I was proud to lead a Westminster Hall debate on an issue of local, national and international significance: the urgent need to ban small-scale fracking operations. This was a timely moment for a debate. In my constituency of Scarborough and Whitby, Europa
Sewell Setzer was fourteen years old. For ten months, he’d been talking to a chatbot on Character.AI, a virtual companion modelled on a Game of Thrones character. When he told it he wanted to die, it asked if he “had a plan.”
On Monday night, December 15th, I had the privilege of being granted an adjournment debate, which I had requested to hold following many meetings and discussions with a constituent in Harlow and hearing their very own experience and story. The debate highlighted
I spent the majority of my working life before I entered politics in local news. Even as a child I delivered copies of the Local Guardian around south London. My first proper job was at the South London Press and later I
Whilst my constituency is located on the Humber, a world-renowned location for the offshore and renewable energy sector, I recently led a debate in Parliament on the future of the UK’s oil refining sector. This is because, up until developments earlier this
England’s adoption system is experiencing significant strain. As of this December, 3,000 children with Placement Orders remain waiting to be matched with an adoptive family, with average waits exceeding twenty months.[1] Yet one longstanding barrier for self-employed adopters, who receive no statutory financial support, is
New housing developments will be required to install special bird bricks to protect endangered species, despite Rachel Reeves’s pledge to cut regulations.
It might surprise readers to learn that while the UK has a comprehensive military honours system – including the Victoria Cross for gallantry, campaign medals for operational service, and the Elizabeth Cross for families of the fallen – we have no official
Network Rail’s new timetable has come into force – and it is bad news for passengers in our rural communities, like my own in the Scottish Borders. LNER have described the changes as ‘transformational’ – they certainly are. For big cities –
In a country famed for its rain, it seems almost absurd to talk about running out of water. Yet across England, particularly in the South East, water scarcity is placing a severe constraint on our environment, our economy and our ability to
