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HANSARDEngagementsDoctors, researchers, experts, campaigners and my constituents, of whom just under two-thirds are from BAME backgrounds, including a large Bangladeshi population, have all…20 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownRunning away from home, wanting a divorce, wanting to marry and saying no to marriage are some of the scenarios that victims of abuse have contacted the charity Karma Nirvana…14 Jan 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office website states: “We are responsible for:…supporting British nationals around the world through modern and efficient consular…30 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Funding for Local AuthoritiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali) for securing a debate on this topic,…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateA happy birthday from me too, Mr Deputy Speaker. As well as age and underlying conditions, the JCVI notes that early signals have been identified of other potential risk factors,…10 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Emergency Transport and Travel Measures in London BoroughsI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. I want to draw her attention to a recent report by the Institute of Race Relations called “The London Clearances”. This…04 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Emergency Transport and Travel Measures in London BoroughsI will be brief this time. Does my hon. Friend agree that there should not only be consultation, but due consideration should be given to equalities impact assessments, and to…04 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am grateful to be called in this important debate. I believe that this House should promote internationalism that is anti-imperialist and peace seeking, yet as I have said…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for making his point, but I disagree with him. The point I am making is about prosecution and allowing for that war crime to be considered by the…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportSince the previous lockdown was lifted, two leisure centres in my constituency have not reopened. Both facilities were outsourced by my council due in part to the lack of funding…03 Nov 2020HANSARDRohingya Humanitarian Crisis: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) on securing this…03 Nov 2020HANSARDRohingya Humanitarian Crisis: Covid-19The UN is seeking permission to conduct comprehensive technical and protection assessments to evaluate the safety and sustainability of Bhasan Char. Does my right hon. Friend…03 Nov 2020HANSARD Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportLocal lockdowns will undoubtedly affect small businesses that have already struggled due to the initial lockdown earlier this year. In my constituency, traders at Chrisp Street…13 Oct 2020HANSARDPlanning and House BuildingThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak in this important debate. The “Planning for the Future” White Paper states that it plans for local…08 Oct 2020HANSARDPlanning and House BuildingI will not. Some of my constituents now face the threat of homelessness with the evictions ban lifted. One fifth of residents in my borough are paid less than the living wage of…08 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI take the point, but I believe that under the HRA a prosecution cannot currently be brought, so that is not a safeguard that is actually in statute. [Interruption.] I will make…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMadam Deputy Speaker, thank you for calling me to speak in this important debate. Like many others, I am astounded at the gravity and significance of this Bill. The Government…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI will make progress. This legislation seeks to allow the state legally to act with impunity in its surveillance missions. It hard not to see the Bill as another iteration of the…05 Oct 2020HANSARD Town and Country PlanningThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this important debate, secured by my Front-Bench colleagues. As others have laid out, the regulations have been subject…30 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI rise to speak in favour of the amendments tabled by the Labour Front-Bench team, and to put on the record my opposition to a Bill which, as has been pointed out by many, risks…22 Sept 2020