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HANSARDBetter Air QualityI rise to present a petition concerning the dangerous levels of air pollution in London on behalf of the students and staff of Godwin Primary School in my constituency. I recently…25 Jul 2019HANSARDSummer AdjournmentI usually use this debate to talk about very local issues. Today I want to deviate a little, because many of my constituents have written to me about their concerns for people who…25 Jul 2019HANSARD TOEIC: Overseas StudentsLet me help the Minister maybe. If she is absolutely confident about what she is saying from the Dispatch Box—I have to say I would be very surprised if she is—can she commit to…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Youth ServicesI thank the Minister for recognising what the London Borough of Newham is doing, despite the financial restraints, but I gently say that £1.4 million is very difficult for my…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Youth ServicesBetween January 2017 and March 2018, nine young people were killed in my constituency. Most of them died as a result of knife crime. That number represents only the very worst…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Youth ServicesI am grateful to the Minister for that, and I have to say that Newham has in the past benefited from such projects. However, the applications were due in yesterday, and the money…24 Jul 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasBoko Haram has been persecuting and killing Christians for more than 10 years. In a decade, thousands have died. I am going to focus on the story of just one woman. Saratu’s home…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Leasehold ReformThe issues that colleagues have been raising across the Chamber today are very familiar to my inbox. My constituents have been affected by exactly the same issues, and I want to…11 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingIt is Washington.04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingWill the hon. Gentleman give way?04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right; she would have argued that she should have had the right to take her own life, but let me put one statistic to him. He mentioned Washington…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI really regret not putting myself down to speak in the debate, because I think there is an absence of understanding about just how difficult it is for many people in this country…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted Dyingrose —04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way because, counter to that, there is the issue of vulnerability, which we have not really come to in this debate. On Friday an…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingThis is an incredibly difficult debate for many of us; most of us will have personal stuff that informs our judgments about it. My mum died suddenly, riddled with cancer. I know…04 Jul 2019HANSARDPoverty: Social SecurityYesterday, the Chancellor slapped down both Tory leadership candidates for making irresponsible spending promises. Has the Minister noticed, as we have, that not one of those…02 Jul 2019HANSARD History Curriculum: MigrationIt is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary, and it is a real honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Islwyn (Chris Evans), who made a passionate…18 Jun 2019HANSARD History Curriculum: MigrationMary Seacole is somebody that Lucy, my mother-in-law, speaks of regularly, and she does not understand why she is not recognised as fully as Nurse Nightingale. So, yes, I would…18 Jun 2019HANSARD History Curriculum: MigrationI have not, but I certainly will. As soon as I get back to my office, I will have a quick butcher’s. Constituencies such as mine have been blessed with diversity. We include…18 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeLast night my community was violated yet again by a murder; it has been a terrible few years in West Ham, with nine young lives lost. The hon. Lady talks about money but we need…17 Jun 2019