Speeches by Davies.

“I am mindful of time; I think there may be something on at 5 o’clock that has some people’s interest.”

“The Committee asks for a minimum of seven Back Benchers from Opposition parties for a Chamber debate, and you have provided six. Would you be happy or able to provide the name of a further Opposition Member?”

“I welcome this record investment in defence, and I appreciate that it may lead to us making cuts elsewhere in public expenditure. One casualty may be the expansion of the A38 in Derby, which has been on and off under successive Governments for the past 40 years. Some local people would welcome the scheme’s not going ah…”

“Nottingham University hospitals NHS trust is one of the trusts that serves my constituents. For those who have been patients there, or who have had babies who have come to harm—I have met some of them—Donna Ockenden’s report is difficult reading indeed. In respect of the staff at that trust, many of them, often junior …”

“Will the right hon. Lady give way?”

“Does the right hon. Lady not accept that the investment her Government made in offshore wind power has insulated British consumers against the fossil fuel price hikes we have seen as a consequence of the Iran war? That is evidence that investment in renewable energy is good for consumers and businesses.”

“Thank you for your presentation. You have indicated that you would prefer to have a Tuesday debate in Westminster Hall. There are a lot of people wanting debates. Would you consider having the debate on a Thursday if it meant it took place sooner?”

“You need four Government Back Benchers for a Westminster Hall debate and seven for a Chamber debate. According to the application you only have three. Would you be able to secure the support of some additional Labour Back Benchers?”

“You need four Labour Back Benchers for a Westminster Hall debate and seven for a Chamber debate and you only have three.”

“You will need to let the Clerks know.”

“I thank the Secretary of State for the considered way in which he has delivered his statement. In December 2025, The BMJ reported that “the Pathways trial should wait for findings from former patients treated by GIDS between 2009 and 2020” and that “A data linkage study of 9000 patients, now adults, has full HRA approv…”

“I thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for her statement. I associate myself with her condolences to the driver’s family and her remarks on those who were injured, and offer my thanks to those who responded from the emergency services, those in the NHS who continue to provide care and treatment and the rai…”

“The St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, which runs a number of schools in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, is facing extreme financial difficulties despite the considerable extra support that it has received from the Department for Education. We east midlands MPs have written to the Department, but perhaps Mi…”

“The Labour Government’s summer of savings programme—cutting VAT on visitor attractions and children’s meals and providing free bus travel for under-16s this August—is welcome news for families in Derbyshire and those visiting the county, which is a much-loved holiday destination. It is also an important shot in the arm…”

“T4. The National Centre for Arts and Music Education is due to be up and running this September. Can the Secretary of State tell us whether it will be ready in time and who will run it, and can she give us an overview of its remit?”

“Do you think that the Treasury understands the costs of delay in adaptation and measures that will provide resilience over a longer period? Do you think it adequately understands the benefits of those things?”

“Are there any particular examples of where early intervention or prevention investment, which was probably seen as ambitious, left-field or even controversial, is really paying those dividends beyond biodiversity net gain and the things that we might already know about?”

“We know that climate change and the loss of nature is already costing the economy in different ways, whether through pollinators, affecting food security, or flooding and what that means for the insurance industry, or more hot weather and what that means for people’s health. There is a discourse in the country about wh…”

“That the UK is doing but perhaps not adequately getting credit for at the moment.”

“Are you aware of any frameworks being used elsewhere around the world that we could perhaps look at to build our own?”