Speeches in Parliament

Early in the new year, local authorities across the country will be expected to set their budgets for the forthcoming year. Ever since the Chancellor's Budget...

For the last month, it was clear that the Government was expecting to make a big announcement on the future of devolution in England. There were murmurings in...

Over the weekend, it was briefed by Ministers that they were looking to effectively abolish planning committees on local councils. It is evident that they were...

The Labour Government has announced that they are coming for our pubs, our high streets and our schools. Through misguided ideology, this Government is waging a...

Following October’s Budget, we knew that local government finances were in an uncertain state. The Government set out its intentions to increase spending power...

It is a rare privilege to ask a question during a session of Prime Minister’s Questions and while it was the Deputy Prime Minister filling in today, it was...

While it has now been over a year since the expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), I am still regularly contacted by residents who are mistakenly...

My constituents will know that for a time I served as the lead for education and children’s services on Hillingdon Council. During this time and subsequently as...

I am deeply concerned about the future of the Hillingdon Hospital redevelopment. Constituents will know that after a long campaign, funding was secured to...