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That this House recognises the fundamental democratic right of British citizens to engage in peaceful protest; acknowledges the legitimate public concern regarding illegal migration and the arrival of people in the United Kingdom through unlawful Channel crossings; believes that citizens must be free to express opposition to the Government’s immigration and border policies without being dismissed, insulted or unfairly characterised for doing so; affirms that peaceful protest must remain protected irrespective of whether those in positions of political authority agree with its message; further recognises the particular impact of illegal Channel crossings and associated disruption upon British communities; and calls on His Majesty’s Government to restore effective control of the United Kingdom’s borders, enforce immigration law and ensure that those with no lawful right to remain in the United Kingdom are removed.
That this House recognises the increasing number of serious threats, intimidation and abuse directed towards Members of Parliament in the course of carrying out their public duties; notes that credible threats against elected representatives undermine democratic participation and the ability of Members to represent their constituents without fear; believes that every Member of Parliament, irrespective of political party or viewpoint, who is assessed as facing a credible threat to their safety should have access to appropriate state-funded security measures proportionate to the level of risk; further recognises the importance of maintaining democratic engagement between Members and the public while ensuring adequate protection for those at risk; calls on the Home Office, working alongside the Parliamentary Security services, the Metropolitan Police and other relevant local policing bodies, to undertake an urgent review of the current security arrangements available to Members of Parliament from all political parties; and further calls on the Government to ensure that sufficient resources are made available to protect all elected representatives who face serious and credible threats as a result of their role in public life.
That this House recognises the national significance of England's FIFA World Cup Round of 16 fixture against Mexico, scheduled to kick off at 1.00am UK time; notes that existing licensing restrictions may prevent many pubs and hospitality venues from remaining open to screen the match lawfully; further notes that such restrictions deny communities the opportunity to come together in support of the national team while depriving struggling hospitality businesses of valuable trade; believes that responsible licensed premises should not be hindered by unnecessary bureaucracy during major national sporting occasions; and calls on the Government to introduce an immediate temporary licensing relaxation permitting licensed premises to remain open for the duration of the England v Mexico fixture, thereby supporting local businesses, fans and the wider hospitality sector.
That this House notes the publication of the independent Rape Gang Inquiry Report, established to examine the organised sexual exploitation of children across the United Kingdom; pays tribute to the survivors, whistleblowers, parents, campaigners and professionals who gave evidence; expresses profound concern at testimony detailing decades of rape, trafficking, violence, murder and abuse, alongside repeated failures by police forces, local authorities, social services, health bodies and successive Governments to protect vulnerable children; further notes the Inquiry's findings regarding the scale of organised child sexual exploitation and the institutional reluctance to confront its causes and characteristics; believes that many victims were failed not only by their abusers but by the very institutions charged with their protection; calls on His Majesty's Government to formally engage with the Inquiry's findings and recommendations, to provide a full written response to Parliament, to publish a timetable for action, and to set out which recommendations it intends to implement; and urges the Government to demonstrate that no consideration of political sensitivity, community relations, or fear of causing offence will ever again take precedence over the protection of children.
That this House expresses its horror at the appalling attempted beheading in Belfast; and calls on the Government, the Home Office and relevant authorities to urgently release, at the earliest opportunity, all relevant information concerning the suspect, including religion, immigration status, asylum status and any previous criminal history, in the interests of transparency and public confidence.
That this House expresses grave concern at evidence presented during recent independent hearings into organised child sexual exploitation indicating that a number of women and girls may have been trafficked overseas to Pakistan and elsewhere by those responsible for their abuse; notes that the Rape Gang Inquiry has received multiple witness statements alleging that victims were deliberately targeted to be removed from the United Kingdom in order to maintain control, prevent disclosure and obstruct investigation; recognises that such allegations, if proven, would constitute serious offences including human trafficking and modern slavery; further recognises the profound safeguarding failures that would be implied if victims were able to be taken abroad without effective intervention by public authorities; and calls on the Government to initiate, as a matter of urgency, a full and properly resourced national investigation into the alleged overseas trafficking of victims connected to organised sexual exploitation.
