Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alex Ballinger and Lindsay Hoyle

Wednesday 1st July 2026 Commons Chamber

[Alex Ballinger (Halesowen) (Lab)]

Q4.   I associate myself with the Prime Minister’s comments on the legacy of Jo Cox.I know that all of us in this place have been following the contest for No. 10 quite closely in recent weeks, but amid the north versus south debate, I think it is about time we had someone from the midlands who was ready to step into this important position for our country. [Laughter.] So I am delighted to say we have two fantastic Black Country lads—Jude Bellingham from Stourbridge and Morgan Rogers from Halesowen, who have both been doing us proud in the contested England No. 10 role—for our game against Congo this evening. Does the Prime Minister agree with me that we should congratulate England on their progress out of the group stage so far, and does he also agree with me that we need to do more to support—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I call the Prime Minister.

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Debate between Alex Ballinger and Lindsay Hoyle

Tuesday 21st April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Alex Ballinger]

I will take one more intervention, and then I will finish.

[Mr Speaker]

Order. It is important that the hon. Member winds up, because I said seven minutes, and he has now taken 10 minutes.

[Liz Saville Roberts]

Does the hon. Member realise that to people outside, this argument—these fine details of process—morphs into a defence of ignorance and then into a defence of incompetency? That is actually doing the Prime Minister as much harm as all these arguments about his honesty.

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Debate between Alex Ballinger and Lindsay Hoyle

Thursday 22nd May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Shaking your head and making comments —that is certainly not the example I want to see when I am looking to keep the House calm. I do not need the backchat; that has been going on for a while.

[Alex Ballinger (Halesowen) (Lab)]

The Conservatives started negotiations on handing over the Chagos islands because they understood the national security implications of not doing a deal. Indeed, they did 11 rounds of negotiations on this deal. Now, with our closest security partners—the Americans, the Canadians, the Australians and the New Zealanders—all welcoming this deal, why are the Conservatives playing politics with our national security?