Caroline Nokes MP: speeches 2025

Speeches

• 6 Mar 2025 · Political Finance Rules · Hansard source

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  I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

• 6 Mar 2025 · Political Finance Rules · Hansard source

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  I call Stella Creasy, with a four-minute time limit.

• 6 Mar 2025 · Political Finance Rules · Hansard source

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  I call the shadow Minister.

• 6 Mar 2025 · Political Finance Rules · Hansard source

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  Order. As Members will be able to tell, we have considerably more Members wishing to speak than we have time for, so perhaps we will start with an informal time limit of no more than five minutes.

• 5 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Hansard source

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  I thank the right hon. Member for putting that point of clarification on the record.

• 5 Mar 2025 · Business without Debate · Hansard source

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  I can inform the House that the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has considered the orders on motions 10 and 11 on capital gains tax and determined that they raise no issues that need to be reported to the House. Capital Gains Tax That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Belarus) (Revocation) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 3 February, be approved . —( Vicky Foxcroft .) Question agreed to. Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), Capital Gains Tax That the draft Double Taxation Relief (Russian Federation) (Revocation) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 3 February, be approved. —( Vicky Foxcroft .) Question agreed to.

• 5 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Hansard source

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  Order. There is now a three-minute time limit.

• 5 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Hansard source

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  To wind up for the Liberal Democrats, I call Clive Jones.

• 5 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Hansard source

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  I will now reduce the time limit to four minutes.

• 5 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Hansard source

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  I call the shadow Minister.

• 5 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Hansard source

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  Order. I remind the Liberal Democrat spokesman to bring his remarks to a close so that we have time to hear from the Minister and the shadow Minister.

• 5 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Hansard source

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  I will have to put Back-Bench Members on an immediate five-minute time limit, which may well go down in due course.

• 5 Mar 2025 · Supplementary Estimate 2024–25 · Hansard source

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  With the leave of the House, I will put the Questions on motions 3 to 8 together. Estimates 2025–26 (Navy) Vote A Resolved, That, during the year ending with 31 March 2026, a number not exceeding 39,850 all ranks be maintained for Naval and Marine Service and that numbers in the Reserve Naval and Marines Forces be authorised for the purposes of Parts 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 up to the maximum numbers set out in Votes A 2025–26, HC 638. Estimates 2025-26 (Army) Vote A Resolved, That, during the year ending with 31 March 2026, a number not exceeding 97,940 all ranks be maintained for Army Service and that numbers in the Reserve Land Forces be authorised for the purposes of Parts 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 up to the maximum numbers set out in Votes A 2025–26, HC 638. Estimates 2025-26 (Air) Vote A Resolved, That, during the year ending with 31 March 2026, a number not exceeding 35,800 all ranks be maintained for Air Force Service and that numbers in the Reserve Air Forces be authorised for the purposes of Parts 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 up to the maximum numbers set out in Votes A 2025–26, HC 638. Estimates, Excesses 2023–24 [Relevant document: Eleventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Excess Votes 2023–24, HC 719 .] Resolved, That, for the year ending with 31 March 2024: (1) resources, not exceeding £219,401,000, be authorised to make good excesses for use for current purposes as set out in the Statements of Excesses 2023–24, HC 657 and HC 725, and (2) resources, not exceeding £2,417,000, be authorised to make good excesses for use for capital purposes as so set out. Supplementary Estimates 2024–25 Resolved, That, for the year ending with 31 March 2025: (1) further resources, not exceeding £99,602,165,000, be authorised for use for current purposes as set out in HC 613, HC 655 and HC 661, (2) the resources authorised for capital purposes be reduced by £25,436,251,000 as so set out, and (3) the sum authorised for issue out of the Consolidated Fund be reduced by £1,683,639,000. Estimates, Vote on Account 2025–26 Resolved, That, for the year ending with 31 March 2026: (1) resources, not exceeding £402,046,708,000 be authorised, on account, for use for current purposes as set out in HC 446, HC 605, HC 614, HC 656, HC 660, HC 662 and HC 706, (2) resources, not exceeding £92,524,444,000, be authorised, on account, for use for capital purposes as so set out, and (3) a sum, not exceeding £409,837,337,000, be granted to His Majesty to be issued by the Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund, on account, and applied for expenditure on the use of resources authorised by Parliament.— ( Justin Madders .) Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the foregoing Resolutions; That the Chairman of Ways and Means, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Darren Jones, Emma Reynolds and James Murray bring in the Bill. Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill Presentation and First Reading James Murray accordingly presented a Bill to authorise the use of resources for the year ending with 31 March 2024, 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2026; to authorise the issue of sums out of the Consolidated Fund for those years; and to appropriate the supply authorised by this Act for the years ending with 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025. Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 193).

• 4 Mar 2025 · Gaza · Hansard source

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  Order. I am planning to run this urgent question for only about another 10 minutes, so it would be very helpful if questions were short, please.

• 4 Mar 2025 · Iranian State Threats · Hansard source

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  I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

• 4 Mar 2025 · Iranian State Threats · Hansard source

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  I thank the Minister for his very diligent turn at the Dispatch Box this afternoon.

• 4 Mar 2025 · Iranian State Threats · Hansard source

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  I call the shadow Home Secretary.

• 4 Mar 2025 · Plan for Neighbourhoods · Hansard source

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  I call the shadow Minister.

• 4 Mar 2025 · Plan for Neighbourhoods · Hansard source

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  Order. I remind the hon. Member that there is a time limit. I will give him one more sentence.

• 4 Mar 2025 · Plan for Neighbourhoods · Hansard source

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  I call the Chair of the Select Committee.

• 4 Mar 2025 · Plan for Neighbourhoods · Hansard source

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  I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

• 4 Mar 2025 · Hong Kong Democracy Activists · Hansard source

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  I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

• 3 Mar 2025 · Ukraine · Hansard source

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  I thank the Prime Minister for his statement this afternoon.

• 3 Mar 2025 · Ukraine · Hansard source

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  For the final question, I call Jim Shannon.

• 3 Mar 2025 · Finance Bill · Hansard source

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  Order. The hon. Member’s intervention is slightly too long. He is on the list to speak in due course, so perhaps he will make his point about the importance of Scotch whisky then.