That this House expresses serious concern at the operation of the family courts and the impact of proceedings on children and parents across the United Kingdom; notes the growing number of reports from constituents that fathers are being unfairly disadvantaged and treated as secondary parents within the family justice system; further notes concerns about delays, costs, inconsistent decision-making and the restriction of meaningful father-child contact without adequate justification; recognises that safeguarding must remain paramount where risk is evidenced; believes that fit and loving fathers should not be separated from their children due to institutional bias or structural disadvantages; and calls on the Government to undertake an urgent review of family court outcomes and processes to ensure equal treatment of fathers, transparency, and the protection of children’s right to maintain safe and meaningful relationships with both parents wherever possible.
That this House notes that businesses will see their rateable values recalculated as part of the business rates revaluation; expresses serious concern that the resulting increases in bills for many companies risk placing unsustainable pressure on high streets, town centres and small businesses, particularly the hospitality industry; believes that these changes will contribute to business closures, job losses, reduced investment and higher prices for consumers; and calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to undertake an urgent review of the impact of the forthcoming revaluation, and to bring forward mitigating measures to ensure the business rates system does not unfairly penalise productive enterprise or undermine local economies.
That this House notes the importance of free, fair and timely local elections as a cornerstone of democratic accountability; recognises that Norfolk County Council elections are scheduled to take place in May 2026; further recognises the particular importance of these elections for residents in Great Yarmouth, including in relation to local services, transport, social care, coastal management, housing and community safety; believes that electors should have the opportunity to pass judgement on the performance of their local administration at the ballot box as planned; calls on the Government and all relevant authorities to ensure that the Norfolk County Council elections proceed on schedule in May 2026 without postponement; and further calls for any administrative, financial or legislative measures necessary to guarantee voter access, confidence in the process and the proper resourcing of electoral administration across Norfolk, including Great Yarmouth.
That this House recognises the ongoing threat posed by Islamist extremists who seek to carry out terror attacks in the United Kingdom; notes that the UK’s border and immigration system faces sustained pressure from both legal and illegal migration routes, with significant challenges in monitoring and assessing high-risk individuals; believes that the Government must take urgent and comprehensive action to protect the public from those who pose a genuine security threat; calls on the Government to review and, where necessary, suspend visa routes from countries designated as high-risk for terrorism and extremist activity; further calls for the strengthening of powers to remove foreign nationals, or strip British citizenship from dual nationals and then remove, who are involved in, incite, or support extremist Islamist ideology that threatens public safety; supports measures to ensure that foreign individuals who have been convicted of terrorism-related offences, or who present a demonstrable national security risk, are excluded or removed from the UK; urges the Government to improve the identification, detention, and removal processes for those who enter the UK illegally and cannot be safely verified; also calls for heightened vigilance against domestic radicalisation, including stronger oversight of institutions where extremist ideology may be promoted; and further urges the Government to ensure that all necessary steps are taken to prevent, disrupt, and dismantle Islamist extremist networks and individuals who pose a threat to the safety and security of the British people.
That this House notes with deep concern the escalating cost of the UK welfare system, including widespread evidence that the current framework allows non-UK nationals to access taxpayer-funded benefits on an industrial scale despite having made little or no contribution to the Exchequer; further notes that the UK’s welfare safety net was established to support British citizens, not to subsidise recent arrivals from overseas; believes that permitting foreign nationals to claim Universal Credit, housing support, child benefit or other forms of state assistance acts as a significant pull factor for immigration and places additional pressure on already overstretched public services; acknowledges that many comparable nations require long, meaningful periods of contribution before any access to benefits is granted; and therefore calls on the Government to bring forward urgent legislation to prohibit all foreign nationals from claiming UK welfare benefits.
