Mark Francois MP: speeches

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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  • 3 Sept 2026 · Building Homes and Renewing Communities · Hansard source
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    The Secretary State mentioned mandatory housing targets. Under Labour’s targets, in south Essex—from Grays across to Shoeburyness—we are expected to accommodate more than 100,000 houses. That is 7% of the Government’s entire 1.5 million target in one half of one county alone. That is despite the fact that our medical infrastructure, our sewage capacity and in particular our roads—the A13 and the A127 are maxed out as it is—simply cannot cope, even now. [ Interruption. ] Labour Members can chunter all they want. Why is Labour so determined to cover south Essex in concrete and gridlock our roads, purely for ideological reasons?

  • 15 Jul 2026 · Iran · Hansard source
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    My A-level economics is a bit rusty, but price is based on the relationship between supply and demand, and if we can increase the domestic supply of oil and gas, that has to be materially to our advantage. That brings me on to the defence investment plan.

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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 10Communities and local government10Culture, media and sport: 1Culture, media and sport1Defence and foreign affairs: 16Defence and foreign affairs16Democracy and constitution: 2Democracy and constitution2Economy and business: 7Economy and business7Education and skills: 1Education and skills1Environment and energy: 2Environment and energy2Health and care: 1Health and care1Housing and planning: 3Housing and planning3Justice and policing: 2Justice and policing2Social security and pensions: 1Social security and pensions1Transport: 2Transport2Unclassified: 7Unclassified7
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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Communities and local government10
Culture, media and sport1
Defence and foreign affairs16
Democracy and constitution2
Economy and business7
Education and skills1
Environment and energy2
Health and care1
Housing and planning3
Justice and policing2
Social security and pensions1
Transport2
Unclassified7

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