John Healey
Rt Hon John Healey MP
Labour
•House of Commons•ActiveMember since 3 July 2024
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Ukraine
16/07/2025 • Commons
I welcome my hon. Friend’s role in the all-party parliamentary group on Germany. The new coalition Government in Germany are making a massively welcom...
In reminding the House about the Ukrainian families who are in Rugby, my hon. Friend reminds us that this is a war—an invasion—that has forced many to...
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Afghanistan
14/07/2025 • Commons
One of the great joys of this House is the depth and breadth of experience that Members on all sides bring to debates. I applaud my hon. Friend and th...
I appreciate the way in which the hon. Gentleman raised his concerns about that case. If he writes to me with the details, I will take a hard look at ...
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Armed Forces Family Housing
29/06/2025 • Commons
No one could describe the decision to buy back 36,000 military family homes from private hands as a short-term fix, nobody could describe the consumer...
We will indeed. Amy’s experience is typical for many children of forces families: regularly moving as their parents answer the call and are deployed i...
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Topical Questions
29/06/2025 • Commons
I had one of the best days in this job so far with the hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
View full contribution →It needs no words; the hon. Gentleman has heard the response of the House. We pay tribute to Mr Deach, and offer our deepest sympathies to his family,...
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Ukraine: Military Support
29/06/2025 • Commons
That was a bit of a “bucket” question. On drones, we are increasing tenfold the number of British drones that we will supply to Ukraine this year. We ...
My hon. Friend is right. Last night’s attack is a reminder of just how fierce the Russian onslaught on Ukraine is, but it is also a reminder that Puti...
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Defence Spending: Cross-party Talks
29/06/2025 • Commons
We are accelerating recruitment. We are dealing with the deep-seated and long-running failure in recruitment, because the previous Government, over
View full contribution →I welcome the hon. Gentleman to the Dispatch Box and to the Conservative Front Bench team, alongside his two very distinguished colleagues, the right ...
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Operation Banner: Legal Protection for Veterans
29/06/2025 • Commons
The Prime Minister was right then and he is right now. I am working with the Northern Ireland Secretary to repeal and replace the legacy Act. We will ...
We welcome the petition, and we certainly welcome the parliamentary debate—it is quite proper that Parliament debates these issues. The right hon. Gen...
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Points of Order
22/06/2025 • Commons
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The grave situation in the middle east is developing, with further reports from Qatar, and I will return from ...
Government Announcements
01/06/2025 • Commons
Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. We have followed—[Interruption.] You want an answer from me, Mr Speaker, and I ...
Strategic Defence Review
01/06/2025 • Commons
My hon. Friend hits at the heart of the strategic defence review with a different view of the investments we make. Those investments will not just str...
I understand the right hon. Gentleman’s argument and point of view. He overlooks the fact that the strategic defence review draws on more than 8,000 s...
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