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Notable contributions

Notable contribution

Speaker Hoyle pays tribute to ‘giant of the Thatcher era’ Lord Tebbit

Notable contribution

Labour rebels offered eleventh hour concession on welfare cuts

Notable contribution

Labour MP suggests welfare plans have ‘excluded the voices of disabled people’

Notable moments

Notable moment

Michael Gove introduced to House of Lords as Baron Gove of Torry

Notable moment

‘It is totally wrong!’: Speaker insists minister must deliver statement on US-UK trade deal

Notable moment

Watch: Speaker leads procession of MPs as parliament marks VE Day 80

Stand-out speeches

Stand-out speech

Commons speaker introduces Macron with tribute to Britain and France’s shared history

Stand-out speech

‘With a heavy broken heart’: Disabled Labour MP says she will vote against welfare cuts

Stand-out speech

Labour MP: ‘These Dickensian cuts belong to a different era and a different party’

Battle of the day

Battle of the day

Ed Miliband says Green Party co-leader has ‘none of the above position’ on clean energy

Battle of the day

Green MP dismisses Reform UK as ‘cynical opportunists’ in call to nationalise water sector

Battle of the day

The Conservative Party is ‘becoming completely irrelevant’, says Rachel Reeves

Prime minister’s questions

Prime minister’s questions

PMQs: Kemi Badenoch insists she is getting ‘better every week’

Prime minister’s questions

‘First through the e-gates!’: PM mocks Nigel Farage as Reform leader holidays in France

Prime minister’s questions

PMQs: Keir Starmer says he wants ‘more pensioners’ to receive winter fuel payments

Individual questions

Individual question

Creative industries won’t be damaged by a US trade deal, Lisa Nandy suggests

Individual question

Senior Conservative MP suggests Donald Trump is a ‘Manchurian Candidate’

Individual question

Labour MP says governments have ‘given too much power away’ to quangos

Ministerial Statements

Ministerial statement

Liz Kendall: Labour’s welfare reform is ‘rooted in fairness’ for claimants and taxpayers

Ministerial statement

‘Deep rooted institutional failures’ left victims prey to grooming gangs, Cooper says

Ministerial statement

‘All lower income pensioners’ should receive winter fuel payment after U-turn, minister says

Urgent questions

Urgent question

Labour grandee expresses concern over rule small boat refugees can’t claim citizenship

Urgent question

UK needs ‘cool and clear-headed’ response to Trump steel tariffs, says trade minister

Urgent question

UK government says it would ‘oppose’ Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal

In debate

Debate in 3 minutes

‘No plans to change voting system’ insists minister, as cross-party pressure for reform builds

Debate in 3 minutes

Removal of hereditary peers from House of Lords ‘long overdue’, says Thomas-Symonds

Debate in 3 minutes

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

Westminster Hall

Westminster Hall

Keir Starmer warned as winter fuel and welfare cuts likened to Thatcher’s poll tax

Westminster Hall

Democracy minister pledges to ‘enhance’ safeguards against foreign political donations

Westminster Hall

Labour MP Kevin McKenna shares he is living with HIV

10-minute-rule bills

10-minute rule bill

Stephen Flynn introduces bill to give Waspi women ‘compensation that they deserve’

10-minute rule bill

Lib Dem MP urges government to back EU youth mobility scheme as part of Brexit reset

10-minute rule bill

Richard Holden’s bill to ban first-cousin marriages met with opposition by independent MP

From the committee corridor

From the committee corridor

Keir Starmer: Labour will give 16- and 17-year-olds right to vote

From the committee corridor

Keir Starmer criticises budget watchdog over welfare assessment

From the committee corridor

‘Moment of national pride’: Lord Hermer says Britain should ‘celebrate’ creation of ECHR