United Kingdom parliament

Tony Vaughan

Member of Parliament · Labour

Transcripts of what Tony Vaughan said in Parliament, sitting by sitting. Only speeches whose speaker is confirmed are shown.

7 sittings with a confirmed speech

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Latest speeches

  1. Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 7 September 2026

    • Misogyny hate crime petition: opening case, new Act and training gaps

      “Thank you, Sir Edward. I beg to move that this house has considered e-petition 746640 entitled Legislate Crimes Motivated by Misogyny are Hate Crimes, Fund and Support Training. It's always a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. In…”
      Watch from 1:30:13

    • Minister’s response: VAWG strategy, hate crime framework and Macdonald review

      “Just to sum up. Thanks, Sir Edward. I'd like to thank Amara, Lily, and Holly for your petition, which has resulted in this debate today and has resulted in the opportunity to ask the minister a lot of important questions…”
      Watch from 2:34:17

    • Closing remarks on misogyny hate crime debate and adjournment

      “On the one hand, we had the honourable member for Bath talking about the horrendous practice of nightlife videos that we are seeing. On the other, we had the honourable member for Tamworth rightly underlining the critical importance of cracking…”
      Watch from 2:34:48

  2. House of Commons · House of Commons · 15 July 2026

    • Wind‑up on Iran: Ministerial response and next steps

      “On the issue of threats to British citizens, there are two British citizens who are currently detained in Iran in Evin prison, Craig and Lindsay Forman. They are innocent, they've been arbitrarily detained there for over one and a half…”
      Watch from 5:20:24

  3. House of Commons · House of Commons · 13 July 2026

    • Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading: government case and opposition critique

      “I'm grateful to the Secretary for giving way. She refers to gaming of the system, but can I just clarify the basis on which she says that, given that around half of Home Office initial asylum decisions are overturned on…”
      Watch from 4:30:56

  4. Justice Committee · House of Commons · 7 July 2026

    • Opening of session and declarations of interest

      “Hello, I'm Tony Vaughan. I'm the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe. I'm also an associate tenant at Doughty Street Chambers. I hold a current practising certificate as a barrister. My office receives support from the Refugee Asylum and…”
      Watch from 3:33

    • Judicial resourcing, recruitment and loss of expertise

      “I actually did want to just follow up on this, on this theme. As I understand it, the MOJ have just finished a recruitment exercise for first-tier tribunal judges. I think they were salaried positions, I don't think they were…”
      Watch from 19:00

    • Administrative capacity, digitalisation and limits of efficiency gains

      “I just wanted to ask about the ability of the system to deal with the demand. So when we went to Taylor House one of the impressions that we got was that it was the lack of administrative staff and…”
      Watch from 32:59
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  5. Justice Committee · House of Commons · 30 June 2026

    • Opening of session and declarations of interest

      “Hello, my name's Tony Vaughan, I'm the MP for Folkestone and Hythe. I am a barrister with a practicing certificate, an associate tenant at 1000 Street Chambers, and I draw attention to my register of interest.”
      Watch from 0:29

    • Rape victim attrition and systemic delays

      “Right, thank you, Mr. Parkinson. I just wanted to ask a question arising from Vicky Slade's questioning, but it just relates to how many rape and serious sexual offence cases where the victim essentially disengages results in the dropping of…”
      Watch from 1:07:54

  6. Justice Committee · House of Commons · 16 June 2026

    • Opening, interests and Minister’s remit

      “Hello, I'm Tony Vaughan, the MP for Folkestone and Hythe. I'm a barrister with a practising certificate and an associate tenant at Doughty Street Chambers, and I draw attention to my register of interest.”
      Watch from 1:39

    • Electronic monitoring expansion, Serco performance and contract levers

      “Thank you Lord Timpson. I just want to continue on this theme because the question of public protection following release and how we use electronic monitoring for that is is important. And so I just wanted to know what is…”
      Watch from 1:11:06

    • Electronic monitoring expansion, Serco performance and contract levers

      “And you've indicated quite a large increase of offenders who are going to be on these tags to manage them in the community. But what are the what are the sort of carrots and what are the sticks to ensure…”
      Watch from 1:15:07
    2 more clips in this sitting

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