Speeches
- 3rd February 2012
Priti Patel calls for greater long term vision and investment in the railway network - particularly in Essex and East Anglia. read more »
- 2nd February 2012
Speaking in a debate on sentencing, Priti Patel welcomes moves for more focus on supporting victims. She tells MPs that in too many cases the victims have been ignored and the emphasis has been placed far too much on the offender. read more »
- 1st February 2012
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions, Priti Patel urges MPs to back the benefits cap at £26,000 - which is the average income of hard-working families. read more »
- 30th January 2012
Priti Patel backs the Bill, welcomes the new role for the Civil Aviation Authority as good for competition and highlights the importance of airports to business and economic growth. read more »
- 26th January 2012
Priti Patel calls for a Parliamentary debate on the HMRC and the case of constituent and a 12-year-long test case involving construction workers and their contracted terms of employment. read more »
- 26th January 2012
Priti Patel raises concerns that Britain will have lost the relevant skills in the nuclear industry as no new nuclear power plant has been built for 20 years. read more »
- 25th January 2012
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, Priti Patel calls on the Government to do everything possible to support the family of constituent Lee Heath, who was murdered in Germany last year, as they face ever increasing financial costs during the forthcoming murder trial. read more »
- 25th January 2012
During a debate on UK-Indian trade, Priti Patel welcomes India’s economic liberalisation over the past 20 years and urges better business practices and ethics in that country. read more »
- 24th January 2012
Speaking in Parliament in a debate on the merits of promoting self employment to young people, Priti Patel highlights the challenge of getting started and backs the concept of a youth investment fund to provide funding or incentives to becoming self-employed. read more »
- 23rd January 2012
Priti Patel asks the Secretary of State about reducing the cost of sickness benefit paid to UK citizens living abroad. She also backs the Government’s legal fight with the European Commission who want the UK to abolish the ‘habitual residency test’ for benefit applicants. read more »
