Karl Turner MP: speeches

Speeches

• 5 Feb 2025 · Gambling Harms · Hansard source

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  Order.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Gambling Harms · Hansard source

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  Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to take part in the debate. I am imposing an informal time limit of two and a half minutes.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Gambling Harms · Hansard source

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  I call Chris Evans.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Gambling Harms · Hansard source

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  Order. I now impose a formal time limit of two minutes and 30 seconds.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Gambling Harms · Hansard source

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  Before I call the Minister, I remind her that I would like very much to allow Alex Ballinger two minutes to wind up at the end.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Gambling Harms · Hansard source

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  Order. I call Alex Ballinger.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Overseas Territories: Tax Transparency · Hansard source

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  I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to take part in the debate.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Overseas Territories: Tax Transparency · Hansard source

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  Order. With a time limit of four minutes, I call Bobby Dean.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Overseas Territories: Tax Transparency · Hansard source

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  Order. Before I call the next speaker, I will impose an informal time limit of five minutes.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Overseas Territories: Tax Transparency · Hansard source

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  Sure.

• 5 Feb 2025 · Overseas Territories: Tax Transparency · Hansard source

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  Before I call the Minister, I remind hon. Members that the Member in charge normally has two minutes at the end to wind up. I would be grateful if the Minister bore that in mind.

• 5 Feb 2025 · High Street Retailers · Hansard source

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  I call Imogen Walker to make a brief speech.

• 5 Feb 2025 · High Street Retailers · Hansard source

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  I will call Mr Gregory Campbell to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for a 30-minute debate.

• 15 Jan 2025 · Town Centres: Stoke-on-Trent · Hansard source

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  Order.

• 15 Jan 2025 · Town Centres: Stoke-on-Trent · Hansard source

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  I will call Gareth Snell to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute debates.

• 26 Nov 2024 · Fly-tipping · Hansard source

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  One of the initiatives in Hull is “bring out your rubbish” days, which clearly reduce fly-tipping. It is an initiative from Labour councillors, using the ward budgets. Is that something the Minister might consider encouraging other councils to take up across the board?

• 26 Nov 2024 · COP29 · Hansard source

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  Does the £1 billion Siemens deal in east Hull go to prove the Government’s commitment to making the UK a clean energy superpower?

• 25 Nov 2024 · Speaker’s Statement · Hansard source

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  Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I pay tribute not just to my predecessor as the Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East, but to a family friend of over 50 years. In doing so, I send my heartfelt condolences to Pauline and the family. Many will remember John as a political giant, and indeed he was, but he was also a gentle giant to many. John always had time to chat to anyone who stopped him. Many Members will speak today of the great work he did both inside and outside this House, but I want to speak about the John we knew in east Hull, both as our MP and as a very dear friend, as he was to many. East Hull was John’s adoptive home, and it became a strong part of his identity. Everyone in east Hull has their own story about John, including those he helped, and there were many thousands of them. One of John’s biggest legacies in Hull is the £55 million regeneration of the Preston Road estate in the heart of the constituency as part of the new deal for communities. I am told that John was the person in the Cabinet who spearheaded that programme. I have had the great pleasure and honour of knowing John all my life. As kids we enjoyed family holidays with the Prescotts, and I still keep a picture on my office desk of me, JP and the family hurtling down a log flume. I keep it for a reason: because John was clearly enjoying it the most. One year, John decided that we were going to Loch Ness to find Nessie. We did not find Nessie, but we had the most amazing time, with memories we will never forget. During the voyage, Captain John thought it would be fun to throw his watch overboard to test our diving skills—as kids, we did not realise that John was an expert diver—but it sank too far. We began to panic a bit, but John, with a big grin on his face, dived overboard. He was missing for more than a few minutes, we thought, but he came up on the other side of the vessel, holding the watch with a massive grin on his face. John’s legacy will always be etched on the hearts of those he served and the city that he loved. There will never be another JP, and no Member of this House will ever be able to connect with the voters quite like he did. He truly was one of a kind. John’s spirit and approach to politics will live on in all of us who were inspired by him and by his dedication and commitment to the cause. Rest in peace, comrade.

• 20 Nov 2024 · Global Plastics Treaty · Hansard source

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  The Minister talked about being lobbied by children, and we all know how effective kids are when they lobby their MPs. I also want to mention the education work that The Deep in Hull does with children on plastic pollution, which is impressive, to put it mildly. On the topic of education, the University of Hull has recently carried out research showing that 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the sea, making up 80% of the debris in our oceans.

• 20 Nov 2024 · Police Reform · Hansard source

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  My constituents tell me that they are particularly worried about antisocial behaviour, and that they want guaranteed police patrols. Does my right hon. Friend agree that that is what this Government intend to deliver?

• 19 Nov 2024 · Topical Questions · Hansard source

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  My constituent Craig Eskrett was diagnosed with motor neurone disease 12 months ago. He says that the services are there in the local NHS trust, but there is a distinct lack of co-ordination. Will the Minister meet me to discuss what improvements can be made to co-ordinate those services for sufferers of MND?

• 14 Nov 2024 · Council Tax · Hansard source

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  Areas like Hull city council were savaged by the previous Government when it came to funding—absolutely savaged, to the point where they were almost on their knees. Will my hon. Friend the Minister tell the House what the Government are doing for areas of high deprivation like Hull?

• 14 Nov 2024 · Business of the House · Hansard source

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  My constituent Laura Potter was recently involved in a serious road traffic accident involving an illegal e-scooter. The car was written off and my constituent was extremely upset by the prospect of the police being unable to do anything about it. May we have a debate in Government time on the illegal use of e-scooters?

• 14 Nov 2024 · National Insurance Contributions: Healthcare · Hansard source

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  It is disappointing to put it mildly that the Opposition spokesperson was unable to mention the record funding committed in the Budget.

• 14 Nov 2024 · National Insurance Contributions: Healthcare · Hansard source

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  Does the Minister agree that it is also disappointing that the Opposition ignore the fact that they completely disregarded and ignored social care when they were in office?