Roger Gale MP: speeches 2025

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24 Jun 2025 · National Security Strategy · Hansard source
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I call the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.
24 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Hansard source
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Order. I call Liz Jarvis.
24 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Hansard source
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Order.
24 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Hansard source
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Order. I am sorry to have had to be a little brutal, but we managed to get everybody in. We are, however, 10 minutes over time, so if Front Benchers exercised a little discretion, that would be helpful. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
24 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Hansard source
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Order.
23 Jun 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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Order. [ Interruption. ] Order! That said, I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has given the Foreign Secretary notice of his intended point of order, but I think that that is a matter that he will have to raise with the Foreign Secretary himself. The hon. Gentleman will understand that the Chair cannot answer for Ministers, but he has made his point.
23 Jun 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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The shadow Secretary of State has placed his view on the record. He will understand that that is not a matter for the Chair any further, but I hope that whatever lessons need to be learned will have been learned, and I am sure that, on both sides of the House, that is correct.
23 Jun 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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First, I am sure that the hon. Gentleman did not wish to imply that the Foreign Secretary was deliberately misleading the House. [ Interruption . ] That said—
23 Jun 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. May I first express my sympathy to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee) and his family? I take it that the hon. Member for South Antrim (Robin Swann) notified the hon. Member that he intended to raise the matter in the Chamber today.
23 Jun 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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I thank the Secretary of State for his point of order and for placing that on the record.
23 Jun 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. It will not surprise him to know that I did not attend the Labour party conference in 2022. The King’s Speech announced that the Government would deliver their manifesto commitment to implement a Hillsborough law by introducing legislation to introduce a duty of candour for public servants. It is, as the hon. Gentleman will understand, up to the Government to decide how they go about preparing legislation, and that includes whom they consult and when. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will play a major part in the scrutiny of the legislation when it is presented to Parliament.
23 Jun 2025 · Points of Order · Hansard source
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Thank you. As the hon. Member will know, pairing is not a matter for the Chair; it is an arrangement between hon. Members individually and their Whips—and of course I could not possibly comment any further on that. However, the circumstances under which a Member is eligible for a proxy vote do not at present include family bereavement. If it wished to do so, the House could change that, but I am not able to do so on my own account. I understand, however, that the Procedure Committee has been conducting a review of these arrangements, which might include matters such as pairing.
23 Jun 2025 · UK Military Base Protection · Hansard source
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Order. As is the custom, the Minister’s statement will be circulated to both sides of the House, but before we proceed, Members will notice that it will not be complete, in the sense that the Minister delivered a preamble prior to going into what will be circulated. That was to try to reflect the fast-moving nature of the situation. I understand that, courteously and properly, the Front Benchers have been informed of that. I hope that everybody understands that and will make allowances for it. I call the shadow Secretary of State.
23 Jun 2025 · UK Military Base Protection · Hansard source
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I call the Liberal Democrat spokesman.
23 Jun 2025 · UK Military Base Protection · Hansard source
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Order. As it is Armed Forces Week, it is entirely appropriate for the Chair to have allowed the Minister to respond to that question, even though it was not strictly in line with the statement. But from now on, given the time that we have available, we have to come back to the statement itself.
23 Jun 2025 · UK Military Base Protection · Hansard source
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Last but by no means least, I call the ever-patient Jim Shannon.
23 Jun 2025 · UK Military Base Protection · Hansard source
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I am sure that the whole House, on both sides, will concur with the Minister’s final remarks. I thank him and the Opposition Front Benchers for their attendance.
23 Jun 2025 · Pride Month · Hansard source
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I am sure the hon. Lady will have the opportunity to intervene later on.
23 Jun 2025 · Pride Month · Hansard source
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I call the Secretary of State to move the motion.
23 Jun 2025 · Pride Month · Hansard source
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I should say, I do not know anything that the hon. Gentleman does not know.
23 Jun 2025 · Pride Month · Hansard source
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Order. I think the Minister has been here long enough to understand that, actually, matters have to be directed through the Chair; he is entirely correct.
20 Jun 2025 · Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · Hansard source
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Order. I reiterate the admonition that Mr Speaker has offered. This is one of the most far-reaching considerations that the House—even those of us who have been here for a very long time—can remember. It is understandable that a lot of Members will wish to take part, from across the House and on both sides of the argument, but looking around, it is quite clear that we cannot accommodate everybody. This means there will inevitably be a considerable number of interventions. All I would say, gently, is that interventions will be taken into account when considering the order of priority in which Members are called.
19 Jun 2025 · Incontinence · Hansard source
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I call the Opposition Front Bencher.
19 Jun 2025 · Incontinence · Hansard source
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Order. A significant number of Members want to take part in the following debate, so we are playing “beat the clock”. I will not introduce a rigid time limit at this stage, but if Members could confine their speeches to no more than six minutes, we should get everybody in, get the Front Benchers in and give adequate time for the next debate.
19 Jun 2025 · Incontinence · Hansard source
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I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

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