Patrick Spencer

It is good to see you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. I thank the Minister for a very spirited effort. I appreciate that I had not sent him my speech in advance, so many of the issues I brought up were new to h

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comment; either he has read my speech or, as usual, he is far ahead of the curve, because I will get on to talk about the Dragon Patcher and the JCB Pothole Pro late

I beg to move, That this House has considered potholes and road maintenance in Suffolk. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Barker, and I thank everybody for staying a little bit later

I recently received an email from a publican in my constituency, who said: “I cannot find people willing to work minimum wage because they earn more on benefits, I cannot give my experienced staff a p

Last year there was unanimous objection in Parliament and across the country to plans for aligning section 1 and section 2 forms for gun licences, mostly because it would make shotgun ownership more o

I will not. The Government have a chance to U-turn. It is a move with which they are now all too familiar. They should show some gumption and cut welfare, grow a backbone and not let the slackers in W