Liam Byrne’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour Party

Liam Byrne MP in Parliament

No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

Business of the House (Today)

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful for the chance to speak in this debate. The essence of our argument was laid out with force, passion and eloquence by the Leader of the Opposition. The Prime Minister is this...

No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

Business of the House (Today)

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

The Prime Minister was a member of the party that backed Labour’s spending plans up to late 2009, and she has presided over a Government who have doubled the size of the national debt.

No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

Business of the House (Today)

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

I was naive to honour a Treasury tradition that went back to Churchill with a text that is pretty much the same, but I was proud to be part of a team that stopped a recession becoming a...

No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

Business of the House (Today)

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful to the Prime Minister for giving way. She must recognise that she has built a cage of red lines, which produced a deal that was overwhelmingly rejected by this House. We rejected...

No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

Business of the House (Today)

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Prime Minister give way?

Universal Credit: Birmingham

Department for Work and Pensions

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the expected decrease in the number of people who will be migrated onto universal credit in...

Business of the House

Commons debates

Jaguar Land Rover is today set to announce 5,000 job losses in what will be the biggest hammer blow to manufacturing in this country since the closure of Longbridge. When Longbridge closed, it...

Facebook: Data Protection

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Facebook about when that company became aware of misuse of personal data.

Digital Technology

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK’s digital sector of the UK leaving the EU without an...

Universal Credit: Helping People into Work

Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

If the Secretary of State wants some empirical evidence, let me give her some: 55,410 people are on universal credit in Birmingham and food bank demand has increased by two thirds. Birmingham...

Terrorism: Internet

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the provisions of the draft Regulation of the European Parliament and...

Deaths of Homeless People

Commons debates

Three weeks ago I joined the census that shames us, counting rough sleepers in Birmingham. There, beneath the Christmas lights, we found a man without legs sleeping next to his wheelchair in...

Foreign Investment in UK

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Foreign Direct Investment in the UK in 2017-18 was represented by (a) acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures and (b) new investments...

Heritage Action Zones - [Sir David Crausby in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I do not intend to distract the House for very long because we have had a good and thorough debate. I congratulate the hon....

Prisons: Expenditure

Ministry of Justice

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the UK spends on prisons as a proportion of GDP in the 2017-18 financial year; and how that figure compares to the (a) G7 and (b) EU average.

Digital Economy

Uk-EU Negotiations

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

Am I right that the point my hon. Friend wants to register this evening is that there is much to learn from other countries?

Digital Economy

Uk-EU Negotiations

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

I will be as brief as I can, because I know that the whole House will want to hear from my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion), given the level of expertise she brings to this...

European Council

Commons debates

The Prime Minister has said today that she is determined to frustrate another vote of the people, and she has done her level best to frustrate a vote in this Parliament. Does she understand why...

Arts

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the contribution of the video games industry to the economy.

Arts

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the economy of the creative sector.