Speeches by Thomas.

“Clearly this is an expensive undertaking, and we are talking tens of billions of pounds over time. Do you think it is right that the cost of that is borne by consumers?”

“I thank my right hon. Friend—that is another failure by Labour.”

“My right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) is absolutely spot on. The message to the Government is clear: they cannot tax their way to prosperity.”

“I have explained that I will not give way any further. The nation deserves better. It deserves a Government who trust enterprise, rein in the bloated state and live within their means. I urge the House to support the motion and send a clear message: scrap the jobs tax, fix the welfare overburden, protect pensioners and…”

“I will not give way; I have been generous in taking interventions. As the Chancellor grows increasingly desperate to save the sinking ship of her fiscal rules, there is now rumour of a wealth tax to compound the Government’s contempt for not only working people, but industry leaders and innovators. That is not conjectu…”

“I will not; I have been generous with interventions. More than half of business owners nationally are planning to, or have made, further cuts to staff numbers in response to increased employer national insurance contributions. In May, 109,000 jobs were lost in a single month. When we tax jobs out of existence, the fisc…”

“The Government have not seen a success. Where we have seen tariffs imposed on the economy, the Government have not reduced them. There is a competitive disadvantage as a result of what we are seeing in the global economic climate. When Labour governs, Britain suffers.”

“Earlier this month, the House witnessed the Government lose control of swathes of their own party. They have had just more than a year in office, and yet the cracks could not be clearer. In the last year, the country has had to endure U-turns, tax increases and a stagnant economy, and yet the Chancellor and the Prime M…”

“When businesses in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency make people redundant, do those employers explain to his constituents that they have to do that for the good of the NHS?”

“I welcome the increase in defence spending, but how on earth is the Prime Minister going to pay for it when his party cannot agree on a small reduction in the welfare bill?”

“The constituency of Bromsgrove and the villages is 89% green belt. Under this Labour Government, our housing target has gone up by 85%, yet nearby Birmingham has had its housing target reduced by 20%, despite there being at least 140 hectares of brownfield land in the south of the city alone. Surely the Leader of the H…”

“I have a question for Jonathan Brearley as chief executive. Against the backdrop that households and businesses face at the moment with exorbitantly high energy costs, I want to pick up on a story that was in the press this week—you have probably seen it—about staff networks in Ofgem, and the time and cost associated w…”

“I beg to differ. I am someone who believes absolutely in the liberty of the individual to spend time on whatever interests that they pursue but I think the taxpayer would question these topics. I am not singling anything out in particular but I picked those as an example—“The art and history of black hair”—and their re…”

“I beg to differ. I am someone who believes absolutely in the liberty of the individual to spend time on whatever interests that they pursue but I think the taxpayer would question these topics. I am not singling anything out in particular but I picked those as an example—“The art and history of black hair”—and their re…”

“I have a question for Jonathan Brearley as chief executive. Against the backdrop that households and businesses face at the moment with exorbitantly high energy costs, I want to pick up on a story that was in the press this week—you have probably seen it—about staff networks in Ofgem, and the time and cost associated w…”

“4. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on AI in schools.”

“Will the Minister outline what steps are being taken to reduce academic dishonesty and plagiarism in schools resulting from the use of artificial intelligence tools?”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“Q I have a constituent whom I met a few months ago. Forgive me—you may have heard me mention this on the Floor of the House a couple of months ago. My constituent is probably in a unique situation. She is a serving detective. Her ex-partner, who was a detective, is serving a sentence in excess of 10 years for having ra…”

“Q As a quick follow-up, what if it was a violent offence against a partner with whom they share a child? Mark Brooks: I think that should be considered if it is against their partner and they share a child. Certainly that should be up for consideration, but no wider than that. Again, we have to make sure that men or wo…”