In Parliament - James Murray for Ealing North

I speak regularly in Parliament on a range of issues affecting my constituents. Links to all of my contributions are detailed below and are regularly updated.

High Streets

Greenbelt: Local Plans

James Murray made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to speak under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I warmly congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) on securing this debate and on setting out so powerfully...

New Clause 5 - Review of equality impact of Act

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Clerks for their excellent and particularly rapid help with amendments to the Bill. Today, the Government have been determined to push through their tax rise on working people and...

Clause 1 - Health and social care levy

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

To be absolutely clear, the question that I was putting to the Minister was: where in the Bill is there a guarantee that a single penny of this new levy will go to social care?

Clause 1 - Health and social care levy

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I do feel that there is a broad consensus across this country that those with the broadest shoulders should make more of a contribution....

Clause 1 - Health and social care levy

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I am going to make some progress now; I have given way to the hon. Gentleman already. As I said, although new clause 8 has not been selected today, I hope that Government Back Benchers have seen...

Clause 1 - Health and social care levy

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

Let us be really clear about what the shadow Care Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester West (Liz Kendall), proposed, because it was entirely different from what is being discussed...

Clause 1 - Health and social care levy

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

As we turn to the Bill’s Committee stage, I will address the new clauses tabled in my name and the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Abena Oppong-Asare). We know...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

We have been absolutely clear that when it comes to funding the NHS and social care, those with the broadest shoulders should pay the most. The idea that this is a “broad-based” tax...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

Perhaps the hon. Gentleman would like to intervene to answer that question.

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

The right hon. Lady raises points about the backlog in the NHS. We have had 10 years of a Conservative Government, of whom she has been a key part. She is responsible for the backlog, along with...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Member for South Thanet (Craig Mackinlay) knows full well that his question is not relevant to this discussion. We are talking about the NHS and the social care system, and we need...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

As the hon. Gentleman is on our side, I look forward to him joining us in the Lobby this evening. Will the Chief Secretary to the Treasury or the Financial Secretary to the Treasury put it...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

The right hon. Gentleman speaks about a tax rise 20 years ago, following a decade of wage growth, and it came with a plan for how the money would be invested. In stark contrast, this...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend makes us think about what we have read recently about what the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh) has been saying about a rebate from this tax for those who take out private...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

We are clear that taxes will have to rise to pay for social care, but we are also clear that this increase in national insurance contributions is not the way to raise the money fairly. When it...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend makes an important point about the Conservative Government’s impact on the national health service over the last decade, running it into the ground and leaving it in such a...

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Health and Social Care Levy Bill...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I sincerely thank my hon. Friend for taking my intervention. I draw Members’ attention to the substantial impact on, and disruption caused to, residents in my constituency by vent shaft...

HS2 - [David Mundell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Loan Charge: Bankruptcy

James Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

The Conservative Government’s approach to the loan charge means that ordinary people who are victims of mis-selling are suffering financial ruin and personal harm. Ministers will have heard...