That this House notes with concern the significant gaps in data relating to the nationality of individuals accessing UK public services; recognises that accurate, comprehensive and routinely published nationality data is essential for understanding the true impact of migration on crime levels, tax contribution, welfare dependency, housing allocation, NHS usage and wider public expenditure; further notes that comparable data is already collected in many other advanced nations as a matter of basic governance; believes that transparent information is necessary for evidence-based policymaking, public accountability and maintaining confidence in the fairness of the system; and therefore calls on the Government to instruct all relevant departments to begin systematically recording and publishing nationality data for arrests, charges and convictions, tax receipts and tax band distribution, Universal Credit and benefit claims, social housing applications and allocations, NHS appointments, treatments and costs and all other major areas of public service usage, with quarterly publication in a standardised format.
That this House notes with concern the growing annual cost to the National Health Service of providing translation and interpretation services in foreign languages; further notes that such expenditure diverts vital funds away from patient care and frontline services; believes that every NHS employee must demonstrate a fluent level of spoken and written English proficiency; and therefore calls on the Government to bring forward legislation to abolish taxpayer-funded foreign language translation and interpretation services within the NHS and require all new and existing NHS staff to meet clear, fluent and enforceable English-language standards, ensuring that the health service once again operates efficiently in the national language of the United Kingdom.
That this House expresses serious concern at the escalating coastal erosion in Hemsby, Norfolk, which continues to destroy homes and community infrastructure; notes that this crisis threatens not only local residents but also the wider regional economy, as Hemsby’s beaches and holiday locations are a cornerstone of Norfolk’s tourism industry, drawing thousands and thousands of visitors and generating millions of pounds in annual revenue; further notes that each year of inaction risks further economic loss, displacement of residents and irreversible damage to one of Britain’s most popular coastal destinations; and therefore calls on the Government to bring forward a properly funded coastal protection plan for Hemsby, and to recognise that preserving Hemsby’s coastline is both an environmental necessity and an economic imperative for Norfolk and the nation as a whole.
That this House expresses its deep concern at the continued lack of visible progress in establishing the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, announced by the Government in June 2025; notes that, four months later, no Chair has been appointed, no Terms of Reference have been published, and no hearings or local investigations have begun; further notes that victims and survivors have waited decades for answers, justice, and accountability while government departments and local agencies continue to evade scrutiny; calls on the Home Secretary to publish without delay a full update on (a) the appointment process for the Chair, (b) the Inquiry’s budget, staffing and timeline and (c) the mechanisms for survivor engagement; and urges the Government to ensure the Inquiry is established under the Inquiries Act 2005 with full statutory powers to compel evidence from public officials, police forces and local authorities so that truth and justice are finally delivered for the victims of rape gangs nationwide.
That this House expresses its deep concern at the arrest of writer Graham Linehan by armed police officers at Heathrow Airport on allegations relating to online speech; notes with alarm that such disproportionate action risks undermining free expression in the United Kingdom; believes that police resources should be prioritised towards tackling violent crime, organised crime and illegal migration rather than policing lawful speech; calls for an urgent review of incitement and hate speech laws to ensure that only genuine threats of violence are captured; and urges the Government to reaffirm its commitment to protecting free speech as the cornerstone of British democracy.
That this House notes with deep concern reports of proposals and pressures to resettle Palestinian migrants from Gaza or elsewhere in the UK; recognises the acute and complex security, integration and social cohesion challenges such resettlement would pose; further notes that the UK has already experienced significant strain on its housing, public services and community relations due to recent high levels of immigration; believes that responsibility for displaced persons in the Middle East should lie primarily with regional actors better placed to offer culturally and geographically-appropriate refuge; and calls on the Government to make clear that it will not participate in any resettlement scheme for Palestinian migrants.
That this House notes with deep concern the continued failures in data collection related to child sexual abuse, particularly in cases involving group-based exploitation; recognises that accurate and consistent demographic data is essential for identifying patterns, developing prevention strategies and restoring public confidence; expresses concern that a significant number of local authorities and police forces do not currently record or report the nationality, religion, ethnicity, or immigration status of perpetrators; further notes that a recent audit conducted by the independent Rape Gang Inquiry found that only 9 out of 379 councils were able to provide such data; believes that this lack of transparency hinders justice and accountability; and therefore calls on His Majesty’s Government to introduce mandatory, standardised national data collection for all agencies involved in safeguarding, requiring the recording of the nationality, religion, ethnicity and immigration status of all those convicted of, or under investigation for, offences relating to the sexual exploitation and abuse of children.
