In Parliament - Matt Rodda

Matt at work in parliament

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

Asylum Seeker Accommodation Off Wirral Peninsula

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech about the importance of compassion towards refugees in this country. My community has also accommodated many needy people. Does he agree that there...

Ukrainian Holodomor

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that for many communities around the country, such as the Ukrainian community in Reading, this is still a very live issue and many...

Buses: Funding

Commons debates

Council-owned bus companies such as Reading Buses provide award-winning services. That has allowed it to grow its business and offer a very high quality of service to many local residents. For...

Food Price Inflation and Food Banks

Eye Health: National Strategy

Matt Rodda made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and for her work on this important issue. One piece of analysis has even shown that the prices of some basic food items are rising by 30%. My hon....

Terminal Illness: Early Access to Pensions

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I thank the hon. Member for Angus (Dave Doogan) and colleagues from across the House who have contributed to this important debate....

Water Quality: Sewage Discharge

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. Before I start, I thank the Angling Trust, Surfers Against Sewage—I pay tribute to its work in coastal areas and inland—and many other groups...

Pensioners: Cost of Living

Work and Pensions

Matt Rodda made a speech in the House of Commons

The price of food is rising by 30%, yet the Government are continuing to fail pensioners at this very difficult time: nearly 200,000 women in their 80s have been underpaid for years because of...

Topical Questions

Matt Rodda made a speech in the House of Commons

I pay tribute to my constituent Ruth Perry, the former headteacher of Caversham Primary School. She was a much-loved member of our local community. Will the Secretary of State consider the very...

Easter Adjournment

Backbench Business

Matt Rodda made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. May I start by commending the hon. Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) for her work in championing the rights of people who face...

Christianity in Society - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Matt Rodda made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell, and thank you for getting me in at the last moment. I also thank the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) for bringing...

Finance (No. 2) Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. Does he agree that the pressures that are, as he rightly said, felt by many families are also felt by our hard-working small businesses, which face...

Finance (No. 2) Bill

Commons debates

Clause 1 - Automatic enrolment: persons and earnings affected

Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill

Matt Rodda made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Once again, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I commend the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North for his work on this Bill, and, indeed, other Members from...

Clause 1 - Automatic enrolment: persons and earnings affected

Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill

Matt Rodda made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I will address my remarks purely to the amendments. I thank the hon. Member for Glasgow East for his work on the subject. He made...

Topical Questions

Matt Rodda made a speech in the House of Commons

It is good to see you in your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. Thousands of retired Gurkha soldiers who left the Army before 1997 live in considerable poverty, many of them in my constituency. I...

Engagements

Matt Rodda made a speech in the House of Commons

My constituent Olly Stephens was just 13 years old when he was stabbed and brutally murdered in a local park just yards from his home. The two boys who attacked him had shared dozens of pictures...

Racial Discrimination in Schools

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend for her excellent work in securing the debate and campaigning on this important issue. Does she agree that the Government can learn from some of the successes under the...

Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation: Sanctions and Tariffs

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Fovargue. I thank the Minister and my hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) for allowing me to speak briefly. I...

Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation: Sanctions and Tariffs

Westminster Hall debates

Science and Technology Framework

Commons debates

I thank the Secretary of State for her statement. Small and medium-sized tech companies provide a vital engine of growth in our economy, particularly in the Thames valley and in towns such as...