Gregor Poynton MP: speeches

Speeches

• 30 Jun 2025 · Welfare Reform · Hansard source

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  Does the Secretary of State agree that our welfare system must do much more to support and reward work, and also support people who are looking to re-enter or enter work? What difference does she believe that the right to try guarantee will make in achieving that?

• 22 May 2025 · UK-EU Summit: Policy Priorities · Hansard source

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  Our Committee’s report covered how we can help agrifood businesses export to the EU, and I was delighted to see Salmon Scotland and the National Farmers Union Scotland come out in support of the deal this week. Does my right hon. Friend agree that it was baffling to see the SNP stand with Reform and the Tories in opposition to the deal?

• 20 May 2025 · UK-EU Summit · Hansard source

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  When it comes to evaluating the merits of the deal, who would the Prime Minister suggest my Livingston constituents listen to? Should it be the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, NFU Scotland or Salmon Scotland, all of which have welcomed the deal, or should they listen to John Swinney, who is lining up with the Leader of the Opposition and the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) in a desperate, misguided attempt to create a constitutional grievance over a deal that the Deputy First Minister of Scotland has called “important progress”?

• 8 May 2025 · Fly-tipping · Hansard source

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  12. What steps he is taking to tackle fly-tipping.

• 28 Apr 2025 · Topical Questions · Hansard source

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  T2. The exam season is well under way in Scotland, and I think the whole House will join me in wishing pupils in Livingston and across Scotland luck over the coming weeks, and in thanking teachers for preparing during the academic year. Closing the attainment gap between the richest and poorest pupils in Scotland was the SNP Government’s “defining mission”, but the latest statistics show that it is increasing year on year, and 1,351 pupils are leaving Scottish schools without any qualifications at all—

• 18 Mar 2025 · Welfare Reform · Hansard source

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  My constituents will welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment today to protecting with dignity those who cannot work because they are so severely disabled or because of illness. There are many sick and disabled people who can work with the right support, so can my right hon. Friend confirm that those people will get the support they need to get into work to build a better life for them and their families?

• 12 Feb 2025 · Innovation: Livingston · Hansard source

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  2. What steps his Department is taking to support innovation in Livingston constituency.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Gender Pay Gap · Hansard source

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  2. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the gender pay gap.

• 23 Jan 2025 · Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Payments · Hansard source

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  11. What recent progress he has made on establishing the infected blood compensation scheme.

• 7 Oct 2024 · British Indian Ocean Territory: Negotiations · Hansard source

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  Will the Foreign Secretary confirm that the vital operations on the base on Diego Garcia will remain completely unaltered and without disruption thanks to this agreement?

• 4 Sept 2024 · Industrial Strategy · Hansard source

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  15. What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on a new industrial strategy.

• 30 Jul 2024 · UK-India Relations · Hansard source

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  8. What recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on strengthening UK-India relations.

• 29 Jul 2024 · Public Spending: Inheritance · Hansard source

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  I thank the Chancellor for her statement today and for being straight with the public about the state of our finances—I know my constituents want a Government who tell it to them straight. Does she agree that ducking tough decisions and hiding bad news, as the Conservative party has done, just makes a bad situation even worse?