Caroline Nokes MP: speeches

Speeches

• 18 May 2026 · Backing Business to Create Economic Growth · Hansard source

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  Order. I remind Members that if they have intervened in a debate, they might like to have the courtesy to wait a while before departing the Chamber.

• 14 May 2026 · Getting Britain Working Again · Hansard source

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  I call the shadow Minister.

• 14 May 2026 · Getting Britain Working Again · Hansard source

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  Order. Before I call the next speaker, may I please gently remind Members that we must not make reference to the monarch having particular views?

• 13 May 2026 · Debate on the Address · Hansard source

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  I call Liz Saville Roberts.

• 13 May 2026 · Debate on the Address · Hansard source

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  Order. The hon. Lady might like to consider withdrawing the comment “false promises”, because I think she is suggesting falsehoods from the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage).

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  Order. I have made the point previously, but please will Members confine themselves to debating the issue at hand and not get into fighting the local election campaign?

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  Again.

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  Order. I think hon. Members will find that this debate is not about the SNP. Perhaps we all ought to confine our remarks to the subject we are actually debating.

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  Order. I am going to make this point again: we are debating privilege, not the Government’s record and actions.

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  Order. May I remind the hon. Lady that much of her speech has been addressed to me, but I am not speaking or voting this afternoon?

• 28 Apr 2026 · Select Committees · Hansard source

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  I thank the hon. Lady for her point of order. She will know that that is not a matter for the Chair, but she has put that correction on the record.

• 27 Apr 2026 · Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over) · Hansard source

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  I remind the House that this is a procedural motion about whether the Bill ought to be carried over to the next Session of Parliament. While I will allow some leeway on scope, I gently encourage Members to focus their remarks on the issue of carry-over.

• 27 Apr 2026 · Pension Schemes Bill · Hansard source

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  I call the shadow Secretary of State.

• 27 Apr 2026 · Pension Schemes Bill · Hansard source

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  I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

• 27 Apr 2026 · English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · Hansard source

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  Order. Before she drifts off into the music industry in any great detail, may I respectfully remind the Minister that she must confine her remarks to the Bill and the Lords amendments thereto?

• 23 Apr 2026 · Allied Health Professionals · Hansard source

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  I thank the hon. Member for giving notice of her point of order. This House is entitled to expect that when a written statement is to be delivered to the House, it will be done promptly on the day the Government have given notice that it will be made. Those on the Government Front Bench will have heard her point of order, and may wish to verify what is happening about the written statement. The hon. Member may wish to take advice from the Table Office on the steps that she can take to obtain clarity on the substance of the matter.

• 23 Apr 2026 · Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency · Hansard source

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  Members might be interested to know that we will come to the Front-Bench spokespeople at half-past 4. About 10 Members are standing, so you can work out that a time limit will not be needed, unless they talk for an excessive 10 minutes each.

• 23 Apr 2026 · Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency · Hansard source

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  Order. It might be helpful if I highlight that driving tests are governed not by the DVLA, but by the DVSA—the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. The subject of this afternoon’s debate is very specifically the DVLA. Perhaps Members might take that as a point of information and constrain their remarks to the DVLA.

• 23 Apr 2026 · Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency · Hansard source

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  I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

• 23 Apr 2026 · Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency · Hansard source

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  I call the shadow Minister.

• 22 Apr 2026 · Point of Order · Hansard source

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  I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. As he will know, ministerial responses, including those of the Prime Minister, are not the responsibility of the Chair. However, he has put his point clearly on the record and the Treasury Bench will have heard it; if a correction is needed, I am sure that one will be brought forward.

• 22 Apr 2026 · Crime and Policing Bill · Hansard source

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  With this it will be convenient to discuss the following Government motion: That this House insists on its amendments 439C and 439D and disagrees with the Lords in their amendments 439E and 439F in lieu.

• 22 Apr 2026 · Crime and Policing Bill · Hansard source

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  I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

• 21 Apr 2026 · Middle East: Economic Update · Hansard source

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  Order. Can we proceed without an unseemly exchange across the Dispatch Box? I would like to be able to hear the question from the hon. Member for Bristol Central (Carla Denyer), and I am sure that the Chancellor might also like to hear it so that she can respond.

• 21 Apr 2026 · Middle East: Economic Update · Hansard source

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  I plan to let this statement run only until 2 o’clock. Many Members are still standing, so short questions and perhaps short answers would be very helpful in allowing me to get in as many as possible.