Lillian Jones

Latest speeches

1. House of Commons · House of Commons · 9 September 2026

   • Prime Minister’s Questions opens: 9/11, policing and British farming

     “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can I associate myself with the comments on 9/11 and our brave policeman, the police officer that lost his life. Mr. Speaker, my hometown of Kilmarnock was once the industrial powerhouse of Ayrshire, but after decades…”

     Watch from 27:53

2. Scottish Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 9 September 2026

   • Did AI responses really cause delay?

     “You seem to be reading my mind this morning, Chair. But yeah, I mean, it is concerning that an organisation, Ofcom, has taken so long to read such a or deal with such a small number of responses to your…”

     Watch from 28:30

   • Data protection issues with campaign tool

     “The Chair asked you with those AI responses and you said that within the campaign tool there was no nothing within that that suggested that they were either for or against.”

     Watch from 29:12

3. Scottish Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 2 September 2026

   • Multi‑annual funding: S4C and TG4 commissioning constraints

     “Thank you. My question's to Ms Evans and Ms Coistín. How important are multi-annual funding agreements for commissioning content and safeguarding editorial independence? How important are multi-annual funding agreements for commissioning content and safeguarding editorial independence?”

     Watch from 9:11

   • S4C multi‑year settlement enabling sport and high‑end drama

     “Mr. Evans, what benefits has a multi-year funding settlement had on S4C's ability to plan and invest in Welsh language broadcasting?”

     Watch from 12:37

   • BBC view on multi‑year funding and licence fee pressures

     “Thanks, Chair. Mr. McCullough, S4C currently has a multi-year funding settlement and TG4 are hoping to also secure multi-year funding. So what would the benefits be of multi-year funding for MG Alba and BBC Alba?”

     Watch from 55:23
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4. House of Commons · House of Commons · 16 July 2026

   • Transport Questions: e-bikes, buses and rail

     “Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the Secretary of State for that reply. The Scotland's new transport secretary has criticised UK government's transport policy on HS2 as dysfunctional. Yet after two decades in government, the SNP failed to deliver a…”

     Watch from 17:20

5. House of Commons · House of Commons · 15 July 2026

   • Scottish Questions Q13–Q14: Tax, NHS and constitutional stance

     “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For 23 years, I've proudly served in Scotland's NHS, working alongside dedicated, hardworking, brilliant nurses. Yet under SNP government, those very nurses are paying higher income tax than colleagues anywhere else in the UK. Does the…”

     Watch from 16:11

6. Scottish Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 14 July 2026

   • Sewel convention, legislative consent practice and the health bill case

     “Oh, thank you very much, Chair. So my question's in relation to legislative consent and if I could just direct it to Baroness Smith, please. So previously you've described your role on the Parliamentary Business and Legislation Committee as a…”

     Watch from 55:38

   • Space strategy delays, £20m for Scottish spaceports and Orbex collapse

     “Thank you very much. So turning to space launch and sector development. Last November, the government told us that it would set out its approach to supporting Scotland's space launch sector in a cross-government publication. Now that was due to…”

     Watch from 1:27:37

   • Space strategy delays, £20m for Scottish spaceports and Orbex collapse

     “Thank you. And can you tell the committee when the government will set out further details of the 20 million pounds funding for Scottish spaceport infrastructure development announced in March?”

     Watch from 1:29:17