United Kingdom parliament
Simon Hoare
Member of Parliament · Conservative
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House of Commons · House of Commons · 11 September 2026
Bill sponsor: implementation timetable, six‑month prognosis and committee scrutiny
“I'm very grateful to the honourable lady for giving way and she's making a principled argument which the house must listen to and respect. But she has spoken about choice and dignity. The one thing I have never understood about…”
Watch from 12:53Bill sponsor: Parliament Acts strategy and primacy of the Commons
“I'm very, very grateful to the honorable lady for giving way a second time. On that basis, and this is the democratically accountable House, I think we'll all agree on that point, is she prepared to accept in committee and…”
Watch from 25:08
Welsh Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 10 September 2026
Journalists: PCB findings, soil and blood testing limits
“Yes, thank you. I just wonder in the course of your researches whether you've identified anything which would tell you that the companies, the individuals, whoever, who were doing the dumping in the first place did it with the knowledge…”
Watch from 13:35International models, polluter pays and official inaction
“Just picking up on that, which I'm going to take my questions slightly out of order if I may, to get them both done at the same time. Just Mr. Ashby, just picking up on that point that you were…”
Watch from 28:03International models, polluter pays and official inaction
“I suppose, Mr. Sheen, this is a question to you. I mean, you and your colleagues have highlighted these are private companies who've caused the problem, and there's now a legitimate expectation that the taxpayer, whether it's the local taxpayer…”
Watch from 29:56
House of Commons · House of Commons · 10 September 2026
Urgent Question: Air traffic control failure and passenger disruption
“Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. Against the backdrop of reality that things go wrong no matter how much money is invested and how up to date things just go wrong. It does seem slightly ludicrous does it not that NATS…”
Watch from 1:35:07
Simultaneous Translation - Welsh Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 9 September 2026
Licence fee decline, rejected models and household levy option
“Thank you, Chair. We're in danger, are we not, of just accepting the year-on-year reduction of people paying the license fee as a fait accompli? What if any representations or ideas has the BBC fed into government about pausing and…”
Watch from 34:03Licence fee decline, rejected models and household levy option
“Obviously, it's up to the government to decide. But the answer to the question is yes, is it, that the BBC has put to government some thoughts or suggestions either on an alternative funding model or how to make the…”
Watch from 37:04Scale of BBC Wales cuts and risk of managed decline
“Thank you. Just in the interest of time, you answered in response to Mr. Ranger's earlier question that your proportion of savings of the 500 million would be 9 million. And I think you said an FTE headcount reduction of…”
Watch from 38:03
Welsh Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 9 September 2026
Scale of cuts, efficiencies and risk to BBC Cymru
“Thank you, Chair. We're in danger, are we not, of just accepting the year-on-year reduction of people paying the license fee as a fait accompli? What, if any, representations or ideas has the BBC fed into government about pausing and…”
Watch from 34:09Scale of cuts, efficiencies and risk to BBC Cymru
“Obviously, it's up to the government to decide. But the answer to the question is yes, is it, that the BBC has put to government some thoughts or suggestions either on A, an alternative funding model or how to make…”
Watch from 37:08Managing job losses and protecting high‑impact output
“Just in the interest of time, you answered in response to Mr. Ranger's earlier question that your proportion of savings of the 500 million would be 9 million. And I think you said an FTE headcount reduction of approximately 50,…”
Watch from 38:06
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 9 September 2026
Reaching the unreconciled and need for humility
“Thank you. Sandra, can I just ask, the sort of hard-to-reach people, the easiest, in inverted commas, people to deal with are those who step forward and come in and say, let's do something. For those who remain, who say,…”
Watch from 11:32Teaching the Troubles and avoiding glamorisation
“Thank you. Commissioner, good to see you again. I think we all recognize the massive importance that education can play. It plays a critical role obviously in confronting the legacy of violence. And I just wonder what your assessment is…”
Watch from 1:19:44Teaching the Troubles and avoiding glamorisation
“Thank you. And now given the fact that overwhelmingly education in Northern Ireland remains segregated, do you have any assessment as to any disadvantage that that might have and or any distinct benefit that you've been able to identify in…”
Watch from 1:21:54
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