United Kingdom parliament

Monica Harding

Member of Parliament · Liberal Democrat

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

21 sittings with a confirmed speech

Sittings appear here a month after they are held.

Latest speeches

  1. International Development Committee · House of Commons · 15 September 2026

    • 0.7% target vs defence pressures and prevention

      “Thank you, Minister. Minister, you're not on cabinet. There doesn't seem to be a roadmap back to 0.7% and yet at the same time the Foreign Secretary says that international development is a priority. How do all those things kind…”
      Watch from 28:49

    • 0.7% target vs defence pressures and prevention

      “So I understand all that and that is all really welcome, but should in my opinion be happening anyway alongside the return to 0.7%, which is legally what the House has decided that it should go back to 0.7%. And…”
      Watch from 31:15

    • Measuring prevention and FCDO’s evidence base

      “I actually wanted to come back on an earlier point about your relationship with the European Union. I wanted to understand how you are talking to other like-minded nations about international development and where those partnerships might exist, where you're…”
      Watch from 38:59
    4 more clips in this sitting

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

    • Justice Oral Questions – Courts Bill, prisons, sepsis and youth justice

      “Olly Kahal. Thank you, Mr Speaker. My local police force is working really hard to get youth crime down, as I witnessed when I went out on an op with them, but reoffending is a real problem. Probation officers and…”
      Watch from 29:06

  3. Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 14 September 2026

    • Historic privatisation, evidence of failure, and case for public ownership

      “I thank the honourable member for giving way, he's very generous indeed with his time. We are basically being asked to believe that the solution is more complex restructuring, more borrowing, more negotiations and more concessions. But according to recent…”
      Watch from 21:09

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

    • Lib Dem Harding: settlement trade ban and enforcement

      “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I welcome the Minister to his place. I look forward to working with him, and I also pay tribute to the work of his predecessor, who was called into this chamber many times. And…”
      Watch from 5:12:33

    • Lib Dem Harding: arms embargo, Hamas and PA reforms

      “The UK, together with international partners, must develop a plan to progress urgently the disarming and disbanding of this terror group. Preserving the territory of Palestine must be a foundation stone for the building of the Palestinian state, but another…”
      Watch from 5:15:26

    • Lib Dem Harding: Gaza humanitarian crisis and UK aid cuts

      “If the cycle of violence continues, it will only strengthen the voices of extremists on both sides who reject coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians. And meanwhile, the UK government must use every leverage it can, working with international partners and…”
      Watch from 5:17:05
    2 more clips in this sitting

  5. House of Commons · House of Commons · 11 September 2026

    • Medical and mental health perspectives on capacity and safeguards

      “Madam Deputy Speaker, this bill is not safe. And as of today, the responsibility for this bill falls on us and only us. If we vote yes today, then unless the movers, who accepted no critical amendments at the committee…”
      Watch from 2:30:50

  6. Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 8 September 2026

    • Liberal Democrat and Opposition front benches: arms, gold networks and political track

      “Thank you, Madam Chair, it's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship and thanks to the honorable member for Gillingham and Rainham for raising a subject we should be talking about so much more and I welcome the minister to…”
      Watch from 52:34

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