That this House notes with concern the increasing prevalence of full-face coverings, including the burqa and niqab, in public spaces across the United Kingdom; believes that the covering of the face in public settings undermines open communication, social trust, and public safety; further notes the challenges such coverings pose to identification in security-sensitive environments, healthcare settings, and educational institutions; expresses concern that in some cases, the wearing of full-face veils may reflect coercion rather than personal choice; recognises the steps taken by several European nations to restrict full-face coverings in public places in the interest of social cohesion, gender equality, and public order; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation to prohibit the wearing of garments that obscure the face in public spaces, including the burqa and the niqab, with narrowly defined exemptions for occupational, medical, or weather-related reasons.
That this House expresses concern over the continued allowance of non-stun animal slaughter in the United Kingdom, particularly in relation to its widespread use in halal meat production; recognises the substantial body of veterinary evidence indicating that pre-stunning significantly reduces animal suffering at the point of slaughter; notes polling which consistently shows strong public support for mandatory stunning of animals before slaughter; regrets that current religious exemptions permit practices that fall below the UK’s stated animal welfare standards; and therefore calls on the Government to urgently review the legislative framework around non-stun slaughter, consider restricting or banning the practice, and introduce mandatory, clear labelling of meat products by method of slaughter so that consumers can make informed choices.
That this House notes with concern the continued imprisonment of Lucy Connolly, a young mother, for a non-violent offence; recognises that the UK’s prison system is facing unprecedented overcrowding; further notes that the use of custodial sentences for non-violent offenders, particularly primary carers, undermines family stability, disproportionately affects children, and is often counterproductive in reducing reoffending; believes that prison should be reserved for those who pose a serious risk to the public; and calls on the Government to urgently review sentencing practices, expand the use of community-based alternatives, and ensure that limited prison space is prioritised for dangerous and violent offenders, not young mothers like Lucy Connolly.
That this House reaffirms its unwavering commitment to freedom of expression as a fundamental pillar of British democracy; notes with concern recent efforts, both formal and informal, to reintroduce blasphemy-style restrictions under the guise of hate crime, or public order; recalls that the UK formally abolished its blasphemy laws in 2008, recognising that in a free society, no religion or belief system, including Islam, should be immune from criticism, debate, satire or offence; and calls on the Government to issue clear guidance to police forces, public bodies and educational institutions that the United Kingdom upholds freedom of thought, speech, and expression, including the right to criticise, mock, or reject religious ideas, and that it will not tolerate any drift, intentional or otherwise, toward the reintroduction of blasphemy laws in any form whatsoever.
That this House notes the recent UK Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, which clarified that the terms man, woman, and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex; recognises the significance of this clarification in ensuring the integrity of single-sex spaces and services, including but not limited to changing rooms, hospital wards, prisons, refuges, toilets, and sports; acknowledges the importance of these protections in safeguarding the dignity, privacy, and safety of women and girls; affirms that while the rights of transgender individuals must be respected, such rights should not come at the expense of compromising the rights of biological women; calls upon the Government to provide clear guidance to public bodies and service providers on the implementation of this ruling to ensure that policies reflect the legal definitions as clarified by the Supreme Court; and urges all relevant stakeholders to uphold and enforce the maintenance of single-sex spaces based on biological sex to protect the rights and well-being of women and girls across the United Kingdom.
That this House expresses grave concern at the continued presence of over one million illegal migrants in the United Kingdom; notes that illegal entry into the country represents a clear breach of national law and undermines the integrity of the UK’s immigration system; further notes the considerable cost to the taxpayer in housing, processing and supporting individuals with no legal right to remain in the UK; recognises the growing public demand for decisive and consistent enforcement of immigration laws; and therefore urges the Government to implement a comprehensive national strategy to identify, detain, and deport all individuals found to be residing in the United Kingdom illegally, and to ensure that such policies are backed by the necessary legislative, diplomatic, logistical and financial resources to restore confidence in the rule of law and the security of our borders.