Caroline Nokes MP: speeches

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18 Nov 2025 · Northern Ireland Troubles Bill · Hansard source
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Order. I call Andy McDonald.
18 Nov 2025 · Northern Ireland Troubles Bill · Hansard source
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I am imposing an immediate four-minute time limit.
18 Nov 2025 · Northern Ireland Troubles Bill · Hansard source
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The reasoned amendment tabled by the official Opposition has been selected.
18 Nov 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. I think that he has raised two points. As we heard in an earlier point of order, the combination of statements does not help, and those on the Treasury Bench will have heard my comments about that; it is a matter for the Government when they decide to schedule statements, and, indeed, the issues and subjects to which they will pertain. As for the second point, regarding the timeliness and the length of statements, I do think it important. It is always regrettable when not all Members can get in during a statement. However, on regular occasions throughout the statement, I exhorted Members and, indeed, the Foreign Secretary to make questions and answers short. We would have been able to accommodate many more Members if others had listened to that guidance.
18 Nov 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. He is right to say that written questions are an important way in which Members may hold the Government to account. As he will have heard me say earlier, Ministers themselves are responsible for the timeliness of their responses, but I hope that those on the Treasury Bench have heard his concerns and will pass them on to the relevant Department, in this case DEFRA. Both the Leader of the House and the Procedure Committee may also take an interest in these matters, so the hon. Member may wish to raise his concerns with them.
18 Nov 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order, and for giving advance notice of it. He will of course be aware that the combination of statements is not a matter for the Chair—the Government determine statements—but I am sure that the Foreign Secretary has heard his comments.
18 Nov 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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I thank the hon. Lady for giving advance notice of her point of order. She has corrected the record, as she did this time last week, and I hope she will not see this as a regular method and opportunity to reiterate her political points.
18 Nov 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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I thank the hon. Member for her point of order. Members should receive timely responses to their correspondence with Ministers, and it is disappointing to hear that the hon. Lady has experienced such a significant delay. Ministers themselves are responsible for the timeliness of their responses, and I hope that those on the Treasury Bench have heard her concerns and will pass them on to the relevant Department. Members may also wish to raise their concerns with the Leader of the House during business questions every Thursday.
18 Nov 2025 · China Espionage: Government Security Response · Hansard source
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Order. I encourage the remaining Members to ask short questions and the Minister to give short answers. There is an important statement and a very heavily subscribed debate to come.
18 Nov 2025 · China Espionage: Government Security Response · Hansard source
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I thank the Security Minister for his statement.
17 Nov 2025 · Asylum Policy · Hansard source
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I call the Father of the House.
17 Nov 2025 · Asylum Policy · Hansard source
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I call the Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch.
17 Nov 2025 · Asylum Policy · Hansard source
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Order. I was very generous with the time I allowed the Leader of the Opposition. I call the Home Secretary.
17 Nov 2025 · Asylum Policy · Hansard source
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I think we all appreciate that, but I urge Members to keep their language acceptable in the House.
17 Nov 2025 · Asylum Policy · Hansard source
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Before I call the first Back-Bench contribution, may I remind Members that in order to expect to be called to speak in response to a statement, they should have been here from the start of the Home Secretary’s statement? There may be Members bobbing quite unnecessarily.
17 Nov 2025 · Asylum Policy · Hansard source
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I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
17 Nov 2025 · Asylum Policy · Hansard source
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The Home Secretary should know that language that is not acceptable in this House does not become acceptable if it is attributed to others. She might like to apologise for the language that she used.
17 Nov 2025 · Asylum Policy · Hansard source
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I call the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee.
17 Nov 2025 · Asylum Policy · Hansard source
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Before I call the Home Secretary to make her statement, I am sorry that Mr Speaker has once again had to ask me to remind Ministers of the requirement in the Government’s own ministerial code that major new policy announcements should be made in this House in the first instance and not to the media. This afternoon’s statement has already been the subject of very extensive media coverage, both over the weekend and this morning, including a lot of policy detail. Hon. and right hon. Members on the Government Benches were very quick to criticise Ministers in the previous Government for this kind of behaviour, but the Home Office seems to have a particular problem with making media announcements before Ministers come to make statements to the House. I know that the Committee chaired by the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare) is looking at this matter, and I look forward to reading the Committee’s recommendations. I call the Home Secretary.
17 Nov 2025 · Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: Wylfa · Hansard source
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I call Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
17 Nov 2025 · Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: Wylfa · Hansard source
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I thank the Minister for his responses this afternoon.
17 Nov 2025 · Illegal Waste: Organised Crime · Hansard source
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I call the shadow Minister.
17 Nov 2025 · Illegal Waste: Organised Crime · Hansard source
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I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
13 Nov 2025 · Planning and Infrastructure Bill · Hansard source
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We now come to King’s consent. Do we have a Privy Counsellor present?
13 Nov 2025 · Planning and Infrastructure Bill · Hansard source
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I call the shadow Minister.

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