United Kingdom parliament
Liam Byrne
Member of Parliament · Labour
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House of Commons · House of Commons · 9 September 2026
Statement: Jaguar Land Rover redundancies and automotive strategy
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Four thousand jobs lost at Jaguar Land Rover is a body blow for workers, families and communities across the West Midlands. So I commend Richard Parker, the Mayor of the West Midlands, for moving quickly…”
Watch from 3:26:26
Business and Trade Committee · House of Commons · 8 September 2026
MOD officials on procurement budget opacity and speed reforms
“Welcome to today's second panel of the Business and Trade Committee hearings into industrial policy. Thank you very much indeed to our officials for joining us from the Ministry of Defence today. We're really grateful to you for making time…”
Watch from 39:34MOD officials on procurement budget opacity and speed reforms
“And you think you'll be able to give us a snapshot of where we are on that journey if I wrote to you? All right. I see you nodding. Thank you very much indeed. You'll accept that the old defence…”
Watch from 46:02MOD officials on procurement budget opacity and speed reforms
“You'd accept it's a little blurry at the moment. So if I look at the numbers for air, it grows from 27.8 billion to quotes 70 billion between 2030 and 2035. Um but it doesn't really say exactly what is…”
Watch from 47:43
House of Commons · House of Commons · 8 September 2026
Foreign Secretary statement: Israel-Palestine policy and settlement sanctions
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Can I wholeheartedly welcome this well-rounded statement from the Foreign Secretary today and put on record my thanks to the new Prime Minister for the hard yards I know he has put in over recent…”
Watch from 2:29:39
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) · House of Lords · 7 September 2026
Middle-power AI alliances and absent UK leadership
“Thanks, Chair. We obviously face these dilemmas in the way that many other middle powers face these dilemmas. And one of the assets we do still have, just about, is the ability to generate alliances. And so if I think…”
Watch from 14:00Middle-power AI alliances and absent UK leadership
“When I have this conversation with our allies in countries like Japan, South Korea and elsewhere, they often implore the UK to be more assertive in coming forward and providing some leadership for this kind of initiative. Do you think…”
Watch from 16:31Hyperscalers, jurisdictional control and US power over access
“Thanks, Chair. Just very briefly, the hyperscalers are obviously running into quite significant problems in the United States getting data centers built, and the EU is a 10 trillion euro consumer market. How important is sustained access to the American…”
Watch from 40:54
House of Commons · House of Commons · 2 September 2026
Representation of the People Bill: Government overhaul of elections and political finance
“I'm very grateful to my honourable friend for giving way and my warmest congratulations to her on her appointment to the role she will be a brilliant minister. She will know that many in this house welcome the update to…”
Watch from 2:33:43Safeguarding, accessibility and protecting participants in democracy
“I thank very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. Let me start with a word of thanks to the honorable member for Chester, who's not in her place. She said quite rightly that an awful lot has changed since this bill was…”
Watch from 5:26:39
Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls · House of Commons · 15 July 2026
Opening and commitment on export delivery data
“Welcome to this morning's meeting of the Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls. Thank you very much indeed to Lord Coaker, Chris Bryant, Stephen Doughty, together with your officials for joining us today for one…”
Watch from 0:04Opening and commitment on export delivery data
“Yes, I think we'd like to record our thanks to you, Chris, for driving that through. This has been a long-standing ambition of you, as you acknowledged in the report published this morning, and it's been a long-standing ambition of…”
Watch from 1:46Crown exemption tests and gifting under SELC
“Lord Coaker, can I just check when crown exemption exports are made, are they tested against the strategic export licensing criteria? Okay.”
Watch from 7:46
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