Chris at the Despatch Box

Parliamentary Activity

Voter ID Pilots

Oral Answers to Questions - Cabinet Office

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

Out of 45 million votes cast last year, there has been only one conviction for voter fraud, yet the Government seem determined to pursue voter ID, which stopped hundreds of people voting last...

Leaving the EU: Contingency Plans for No Deal

Oral Answers to Questions - Cabinet Office

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

With just weeks to go until the negotiating deadline, it is clear that the Government are putting more and more focus and effort into planning for a no-deal scenario. Will the Minister therefore...

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

What a generous offer! There is a serious point. With the greatest respect—I moderate the tone of my language—the Minister’s excuse does not hold water and is not acceptable....

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

I am most grateful for your guidance, Mr Owen. As you will know, I always accept the guidance of the Chair. If it gives you any comfort, it would not delay matters long, because the order is...

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

The Minister often points me in the right direction—not always, but sometimes. I want to return to the Minister’s point, which was reflected in the contribution of the right hon....

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Owen. I know hon. Members find these proceedings rather frustrating, but I do not. I have learned stuff today. My hon. Friend the...

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

The right hon. Gentleman has made an intriguing proposal about taking the Bill back on to the Floor of the House, but could he clarify something? Why would the Government’s attitude on the...

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

The Minister is being generous with her time. In that case, will she undertake to speak to the Clerks to establish a procedure whereby this Bill Committee might be moved to a Committee of the...

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

The Minister said something very interesting then. Could she clarify? Forgive me, Ms Dorries, if my grasp of procedure is not as great as that of other Committee members. The Minister said the...

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

The right hon. Gentleman is right on the second point; the Bill would lapse at the end of this Session, so we would have to go for only another nine months. He answered his own question in the...

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

It is a great pleasure to see you in the chair once again, Ms Dorries. I was going to make some comments about it being a great pleasure to see members of the Committee back here, but in the...

Brexit Negotiations and No Deal Contingency Planning

Commons debates

Brexit Negotiations and No Deal Contingency Planning

Commons debates

Would the Secretary of State care to put on record a couple of examples of what he would consider to be positive outcomes for the UK were we to crash out of the EU without a deal?

Homelessness

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

Homelessness has doubled nationally since 2010, but the increase is greater in the north-west. Why is that?

Homelessness

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of trends in homelessness since 2010.

NHS Trusts: North West

Department of Health and Social Care

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Chairs of NHS Trusts in the North West have previously been Chairs of other NHS trusts; and if he will list those Chairs.

Transport Infrastructure: North Wales

Oral Answers to Questions - Wales

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

The M56 is the main arterial route not just through Cheshire but into north Wales. What discussions has the Minister had about upgrading the M56 as part of the next road investment strategy for...

Transport Infrastructure: North Wales

Oral Answers to Questions - Wales

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on upgrades to transport infrastructure in North Wales.

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

Indeed. This being the Adjournment of the last sitting before recess, I want to correct something that I said in the debate on the motion that the right hon. Member for Forest of Dean mentioned....

Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill

Public Bill Committees

Thank you, Mr Owen. It is a great pleasure to follow my good friend the hon. Member for Glasgow East, who taught me something I did not know: the Government have failed to table a money...