United Kingdom parliament

Mark Francois

Member of Parliament · Conservative

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

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Latest speeches

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

    • Ministerial Statement: Ukraine, Russia threat and defence spending

      “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. On behalf of the Shadow Defense team, I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome the new Defense Secretary, Labour's third in three months, to his place and to thank him for advanced sight of…”
      Watch from 3:41:32

    • Opposition and Lib Dem responses: right to buy, shared ownership and rural housing

      “I thank the shadow planning minister for giving way. On housing numbers, there's no Reform MP present this afternoon. But Reform-led Rochford District Council have just published their Regulation 19 local plan. During the May elections, they made a great…”
      Watch from 5:10:11

  2. House of Commons · House of Commons · 7 September 2026

    • Housing Questions Q7–Q12: Green Belt, housing stock and local government reorganisation

      “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Labour have also said they want to devolve NHS funding. To give a practical example, the NHS uses a standard metric of 2.4 additional patients per every new dwelling constructed. So in South Essex, for the…”
      Watch from 26:00

    • Closing of reorganisation statement: Commitment to rapid review

      “Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. Secretary of State local government reform in Essex has been a farce from the outset because the people never wanted it. The council taxpayers themselves never had any desire for this process. So I welcome…”
      Watch from 2:25:39

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

    • Northern Ireland Troubles (Criminal Investigations etc) Bill: Jopp: veteran protections

      “In essence what my honourable friend is doing very ably is to try and defend those who defended us. And can I place on the record that in that noble aim, from these benches, the Conservative benches, he has our…”
      Watch from 4:50:54

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

    • Ministerial statement: building homes, rough sleeping and devolution model

      “Thank you, Ma'am. The Secretary of State mentioned mandatory housing targets. And under Labour's targets, in South Essex, from Grays across to Shoeburyness, we would be expected to accommodate over 100,000 houses. That's 7% of the government's entire 1.5 million…”
      Watch from 4:10:19

  5. House of Commons · House of Commons · 16 July 2026

    • Ministerial Statement: Local Government Reorganisation in England

      “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Essex is a county of nearly two million people who are opposed to the Labour's plans by over two to one. And yet in a train crash statement that's lasted over an hour, the Secretary…”
      Watch from 4:03:15

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

    • Opening of General Debate on Iran: Government statement

      “Can I place on record from these benches our absolute agreement with his tribute to all of our armed forces personnel serving in the Middle East. But if he looks round the chamber just briefly, will he agree with me…”
      Watch from 2:28:29

    • Backbench debate: Defence spending, Gulf security and misinformation

      “He's making a very good speech, but he shouldn't undersell it. On top of the 4.7 billion that hasn't been approved by the Treasury, there's 10.7 billion that has to be generated by cuts to the MOD budget and then…”
      Watch from 3:27:49

    • Backbench debate: US policy, sanctions and regional instability

      “My right honourable friend kindly referred to me. On Ajax, the government published a written ministerial statement yesterday which had a great deal of verbiage in it, but it still didn't say when Ajax would enter operational service, even though…”
      Watch from 4:06:03
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