United Kingdom parliament

Rebecca Smith

Member of Parliament · Conservative

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

15 sittings with a confirmed speech

Sittings appear here a month after they are held.

Latest speeches

  1. House of Commons · House of Commons · 14 September 2026

    • Local skills pathways, NEETs blame, and work experience

      “Thank you, Mr Speaker. The government continues to point the finger for NEETs at one of the areas that is performing comparatively well: our schools. Meanwhile, in Labour-led Wales, which ignored the Conservative government's education reforms, school standards have fallen…”
      Watch from 46:15

    • Public petitions: asbestos on Mount Batten Beach, green belt housing, and Leicester local government changes

      “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Along with almost 1,700 signatures from a similar online petition, I present this petition of residents from across Plymouth, Plymstock and the rest of my South West Devon constituency about the ongoing closure of Mount…”
      Watch from 7:56:05

  2. Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 10 September 2026

    • Shadow Minister Smith: evidence on fathers’ impact

      “Thank you Miss Hobhouse. It's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship and like other speakers before me I congratulate the honorable member for Bishop Auckland for securing this backbench debate which I was very pleased to be able to…”
      Watch from 2:48:54

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

    • Rebecca Smith MP: defence of current safeguards and ethical objections

      “Thank you, Chair. It's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Pritchard, and I welcome this debate this afternoon. Now, as we know, this petition is asking for parental orders to be permitted at birth. I believe members of…”
      Watch from 11:24

    • Josh Newbury MP and allies: support for pre‑birth pathway with retained safeguards

      “I thank the honorable member, and he knows he and I have great shared interest in fostering and adoption, and I know we've spoken on these issues a lot in the past year. But just to clarify what he's been…”
      Watch from 43:58

    • Further opposition and Lib Dem front bench: ethics, international comparisons and need for government response

      “Thank the honorable lady for giving way. But if you're going through the care system and you've potentially fostered or adopted, or you've, you know, gone through a long adoption process, we're making it a lot harder for those people.…”
      Watch from 1:03:38
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  4. House of Commons · House of Commons · 4 September 2026

    • Inequalities, surrogacy, infant feeding and breastfeeding support

      “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I would like to join many others today in congratulating the right honourable member for New Forest West in securing this debate, but then also congratulating him on his choice of topic because there…”
      Watch from 2:28:37

  5. House of Commons · House of Commons · 3 September 2026

    • DCMS topical questions: online harms, hate speech and charity regulation

      “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. An ever-growing list of charities have faced serious allegations of peddling extremism and even funding terrorism. Most of these continue to operate despite lengthy Charity Commission investigations, such as the Iranian regime-linked Islamic Centre of England,…”
      Watch from 39:05

  6. House of Commons · House of Commons · 2 September 2026

    • Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading and final passage

      “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Further to a similar online petition of over 4,200 signatures, I present this petition on local government reorganization in Devon. The plans published in July by the government appear to have been configured entirely to…”
      Watch from 8:43:18

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