Speeches by Harris.

“Order. I ask Members to be brief with interventions.”

“I remind hon. Members to bob if they wish to be called in the debate, and they should be brief. I intend to call the Front Benchers at 3.28 pm, and I suggest that all interventions be kept short.”

“How soon after the last election were your offices and staff teams up and running? What kind of support did you get from other MPs’ offices or political parties? I say that as someone who has been a staffer and as someone who has helped other MPs when they did not have offices, allowing them to camp in mine and giving …”

“Good morning, all. When you first started the role, did you really understand what it was going to be? Did you have any guidance on how you should do it? Do you know where to go to get support and guidance?”

“I intend to start the Front-Bench speeches at 5.8 pm. Will Members please make sure that they keep their remarks as short as possible?”

“Order. The last two interventions were long enough to be speeches. I cannot allow interventions of that length. There is a process where you apply to speak and you will be called to make a speech, but interventions need to be short, as the name suggests.”

“I remind Members that they need to stand if they intend to speak, as there are a lot more people in the Chamber than on my list, and that you need to have been here at the start of the debate to be able to make a speech.”

“I remind hon. Members that “Rules of behaviour and courtesies in the House of Commons” notes: “The privilege of freedom of speech in debate…allows us to conduct our debates without fear of outside interference. But it is a freedom which should be exercised responsibly, in the public interest and taking into account the…”

“Order. The clock displays are broken, but we are working on fixing them. I will notify Members by coughing just before their three minutes are up.”

“Order. I call Iqbal Mohamed.”

“Thank you for your point of order and for notifying me of it in advance, but decisions relating to the publication of e-petitions and the scheduling of e-petition debates properly sit with the Petitions Committee. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to make direct contact with the Chair of that Committee r…”

“11. What recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing UV index alerts on public information boards at transport hubs.”

“One of the key findings of the recent beauty, hair and wellbeing all-party parliamentary group UV safety report was that the public do not fully understand the UV index. With evidence showing that over 86% of skin cancer is entirely preventable, the report recommends that daily UV ratings be widely advertised across co…”

“What an honour it is to be here in the Chamber, alongside 2015 friends—my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Yardley (Jess Phillips) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting)—and obviously my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater), to share my memories of Jo and talk about…”

“I certainly do. Jo’s vision is something I have tried desperately to live up to in all my political career. In Jo’s memory, 10 years on from her tragic and untimely death, I urge colleagues from all parties—even those who are not with us today—to remember what she stood for, to amplify her message and to encourage othe…”

“The Welsh, known for our singing, are united in concern for Swansea’s global superstar Bonnie Tyler, who has been hospitalised in Portugal due to ill health. Will the Leader of the House join me in wishing Bonnie a safe and speedy recovery? As the song that she first recorded in ’88 says, she is simply the best.”

“Order. These are very long interventions. Some Members have given a speech and others will have an opportunity to speak later and will be able to make their points. We need to make progress.”

“Order. Dr Beccy Cooper, you will be making a speech. There will be an appropriate time for you to make your points.”

“In May 2025, the all-party parliamentary group on beauty and wellbeing, which I chair, launched an inquiry into ultraviolet safety in the UK. Over nine months, we have taken evidence from the industry, academics, clinicians and those with lived experience to understand the dangers of overexposure and what more can be d…”

“Order. Can we not have debate across the Chamber, please? Can you finish your wind-up, Mr Ballinger?”