United Kingdom parliament
Sarah Edwards
Member of Parliament · Labour
Transcripts of what Sarah Edwards said in Parliament, sitting by sitting. Only speeches whose speaker is confirmed are shown.
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Business and Trade Committee · House of Commons · 8 September 2026
Opening of inquiry and defence industry witnesses
“Order, welcome to the Business and Trade newly formed committee as we now also take in the innovation into our remit. Today we are continuing our investigation into the industrial strategy and particularly its sectors and today we're going to…”
Watch from 0:06Opening of inquiry and defence industry witnesses
“Brilliant, thank you very much. We are have obviously a certain amount of time to get through so if we could be as concise with our answers if we have follow-up questions we would do that we want to get…”
Watch from 2:40Sovereign capability, timelines and finance constraints
“And do you think when we talk about that sort of sovereign capability, obviously it's very, very important and we know that there is almost it feels like a time limit on how far we need to come in a…”
Watch from 5:56
Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 7 September 2026
Sarah Edwards MP: influencers, algorithms and duty of care
“Thank you. It is an honour to serve under your chairship. And I wanted to also thank everybody who's signed this petition and I know a number of members have equally thanked those in their constituencies. It's incredibly important that…”
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House of Commons · House of Commons · 2 July 2026
Closing of adoption statement: Implementation and culture change
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. And I want to thank the Prime Minister for his sincere apology for those who have experienced this historical forced adoption scandal and pay tribute to those in the gallery today and those that cannot…”
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Business and Trade Committee · House of Commons · 30 June 2026
Operational priorities in China: exports, investment, trade-offs
“Thank you. The committee's quite interested in obviously the delicate trade-offs, and I think you spoke about this at the beginning of your introduction about what is the relationship between China. And so I think what we would quite like…”
Watch from 9:52Who leads on China and how big decisions are made
“And are there other potential areas where you can see that there are trade-offs and how do you make that sort of balancing act? How do you make those decisions about what trade-offs you accept or don't accept? Is there…”
Watch from 11:31Who leads on China and how big decisions are made
“Thank you, Sarah. I think just the final question would really be around that does sound like quite a lot of work to be done on something that's quite complicated. So how do you feel about the level of resourcing…”
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Business and Trade Committee · House of Commons · 23 June 2026
Trading standards capacity, primary authority and enforcement gaps
“Thank you, Chair. I'm interested, David, trading standards traditionally would go into a bricks and mortar business and they're often localized teams. So how how do you deal with the fact that these marketplaces are where, question mark, distribution hubs…”
Watch from 25:29Trading standards capacity, primary authority and enforcement gaps
“And one final question to you, David, and then Sue, I'll come to you because I know that you'd quite like to chip in. So obviously there has been an uplift in the trading standards budget, and rightly you cite…”
Watch from 28:41Trading standards capacity, primary authority and enforcement gaps
“Yes, right. It's Kensington and Chelsea, I think, for eBay, but yes. Well, that sounds extremely ridiculous and really helpful, actually, to feed into some of our potential recommendations. Wayne, was there anything that you wanted to add in on…”
Watch from 32:09
House of Commons · House of Commons · 23 June 2026
Brexit instability, insourcing, VAT pilots and COVID fraud enforcement
“Thank you Mr. Speaker. My constituency of Tamworth has been extremely lucky in getting 20 million pounds for Glascote Heath and Stonydelph under the Pride in Place program. This gives local people the ability to choose how this funding is…”
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