Mr Mark Francois

Mr Mark Francois

Conservative — Rayleigh and Wickford

Speaking in the House of Commons on 12 November 2026

Debate

Battle of the Somme: 110th Anniversary

Contribution

As the Minister will know, many of those who died in the Somme were buried close to where they fell, so there is a whole line of cemeteries across the Somme battlefield that mark out the very limited extent of the allied advance. Across the Dispatch Boxes, will he join me in together paying tribute to the amazing work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which tends those graves to our fallen so respectfully and brilliantly?

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