My Latest Parliamentary Appearances - Wes Streeting MP

Below you can find every question, statement and speech I’ve recently given as Ilford North’s MP. I do my best to speak up on the issues that really matter to our community and our country. If you ever want to know where I stand on an issue that matters to you, please feel free to e-mail me at wes.streeting.mp@parliament.uk

Business of the House

Commons debates

Can we just put paid to the nonsense that the reason why we are in this mess is that we have a listening Prime Minister? The Prime Minister has come to the House today and made out that she wants...

Exiting the European Union

Commons debates

The Prime Minister talks about trust, faith in politics and the importance of honouring the 2016 vote, but what does she think it will do to trust in politics when those voters realise that the...

1st Allotted Day

European Union (Withdrawal) Act

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

My constituency was split pretty much down the middle during the referendum. May I explain the crux of the problem that the Prime Minister has next week? She set as the benchmark for security...

1st Allotted Day

European Union (Withdrawal) Act

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

Palestinians: Human Rights

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Wes Streeting received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to defend the human rights of Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories.

Palestinians: Freedom of Expression

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Wes Streeting received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect freedom of speech in the Palestinian Territories.

Palestinians: Human Rights

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Wes Streeting received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Human Rights Watch's report entitled Two Authorities, One Way, what support his Department provides to...

Leaving the EU

Commons debates

The Prime Minister has frequently said during the negotiations that nothing will be agreed until everything is agreed, but is it not clear from the political declaration that, even in the...

Departmental Funding

Oral Answers to Questions - Defence

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

The £1 billion from the Chancellor does not nearly make up for the £10 billion of real-terms cuts to the defence budget between 2010 and 2017. What more does the Secretary of State plan...

Departmental Funding

Oral Answers to Questions - Defence

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of funding for his Department.

Progress on EU Negotiations

Commons debates

My constituents who voted to leave the European Union want me to oppose this deal because for them it does not reflect the aspirations of sovereignty and control that were promised during the...

Police Employer Pension Contributions

Commons debates

I am almost certain that this is what my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes) would have said, given the opportunity. Let us not lose sight of the fact that the challenge facing...

Police Employer Pension Contributions

Commons debates

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way so that the voice of Ilford can be heard.

Police Employer Pension Contributions

Commons debates

Police Employer Pension Contributions

Commons debates

We have so long, but I will draw my remarks to a conclusion. [Hon. Members: “More!”] This is a novelty I am not used to. We know why we are here—obviously, we are trying to draw...

Police Employer Pension Contributions

Commons debates

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will take your advice. In London we have already lost 3,000 police officers, which is having a serious impact on community policing. In fact, my constituents are...

Police Employer Pension Contributions

Commons debates

As my hon. Friend says, it is not just policing. Before I was elected to this place, I was deputy leader of the London Borough of Redbridge. I had the enormous privilege of representing my home...

Police Employer Pension Contributions

Commons debates

I strongly agree with my hon. Friend. I could give chapter and verse on the impact of pension contribution changes across a range of public services.

Police Employer Pension Contributions

Commons debates

That is a powerful, well-made point, and it really does emphasise that this is a UK-wide problem and a common experience in a diverse range of communities up and down the country. It is so...

Police Employer Pension Contributions

Commons debates

I am really grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. I say without any prejudice towards inner London that, in reality, inner London has always had to grapple with violent crime. For MPs...