What sorts …”

“I am never keen on people saying that the system is now set up and working. What is your ambition for improving that?”