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Here is a log of all Matt’s interventions in the House of Commons as the MP for Reading East. You can click a link to find out more about each

Gurkha Veterans

Commons debates

It is a privilege to be able to speak in the debate. I thank the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Cameron Thomas) for his excellent work in securing it. Many of my remarks will echo comments made by...

Waste Crime: Knowsley

Westminster Hall debates

The Minister is making an excellent speech. I am really pleased to hear about the new strategy and determination from the current Government, in contrast with their predecessors. Would she able...

Waste Crime: Knowsley

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech and I wholeheartedly support her campaign for her constituents, given the appalling situation they find themselves in. Does she agree that issues are...

Clause 1 - Sale of tobacco etc

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Matt Rodda made a speech in the House of Commons

May I, too, welcome the Minister to her post, and say how wonderful it is to see her leading on this important work? On a point of clarification, I am sure the measure she mentions will be...

Pre-1997 Pensions: Discretionary Increases

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and I congratulate him on securing today’s debate. Has he noticed in his work on this issue that in some cases, some international companies...

Online Harms

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. The other thing to consider is that there would be a risk to older teenagers—those over 16—if the ban for under-16s were imposed. We may...

Online Harms

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward). I have been very impressed and moved by the quality of the speeches from across the House. I...

Flooding: Rural Communities

Commons debates

The Minister is making an excellent speech, but perhaps she would like to say a little bit about the importance of measures further upstream to protect my residents, and indeed those of the hon....

Flooding: Rural Communities

Commons debates

The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that in many cases this is about removing vegetation, but it might also be about removing debris, such as old shopping trollies and...

Student Loans

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare). Like him I am a father—I have two children who have graduated recently. I also worked in higher education for a...

Rural Roads

Westminster Hall debates

Will the Minister give way?

Rural Roads

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing today’s important debate; thousands of residents around the country, maybe hundreds of thousands, will be very grateful for his work. Does he believe...

Middle East: Economic Update

Commons debates

I welcome the Chancellor’s statement and thank her for her work to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Will she say a little more about her long-term work to increase grid capacity and...

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is giving an excellent speech, and some powerful points are being made. Does he agree that many development charities have made these points for some time, including Oxfam, the...

Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition

Commons debates

I commend my hon. Friend for her speech. She has spoken so eloquently about the importance of history and the role of the Normans in Sussex history—our own local history—but also in...

Ukraine

Commons debates

Perhaps my hon. Friend will say something about the important work of Ukrainian community centres around Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In my community, they have been stalwart in supporting...

Ukraine

Commons debates

I appreciate the tone of the Secretary of State’s speech and offer him my wholehearted support. Will he say a little more about the valuable work under way in our tech industry on defence...

Miscellaneous

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I commend her work in reaching out to young people; it sounds superb. The lesson may be that we should all do exactly that. I am running a survey...

Miscellaneous

Commons debates

My hon. Friend the Chair of the Select Committee is making an excellent speech. Her background in this area is really showing in the detail with which she is exploring these issues. Part of the...

Banking Hubs: Rural and Post-Industrial Communities

Westminster Hall debates

In my constituency, we have faced exactly the issues that the Minister highlights, and I am grateful for the work on this, in particular, on the needs of elderly people, which is being...