Substitute
Deputy
Labour
House of Commons
GB - SW1A OAA - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2024
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
24/06/2026 | 19:23:48 Thank you, Mister President. Friends, we do live in a more volatile world. Humanitarian crises, economic shocks, environmental breakdown, climate change, war, they're no longer rare interruptions. They are, unfortunately, the status quo that we live with. And each one of those crises tests our nations on whether we can feed our people. And each one finds new weaknesses in our global food system. I'd like to thank the rapporteur for her work on this report. We have worked together on a series... 23/06/2026 | 18:56:39 Thank you, Mister President. What more can I add to this? In the two minutes that I've got available, some phenomenal speeches by colleagues and I'd like to call out particularly my colleague Mr Tony VAUGHAN for his opening remarks and for the work of my good friend Ms Alicia KEARNS on bringing forward the amendments to support European citizens and dual nationality citizens in being released and not being used as essentially negotiation tools by the Iranian government. But when you read... 22/06/2026 | 16:39:15 Thank you. And thank you to the rapporteur, the observers and everyone who put this report together on behalf of the 4 000 Bulgarian and Hungarian members in Northamptonshire, many of whom, I'm sure, made their voice very clear. I'm going to speak about the Hungarian elections. After 16 years, this election delivered a peaceful change of government on a turnout of nearly 80% and with an outgoing Prime Minister conceding on election night. This is a democratic achievement, in spite of the... 23/04/2026 | 16:26:38 President, Colleagues, On behalf of our group, I want to thank Ms Valérie PILLER CARRARD for her work on this report. It is thorough, detailed, but it is also quite shocking. Across Europe, workers are being underpaid, threatened, stripped of protections, and in the worst cases, trafficked. Not in spite of our economic model. But, in some cases, because of it. Exploitation is built into subcontracting chains, hidden in shell companies, enabled by gaps in the law that employers know how to... 22/04/2026 | 19:23:31 Thank you Madam President. Colleagues, I’m speaking today in full support of this resolution. This report brings us back to a case that should never have faded from focus. Mr Sergei MAGNITSKY uncovered large scale corruption. He paid for that discovery with his life. And yet, years on, those who benefited from that crime have not been held to account. Significant sums of money linked to that fraud have not been reclaimed. What stands out to me in this report, beyond the original crime, is...
25/06/2026 | Doc. 16453 | Motion for a resolution Towards a European strategy on arbitrary detention and hostage‑taking of European and dual‑national citizens 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16451 | Written declaration Persecution of anti-war voices ahead of so-called elections in the Russian Federation 23/06/2026 | Doc. 16438 | Motion for a resolution Territorial cohesion: a strategic imperative for a sustainable Europe 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16390 | Motion for a resolution Addressing the issue of drug facilitated sexual violence and the online platforms used by perpetrators 08/10/2025 | Doc. 16281 | Motion for a resolution Climate action as a human and democratic responsibility
24/06/2026 | Doc. 16417, vote on the draft text for resolution Protecting democracy from disruptions caused by artificial intelligence 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16414, vote on the draft text for resolution Silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16420, vote on the draft text for resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16423, vote on the draft text for resolution Ensuring sustainable food security in times of crisis: strengthening resilience and access to food 23/06/2026 | Doc. 16424, vote on the draft text for resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in Serbia