James Sunderland calls on the UK Government to better cement our relationships with our Overseas Territories partners for mutual benefit and to seize the opportunities available from these diverse and strategically essential members of the British family of nations.
Following the Defence Secretary’s statement on Russia’s attacks on civilians and critical national infrastructure in Ukraine, James Sunderland welcomes reassurances that the long-range Storm Shadow missiles being donated by the UK will only be used on targets inside Ukraine and asks if this deployment might pre-empt other medium and long-range weapons being deployed from other NATO nations.
James Sunderland takes the opportunity of an Urgent Question on the awarding of bonuses to Post Office executives to raise the issue of Post Office and Royal Mail executive pay and bonuses when constituents are complaining about mail not being delivered.
Following his recent visit to DEBRA headquarters, James Sunderland speaks in an adjournment debate to back calls for the Government to help fund drug repurposing trials for treatments for epidermolysis bullosa (EB).
James Sunderland congratulates the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence on the successful evacuation of civilians from Sudan, and seeks assurance that a full threat assessment will be conducted before any decision to put British forces back into Khartoum.
Following the Government statement on the new UK concussion guidelines for grassroots sport, James Sunderland highlights the varied risks between sports, and calls for the individual sporting governing bodies be responsible for regulation and calls for the review to look at the medical cover that is routinely available at grassroots sports events.
James Sunderland intervenes in an Opposition Day debate to highlight the progress on monitoring of sewage outflows which has gone from nothing in 2010 to what will be almost 100% next year and the Government’s action to improve water quality including the imposition of £150 million in punitive fines on water companies and the sponsored investment of more than £56 billion, over decades, into the water network.