
In an intervention in an Adjournment Debate on the application of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 to those who have been bereaved or suffered adverse reactions to covid-19 vaccines, Andrew Bridgen highlights a Western Norway University of Applied Sciences paper which has found a significant correlation between covid-19 vaccine uptake in 2021 and excess deaths in the first nine months of 2022 across Europe.

Following the Government statement on the Post Office and compensation for the Horizon scandal, Andrew Bridgen asks why it has taken eight years to get to a position where convictions have been overturned and compensation is now beginning to be paid, and how will we hold to account those who are responsible for this prolonged injustice against the sub-postmasters.

Andrew Bridgen welcomes the identification by the Government of 57 countries deemed safe for the removal of asylum seekers, but asks for an update on when actual agreements will be in place to facilitate that legally.

Andrew Bridgen welcomes the continued fuel duty freeze, calls for the reopening of the Ivanhoe line, welcomes the move towards small modular nuclear reactors, calls for Leicestershire to join the East Midlands combined authority and highlights the need to improve the relationship between business and universities to accelerate economic growth.