Speeches by Paul.

“Britain’s steel industry is not competitive, because of high energy costs and excessive red tape, but instead of addressing the root causes, this Labour Government revert back to their default solution of nationalisation. Why are this Government so keen to take us back to the 1970s? If we cannot bring our ruinous energ…”

“The Secretary of State will know that e-bikes do not require insurance, but we are seeing some pedestrians suffer catastrophic injuries due to the additional weight of these bikes compared with a normal bike. Is she giving any consideration to reviewing the rules on this issue?”

“I recently invited residents to vote for their favourite local businesses in my constituency. Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating MLP Wealth Management in Banstead, which won best overall small business; the Chapel in Reigate, which won best independent café; Murray Designs in Reigate, which won best…”

“Is there anything else that we need to be aware of with respect to this, specifically for women or indeed any other protected group when we are considering this?”

“We will discuss the legal framework for reasonable adjustments later but in broader terms how well understood and catered for are the needs of people with fluctuating health conditions at work? Clare, I come back to you.”

“Clare and Patricia, can you describe the impacts of fluctuating health conditions such as ME and arthritis on people’s needs for flexible working arrangements?”

“Q11. Coughlan’s Bakery, which was founded in 1937, has announced the closure of all its stores, five of which are in my Reigate constituency. The reasons given by Sean Coughlan include recent employer national insurance and business rate hikes. That much-loved family business, which has survived a world war and multipl…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan) for securing the debate. This is a really important topic, and I do not think there has been enough focus on it in the last few years. Her speech was very powerful, and the hon. Member for Salford (Rebecca Long Bailey) made really important points about corridor care …”

“I would expect the Minister to know the numbers, and this question has been asked many times, so I am going to give him another attempt: how many rapists and sexual offenders will be released early under the Sentencing Act?”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that answer. Can he explain why his Department was apparently willing to appoint Mandelson as ambassador, and provide him with access to classified briefings, without conducting any security vetting, given that his close links with Russia and China were already public knowledge befo…”

“12. What recent progress he has made on implementing the Humble Address agreed by this House on 4 February 2026.”

“I am concerned about the Bill’s impact on families, which the Minister has touched upon, and I am worried that positive, healthy interactions within a family could potentially fall in scope of the Bill. It is good to hear that she does not think the Bill will cover such interactions, but it is written quite broadly and…”

“It is obviously really important work. Could you set out for us the work that you are doing with the Social Mobility Commission on this?”

“Have you met with it in the last two years?”

“Equality of opportunity is so important, is it not?”

“Thank you, Secretary of State, for your time. I just wanted to thank you for laying down the code; it is very much appreciated. I know it is an incredibly emotive and difficult topic. One of the issues that we have had—obviously this was before your time—was that the original code has misinterpreted the law, shall we s…”

“I have a quick question. Dame Nia raises really important points on the GRA. One group that was obviously quite impacted by the Supreme Court ruling was long-term medically transitioned trans women. Obviously, they went through the process and acquired a GRC in good faith and expected certain things to happen; the Supr…”

“I thank the hon. Member for that excellent question. I obviously always respect and listen to different clinicians, but what is happening with this debate is that one set of clinicians with one view is being listened to. Let me remind everyone about lobotomies. Lots of very respected people came out for lobotomies; in …”

“Yesterday, even the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care conceded—the second one to do so—that he is “uneasy” and even “uncomfortable”. I suggest that his discomfort is nothing next to the lifelong damage that the trial will potentially do to an extremely vulnerable cohort of children, whom we should be protec…”

“I frankly cannot believe that we are here again. When the Pathways clinical trial was paused earlier this year, I felt that there had finally been—[Interruption.]”