Speeches by Morton.

“Thank you, Mr Speaker. Whether it is the findings of the election monitors in Georgia, interference in the recent elections in Moldova, the illegal invasion of Ukraine, or the chill felt from the Baltics to Bucharest, Europe today is a much more contested space. This is the moment to pin our colours to the mast and be …”

“At the last Transport questions on 10 October, I asked the Transport Secretary to confirm the status of the ringfenced funding for Aldridge train station. She promised to reply in writing. I followed this up with a letter. To date, I have received no response. The people of Aldridge deserve to know what has happened to…”

“In a week when we have seen temperatures plummet to below zero, leaving pensioners in my constituency and across the country worrying about heating their homes, the Department for Work and Pensions has finally issued its impact assessment on the Government’s disgraceful decision to scrap the winter fuel payment. Can we…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow West (Patricia Ferguson) on securing this important debate, and thank all Members who have contributed. As the Conservative Government said throughout, an end to the conflict has to be a sustainable end. That starts…”

“And on charities.”

“My constituents want to see an end to the small boat crossings and an end to the use of hotels for asylum seekers—as pledged in the Government’s manifesto. Will the Minister undertake to ensure that, where hotels have seen asylum seekers moved out, more are not put back in?”

“Absolutely. Small businesses also face a tax on aspiration and entrepreneurship. Inheritance tax will be the death of enterprise. The increases to employer national insurance and the minimum wage will stymie growth and investment. Inflation looks set to be higher than growth under the Chancellor’s measures. In fact, fa…”

“I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the Budget debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sherwood Forest (Michelle Welsh) on making her maiden speech, and wish her well. Last Wednesday, we sat in this Chamber to listen to the Chancellor’s Budget of broken promises, and as each day has gone by, we have witnes…”

“As the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) highlighted, reliable regional connectivity matters. When the Minister is looking at public service obligation routes, will he consider also looking at the transparency of the data coming out of those routes, at reliability, and at penalties for failure? It cannot be righ…”

“T5. Over the years, I have met a number of constituents who have endured the pain of a loved one being killed or seriously injured in a road traffic collision. Last week, I met representatives of RoadPeace West Midlands again. Ahead of the world day of remembrance for road traffic victims on Sunday 17 November, will th…”

“19. What steps she is taking through the criminal justice system to facilitate the removal of foreign national offenders from the UK.”

“Some 12% of the prison population in England and Wales are foreign national offenders, so what specific action is the Justice Secretary taking to remove FNOs from our prisons and return them to their countries, including through the use of the prisoner transfer agreements that were put in place by the previous Governme…”

“You have a really good range of colleagues signed up to this, but for the Chamber we would normally be looking for a few more from the Government Benches. I could count only three.”

“RYR goes way beyond the south-west!”

“On the flipside of that, I note that your other option is a Chamber debate. Similarly, if it was a Chamber debate on a Thursday afternoon, do you think you will get enough Members there, given that the title is “South West of England”? I fully understand why you are doing it, but it may restrict the number of colleague…”

“Thank you.”

“Perfect. My sheets were printed off, so perhaps there is a new version.”

“Thank you. That is fine.”

“But it does not specify that it must be official Opposition. You have ticked Tuesday and Thursday, Jim. Do you have a preference?”

“My understanding, looking at the form, is that this has to be split between Government and non-Government parties. Presumably it does not matter whether it is official Opposition or not, although arguably we would want as many as possible.”