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HANSARDOccupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Situation[ I naudible . ] —aid budget implies the loss of a third in UNRWA funding, and there are rumours that the Government could be planning to cut twice that. UNRWA is responsible for…02 Mar 2021HANSARDOccupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationIf he will maintain the level of the UK’s funding contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.02 Mar 2021HANSARD Fire Safety BillIt is shameful that this modest Bill is the Government’s legislative response thus far to Grenfell, almost four years after that tragedy took place. We might expect, therefore,…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsYesterday, I raised with the Prime Minister the shocking fact that more than a quarter of my constituents over 70 have yet to be vaccinated, and that for some ethnic minority…23 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapFive local NHS areas in England, including Hammersmith and Fulham, have vaccinated 73% or less of the over-70s, despite the best efforts of NHS and public health staff and…22 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine UpdateOne of my main primary care centres only has enough vaccine supply to open for half the week. Whether this is because vaccines are being directed to other types of centre—like the…04 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersWho would have thought that almost four years after the horror of Grenfell there would be hundreds of thousands of people still living in tall buildings at catastrophic risk from…01 Feb 2021HANSARDSerious Criminal Cases BacklogThe Minister points, as if it were an excuse, to previous backlogs of jury trials. The difference is that in 2010 and 2015, the previous peak, there were 600 to 700 trials…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis week, I got an email from Elena Hough, the deputy head of Wendell Park Primary School in my constituency. She says that lack of Government guidance means that her staff will…13 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMay I return to the vaccination of those with terminal illnesses? The wife of one of my constituents, aged 70, who has stage 4 bowel cancer and is receiving palliative care,…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThree months ago, the Secretary of State said that he would take control of the repairs to Hammersmith bridge, and he set up a taskforce chaired by the roads Minister. Yesterday,…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryThe statement had the air of the Lord Chancellor congratulating himself in case no one else remembered to, but that may be somewhat premature. The criminal courts recovery plan…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a debate on the duty of care that High Speed 2 has, or should have, to communities the trains will travel through? It is about to cause irreparable damage to Wormwood…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Homelessness and Temporary AccommodationI cannot do justice to this subject in three minutes, so I am more than usually grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck) for setting out the case so…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Homelessness and Temporary AccommodationI am glad the Minister has come on to talk about mass house building programmes, but will she specifically address social housing? There are really good social housing estates in…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Transport for London: FundingI will accept one intervention; I can never refuse my hon. Friend.30 Nov 2020HANSARD Transport for London: FundingAgain, this is where we are going: I hope the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington is now shamefacedly regretting making his opening speech in that way. If I may be indulged,…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Transport for London: FundingSo much for levelling up. It is dispiriting to hear a Government Minister, particularly when addressing a group of London MPs, once again using divide-and-rule tactics, trying to…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaMy constituent on this flight came to the UK in 1997 aged 26. He married a British citizen in 2004 and has two children aged 21 and 18. He was in prison for two years, and had he…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Transport for London: FundingIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. Five minutes is quite a generous allocation compared with many other occasions, so I thank you very much for…30 Nov 2020