My Work in Parliament - Pat McFadden MP Wolverhampton South East

British Steel

Commons debates

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his approach in recent weeks and for his statement today. I thank him for his comments about the difficulty of turning off steel mills like a tap,...

Leaving the European Union

Commons debates

I have been listening to the Prime Minister respond to several questions about the consequences of no deal. Given what is likely to happen in the European Parliament elections tomorrow and in the...

Leaving the EU: Expenditure

Exiting the European Union

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

Despite talking up and legitimising a no-deal outcome for two years, the Prime Minister applied for two different extensions to the article 50 period to avoid that outcome, because she knows it...

Leaving the EU: Expenditure

Exiting the European Union

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

How much Government Departments have spent on preparations for leaving the EU without a deal.

Death of John Smith: 25th Anniversary

Acquired Brain Injury

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

That is an eloquent reminder of how deeply his death was felt in the country. A debate such as this is also a moment to consider what John Smith stood for and what he would make of today. When we...

Death of John Smith: 25th Anniversary

Acquired Brain Injury

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

It is a pleasure to take part in this debate today. I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray) on securing it and on his wonderful opening speech. It is...

TV Licences for over-75S

Commons debates

I am not going to give way, if that is okay, because there is a lot of pressure on time and others want to speak. The first impact of the policy will be on the BBC itself. The second impact will...

TV Licences for over-75S

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Laura Smith), and I want to begin where she left off. I agree with her that free TV licences were introduced as a...

TV Licences for over-75S

Commons debates

The right hon. Gentleman is implying that the BBC was happy with all this at the time, but in the press statement announcing the consultation, the BBC said: “The BBC could copy the...

TV Licences for over-75S

Commons debates

On giving a welfare policy to the BBC, a lot of footballing metaphors have been used in the past 24 hours, after Liverpool’s glorious result against Barcelona last night, but does my hon....

Sikhs: Contribution to the UK - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the Minister for his opening remarks, and I am sure that the Sikh community will be very grateful for his Vaisakhi greetings, but the Government missed an opportunity a couple of weeks...

Sikhs: Contribution to the UK - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Thank you, Sir Edward, for that ruling and for your chairmanship today. I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Feltham and Heston (Seema Malhotra) on securing this debate. As...

Northern Ireland: Political Process

Commons debates

Father MaGill spoke for many last week when he called for new urgency on behalf of Lyra McKee’s generation—what we might call the “post-Good Friday agreement generation”....

Uk Telecoms: Huawei

Commons debates

This leak is not only embarrassing, but, I am afraid, symptomatic of a wider breakdown of discipline and collective responsibility in the Government. This decision should be taking into account...

Sri Lanka

Commons debates

I thank those on both Front Benches for their response today and particularly for their defence of pluralism. They outlined their horror, which we all share, of innocent people being attacked in...

European Council

Commons debates

The Prime Minister has applied for and now been granted two extensions to the article 50 period. She did that to avoid the consequences of a no-deal Brexit. Those consequences were laid out by...

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - [David Hanson in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. I congratulate the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on securing this timely and important debate. The massacre at...

United Kingdom’S Withdrawal from the European Union

Commons debates

This is the third time that we have considered this issue. The Government say that this is not meaningful vote 3 and they will not count it as meaningful vote 3 if they lose today, but they would...

European Council

Commons debates

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Pitching Parliament against the people undermines parliamentary democracy and feeds the far right. Does the Prime Minister regret her use of words last Wednesday?

UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union

Business of the House (Today)

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

When the Prime Minister set out the timetable for this week a couple of weeks ago, she did not say that the vote on an extension was to be linked to acceptance of the deal. When she set out those...