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Notable contributions

Notable contribution

Speaker Hoyle reprimands Labour over timing of Chagos handover announcement

Notable contribution

Pat McFadden: Era of ministers waging culture wars on the civil service is over

Notable contribution

‘A costly con’: Yvette Cooper reveals £700m Rwanda spend ‘to send just four volunteers’

Notable moments

Notable moment

Former PM Theresa May introduced to House of Lords as Baroness May of Maidenhead

Notable moment

Conservative Party accused of trying to ‘cover up’ sewage spills ahead of election

Notable moment

Watch moment Black Rod has door slammed in her face as she summons MPs to hear King’s Speech

Stand-out speeches

Stand-out speech

‘Great personal sorrow’ that Salmond will not see an independent Scotland, says Flynn

Stand-out speech

‘Let’s get this right’: Labour MP Rachael Maskell says she cannot vote for winter fuel cuts

Stand-out speech

Mel Stride says winter fuel cut will cause ‘untold hardship’ for millions of pensioners

Battle of the day

Battle of the day

Lucy Powell hits out at Conservative Party’s ‘tin-eared’ response to the local elections

Battle of the day

Penny Mordaunt mocks speculation she could succeed Rishi Sunak as prime minister

Battle of the day

Lucy Powell calls on the Conservative Party to give Frank Hester ‘his money back’

Prime minister’s questions

Prime minister’s questions

‘It’s personal to me’: Falklands and Gibraltar will remain British, Keir Starmer insists

Prime minister’s questions

PMQs: Keir Starmer says Sunak is the ‘experts’ expert on raising taxes’

Prime minister’s questions

Rishi Sunak accuses PM of ‘hiding’ impact of winter fuel payment cuts

Individual questions

Individual question

Conservative peer suggests drones should be used to ‘puncture’ small boats in France

Individual question

Suella Braverman suggests post-Brexit rules in Northern Ireland have ‘fundamentally failed’

Individual question

Suella Braverman calls on the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap

Ministerial Statements

Ministerial statement

Nigel Farage, Conservative leadership hopefuls criticise Labour over Chagos handover

Ministerial statement

Gaza ‘a living hell’: Keir Starmer says Middle East ‘cannot endure’ another year of conflict

Ministerial statement

Rachel Reeves confronts ‘unforgivable’ inheritance with plan to plug ‘£22bn black hole’

Urgent questions

Urgent question

‘Let’s talk cronyism!’: Wes Streeting fires back after Conservative criticism

Urgent question

Rafah offensive: Suella Braverman says Israel must ‘finish the job to eliminate Hamas’

Urgent question

‘What a load of nonsense!’: Miliband reacts as no bids received in offshore wind auction

In debate

Debate in 3 minutes

‘This motion is simply unconstitutional’: Commons debate on barring alleged sex offence MPs

Debate in 3 minutes

Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill clears final House of Commons stages

Debate in 3 minutes

North Sea oil and gas proposals clear first commons hurdle as MPs back bill

Westminster Hall

Westminster Hall

‘Not enough parliamentary time is not an excuse’ says Madders on government failure to reform the leasehold system

Westminster Hall

MPs urge government to ‘complete the circuit’ and form register of public defibrillators

Westminster Hall

‘The Net Zero agenda is the opium of the middle class liberal masses’

10-minute-rule bills

10-minute rule bill

‘No one can get a GP appointment and people are resorting to DIY dentistry. We are in a crisis’

10-minute rule bill

Parliament would not be exempt from workplace bullying legislation, says Maskell

10-minute rule bill

Gavin Williamson introduces Bill on Somaliland recognition

From the committee corridor

From the committee corridor

Rishi Sunak asked about Liz Truss’ claim the ‘deep state’ ended her premiership

From the committee corridor

Rishi Sunak: Home Office making ‘arrangements’ to secure Rwanda flights airline

From the committee corridor

Cabinet secretary Simon Case plans to reform all-male Garrick Club from ‘within’