United Kingdom parliament

Calvin Bailey

Member of Parliament · Labour

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

9 sittings with a confirmed speech

Sittings appear here a month after they are held.

Latest speeches

  1. Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee · House of Commons · 1 September 2026

    • Minister: moving motion and legal context

      “I beg to move that the Committee has considered the draft Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, and it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Jardin. The draft regulations were laid before the House…”
      Watch from 0:09

    • Minister: two key amendments to complaints system

      “First, they amend the Armed Forces (Service Complaints Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2015 to replace references to the appropriate officer with references to the appropriate person. This reflects amendments made by the Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 to section 340N of…”
      Watch from 0:56

    • Minister’s closing response and committee approval

      “It was a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms. Jardine. I would like to thank the contributions from all my honorable friends and the members across. I welcome the statement from my honorable and gallant, the honorable and gallant…”
      Watch from 10:33

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

    • Opening of General Debate on Iran: Government statement

      “Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the motion on the order paper. I welcome this opportunity to update the House on the latest developments in Iran, the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Middle East. But first…”
      Watch from 2:17:45

    • Opening of General Debate on Iran: Government statement

      “I thank, what a great privilege it is to receive my first intervention from the honourable member. I think it's important that in order to give the full answer that you receive that in my honourable friend's summation because I…”
      Watch from 2:27:57

    • Backbench debate: US policy, sanctions and regional instability

      “Thank the honorable member for giving way. It's, he will excuse me, Madam Deputy Speaker, in requesting of him some commentary on the fact that the opposition's equipment plan had a between 7 and 28 billion pound gap in it.…”
      Watch from 4:55:57

  3. House of Commons · House of Commons · 8 July 2026

    • Closing UK rearmament debate: government defence and opposition attack

      “Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. And I'm pleased to have been a signatory for this debate, and I congratulate the member for Tunbridge Wells on securing it. Therein is a lesson. The subject, today's subject of rearmament and readiness, could…”
      Watch from 4:54:43

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

    • Operation Valour and veterans’ support infrastructure

      “Thank you, Mr Speaker. And as it may be in excess of 47 years since the last Labour RAF veteran stood at this despatch box, I'd like to acknowledge those that served on that squadron and group questions 2 and…”
      Watch from 14:34

    • Veteran homelessness and social housing constraints

      “I thank my honorable friend for raising such an important point. I am continuing my predecessor's close work with MHCLG and with local authorities to ensure that veterans receive the support they deserve. I will soon be meeting with MHCLG…”
      Watch from 20:45

    • NHS–MOD collaboration at Catterick and veteran health

      “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to say that the Catterick Integrated Care Centre will open in Richmondshire later this year. The cutting-edge healthcare facility is a joint MOD and NHS initiative, the first of its kind, that will deliver…”
      Watch from 35:50
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  5. Defence Committee · House of Commons · 9 June 2026

    • DIP, defence innovation and procurement reform

      “Thank you. So I was just going to ask more explicitly what then do we take from the dip? Because what you point out doesn't actually sound like modern warfare. That is just warfare. Warfare has always been about outcosting…”
      Watch from 58:23

    • Analytical failures, challenging orthodoxy and expert capacity

      “Thanks very much. And amusingly, the question about challenging the orthodoxy will come from me because, as you may have picked up in some of the questioning or some of my retorts to you, I think some of our thinking…”
      Watch from 1:52:34

  6. Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 2 June 2026

    • Speech

      “Thank you. I'm gonna hand it some honor to serve under your chair. I want to focus on two areas of national resilience. The first is hospital capacity. The COVID inquiry highlighted the lack of surge capacity within the NHS,…”
      Watch from 2:39:41

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