Point of Order: Rectification Procedure

Debate between Cat Eccles and Caroline Nokes

Thursday 13th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Caroline Nokes)]

I call Cat Eccles on a point of order in connection with the code of conduct to rectify a failure to declare.

[Cat Eccles (Stourbridge) (Lab)]

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to apologise to the House for failing adequately to declare an interest when speaking in the House on 10 June this year during the debate on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Although I referred to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, I inadvertently failed to declare that the visit had been funded by Labour Friends of Israel and that it had not yet been processed to appear on the register. That was in breach of the rules and I wish to apologise to the House for the error.

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

I thank the hon. Member for her point of order. There will be no further points of order on this issue.

Telegraph Poles: Planning Permission

Debate between Cat Eccles and Caroline Nokes

Thursday 17th October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Cat Eccles (Stourbridge) (Lab)]

In Stourbridge in the west midlands, we face similar problems with the same company, which is causing havoc. As my hon. Friend rightly says, the legislation was passed in 2013, yet in 2024, we are still waiting for the full roll-out of ultrafast broadband. Although I appreciate what he says about our current adequate speeds, they could be much faster. When I was recently in Ukraine, I experienced far better internet connectivity than I do in central London or Stourbridge town centre. Our European neighbours are enjoying much faster broadband while we languish behind, and Stourbridge residents have been left at the mercy of these third-party companies—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Caroline Nokes)]

Order—[Interruption.] The hon. Lady might like to sit while I am standing. I have previously told Members that interventions should be short and spontaneous. It is not an opportunity to read out a pre-prepared speech. If she wanted to speak in this debate, she could have asked permission from both the Minister and the Member in charge, and that would have been acceptable.