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United Kingdom parliament
Martin Wrigley
Member of Parliament · Liberal Democrat
Spoke in: House of Commons, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, Westminster Hall, Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, Health and Social Care Committee, Procedure Committee, Science and Technology Committee (Commons)
Transcripts of what Martin Wrigley said in Parliament, sitting by sitting. Only speeches whose speaker is confirmed are shown.
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Latest speeches
Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 26 October 2026
Opening and legal framework: cat collision reporting petition
“I move that the House has considered e-petition 750612 relating to placing a requirement on drivers to report collisions with cats. It's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I suspect we might need to change the nameplate.…”
Watch from 1:30:11Arguments for reform: emotional impact and fairness to cat owners
“I thank the honorable member for his intervention and agree cats are, moreover, often not just companions, they are members of the family. And so yes, they should be reported. And clearly we are not alone. By the time the…”
Watch from 1:32:29Arguments for reform: emotional impact and fairness to cat owners
“I thank the right honorable member for his intervention and I suspect his third option is probably correct from my experience. And I come on to the confusion about people not knowing where to report a cat. Section 170 of…”
Watch from 1:35:01
House of Commons · House of Commons · 22 October 2026
Opening and Sustainable Farming Incentive Q&A
“Martin Wrigley. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday we heard in this chamber many of the shortcomings of this year's SFI window two. Just one week after that closed, I visited Ross and Jenny Thompson at Smallacombe Farm in my Newton…”
Watch from 0:55
Science and Technology Committee (Commons) · House of Commons · 21 October 2026
Backing British business through procurement
“Thank you, Chair. Moving on to a different topic, backing British business. One of the things that the former DSIT told us is they had oversight across IT procurement across all government departments and they saw all these things coming…”
Watch from 38:56Backing British business through procurement
“And those are all very good. And as a fellow engineer who's come from industry, I appreciate seeing someone with a background in the steel business and as an engineer. Yet despite all of those things you talk about, we…”
Watch from 41:46Backing British business through procurement
“And there's two different areas here. One is about startups and I and I applaud your plan for that, but there's a more emergent, more more urgent area to ensure that we actually encourage our businesses that are building applications…”
Watch from 47:01
Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee · House of Commons · 13 October 2026
Testing limits, deceptive models and unreliable evaluations
“Thank you very much. I'd like to change tack a little bit and talk about testing and evaluation. So I have a little background in this. I used to work as a software architect. My first job was writing software…”
Watch from 25:29Testing lessons from the July incident and rapidly evolving evaluations
“Is there any other environment in which you would try something in a live environment when you didn't know how it worked? I mean, this the way we are trying to evaluate these is just so dangerous.”
Watch from 2:55:53Testing lessons from the July incident and rapidly evolving evaluations
“All of which is laudable, but you're chasing people who are chasing a two trillion dollar IPO. Okay, thank you. Antony Higginbotham.”
Watch from 2:58:32
Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 12 October 2026
Ben Coleman: rejoin case via SMEs, culture and sovereignty
“I thank the honorable member. We've heard the impact on small businesses and now indeed bands. There is a side impact which happens when on zoos. So I visited Shepreth Zoo in my constituency and the phytosanitary agreement loss means…”
Watch from 31:29
House of Commons · House of Commons · 15 September 2026
Backbench Debate – Full ban on fracking
“I thank my honorable friend for giving way. Perhaps like me, she may have seen several screenings of the People's Emergency Briefing over the summer recess. That paints a devastating picture of what happens if we continue down this route,…”
Watch from 4:45:19Backbench Debate – Full ban on fracking
“I thank the honourable gentleman for giving way. I understand that he thought last summer, whilst being the hottest on record, was actually more of a millionaire's paradise than the awful situation it was for many in our country. Does…”
Watch from 4:59:02Backbench Debate – Full ban on fracking
“I thank the Minister for giving way. Does the Minister agree with me that not only did the honourable member from Boston and Skegness exaggerate the amount of available gas that might be in the UK, less than 10% of…”
Watch from 5:45:56
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