Katrina Murray

Latest speeches

1. House of Commons · House of Commons · 10 September 2026

   • Backbench business and topical issues: suicide prevention, RNLI, local concerns

     “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. 16th of September marks the 89th anniversary of the Eastside Bothy fire in Kirkintilloch, where ten young men from Achill in County Mayo lost their lives in what is widely considered to be a deliberate…”

     Watch from 3:16:46

   • Backbench debate on social housing: disposals, Capita, domestic abuse and empty homes

     “One of the issues that we discussed at my constituency women's safety summit back in January was the issue around gender debt and economic abuse and particularly how it affects rent arrears. As a result of that, North Lanarkshire Council,…”

     Watch from 5:23:11

2. Northern Ireland Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 9 September 2026

   • Delays, failed legacy mechanisms and victim despondency

     “Thank you, Chair. One of the things that probably struck me most about one of the select committee's first trips and I think probably one of the first visits we did was with sitting down with you in the Wave…”

     Watch from 17:02

   • Delays, failed legacy mechanisms and victim despondency

     “And Kenny, you said pretty much the same to us when we visited SEFF. Do you want, what's your opinions on that?”

     Watch from 20:03

   • Systemic failures, national security and Irish state role

     “Okay, noted. Kenny, you've already talked about some of your cohort using the ICRIR process as feeling that that's the only route open to them at the moment. Certainly the committee has been concerned about recent developments, the May inquiry.…”

     Watch from 26:33

3. Northern Ireland Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 2 September 2026

   • NI‑only VAT cut as UK pilot and consumer pass‑through

     “Thank you. I'd like to focus on what probably the hypothetical of if a VAT reduction happened. How much of a VAT reduction do you expect to be passed on to consumers through lower prices?”

     Watch from 48:57

   • NI‑only VAT cut as UK pilot and consumer pass‑through

     “Adrian, can I look at the evidence that has been there from the Republic is that there was a much lower pass-through to consumers from VAT cuts compared with when VAT increases. Is there evidence that the recent reduction has…”

     Watch from 50:46

   • UK government divergence concern and licensing ‘surrender principle’

     “Thanks. Selina, Michael, want to look at the review of the 2025 licensing laws that were carried was carried out by the Department of Communities in the Assembly around about the surrender principle, which concluded that it stifled competition and…”

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4. House of Commons · House of Commons · 1 September 2026

   • Responses to PM statement: Opposition scrutiny, defence, migration, tax and institutional reform

     “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and welcome my right honorable friend to his place. During the summer recess, I spent time engaging with organizations who work with children and young people in my Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency. What struck me…”

     Watch from 2:44:54

5. Northern Ireland Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 15 July 2026

   • Multi‑year budgeting, health reform and Treasury ‘open book’

     “I'm just going to, to expand on that if you, on the answer you've just given to Mr. Swann if you could, Sir Robert. So how many of the options that the Treasury gave do you think the Executive needs…”

     Watch from 41:58

   • Consequences of no budget, repeated bailouts and UK leverage

     “And on the subject of choices, I would, I want to remain, the open book exercise presents a number of options for cost savings. How do you expect those to be taken forward by the Executive?”

     Watch from 1:45:41

   • Consequences of no budget, repeated bailouts and UK leverage

     “Thank you for that. I mean, one of the things that we are absolutely clear on, it doesn't matter what level of government and what level of department, the need to actually budget and to take decisions about finance is…”

     Watch from 1:48:06

6. Home Affairs Committee and Northern Ireland Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 7 July 2026

   • Organised immigration crime and cross‑border cooperation

     “Particularly Mr. Bonfield, how significant is the role of organized immigration crime groups in Northern Ireland in facilitating unauthorized migration through the common travel area? One of the things that I think we are certainly from the Northern Ireland Affairs…”

     Watch from 1:09:14

   • Organised immigration crime and cross‑border cooperation

     “Mr. Capps, has the establishment of the Border Security Command made any difference to efforts to disrupt organized immigration crime groups within Northern Ireland?”

     Watch from 1:11:55

   • CTA in wider irregular migration strategy and EU instruments

     “I just want to follow on from my colleague from Edinburgh East and Musselburgh who I will put on the record as not is not related to me in any way what what whatsoever. But are you satisfied that there…”

     Watch from 2:25:28