Matt Western

Matt Western

Matt Western MP

Labour
House of CommonsActive

Member since 3 July 2024

Recent Debate Contributions

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Strategy for Elections

16/07/2025Commons

1 contribution
The Minister will be aware that the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, which I chair, has been doing a lot of work on defending democr...
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Hospitality Sector

16/07/2025Commons

1 contribution
In my constituency, Lydia and Frankie both run businesses that employ around 50 individuals. They both have covid loans and energy loans on top of the...
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2 contributions
I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. Just a gentle reminder please to speak through the Chair —so “you” is m...
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Order. I remind hon. Members to keep interventions short.
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Government Resilience Action Plan

07/07/2025Commons

1 contribution
I welcome this statement. The point about Exercise Pegasus reminds me of Exercise Cygnus, the findings of which, I am saddened to say, the previous Go...
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Neighbourhood Policing

06/07/2025Commons

1 contribution
We need good community policing, but we also need good senior leadership teams in our forces. A recent review of Warwickshire police showed the leader...
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China Audit

23/06/2025Commons

1 contribution
I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I am the first to recognise, along with him, the need for pragmatism on this issue. He speaks of our c...
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National Security Strategy

23/06/2025Commons

1 contribution
I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I totally agree that defence and security have to begin at home, in the home and in the workplace. Thi...
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Businesses in Rural Areas

17/06/2025Commons

7 contributions
Before I call the Minister, I gently remind him to allow a couple of minutes for the mover of the motion at the end.
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Last, but certainly not least, I call Jim Shannon.
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I will call Emma Lewell to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior p...
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Political Prisoners

17/06/2025Commons

3 contributions
Order. I am afraid I am going to have to reduce speeches to three minutes.
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Order. We will now formally make speeches four minutes long.
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