Biography

The extracts provided do not contain any engagement by Liam Byrne on learning disability & autism or heart disease & stroke. The three speeches shown address the Department for Business and Trade supplementary estimates, Ukraine's defence as a democracy, and budget resolutions, none of which relate to the stated health and social care topics.

Generated from their own Hansard record, below

At the end of a long day, let me express my gratitude to the Backbench Business Committee for providing us with this time to debate the supplementary estimates and the priorities of the Department for Business and Trade. I rise to open this debate and simply make three broad points.

Department for Business and Trade · 2026-03-04 · Hansard ↗

Record by topic

  1. Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
  2. Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0

What they’ve said

  • I congratulate the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) on securing this debate and all those who have spoken today. It was Václav Havel who said that the best defence against tyranny is to live in truth.

    War in Ukraine: Third Anniversary · 2025-02-27 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • …What happens in a financial crash is that the economy has a heart attack: spending continues, because to cut spending would be to deepen a recession and turn it into a depression, tax receipts fall off a cliff, and the role of Government is to sustain a country through that kind of crisis.

    Budget Resolutions · 2024-10-30 · Read on Hansard ↗

Contributions reproduced under the Open Parliament Licence.