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HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine AccessYesterday, the director of the World Health Organisation stated that 39 million vaccine doses had been administered in 49 higher income countries, whereas in one poor country just…19 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine AccessWhat recent steps the Government have taken to help ensure equitable access to covid-19 vaccines for people living in the global south.19 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthIt has been nearly a year since we began to be aware and to deal with the pandemic. We accept that no one could have predicted it, but the Government, after a whole year, keep…06 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: NAO Report on Government ProcurementIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Eagle. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) on securing this important debate, because…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Public HealthI oppose these measures not because I oppose restrictions, but because they are wholly inadequate. How can we still be getting it wrong? Once again, people will die because of the…01 Dec 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: Jamaica(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a statement on the scheduled mass deportation by charter plane to Jamaica.30 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsEighty-two-year-old Monica Philip emigrated to the UK as part of the Windrush generation and worked for 37 years as a civil servant. She now lives on a UK state pension of just…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaFirst, no one opposing this flight condones any of the crimes that these individuals have been found guilty of. It is the process of mass deportation that is fundamentally wrong,…30 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe EHRC report on the hostile environment released today shows just how bad the situation has been over the years. It is clear that the EHRC does not have the capacity to launch…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Tuition FeesThey say that a student’s time at university will be the best years of their life, but for thousands of students across the UK at the moment, it is a nightmare. Those of us who…16 Nov 2020HANSARD Tuition FeesIs the Minister aware that, more generally, a number of schools did not receive the devices that were promised by the Government before the end of the summer, and that when many…16 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe British Nationality Act 1981 was amended in 2014 to do away with the outdated notion of illegitimate children and allow a retrospective right to claim a British father’s…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Emergency Transport and Travel Measures in London BoroughsDoes my hon. Friend agree that the low-traffic neighbourhoods are really important in constituencies such as mine, which has the A23 running through it and has so much pollution?…04 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Emergency Transport and Travel Measures in London BoroughsOn the matter of Sadiq Khan, does my hon. Friend agree that he should be congratulated on seeing off the Government’s plans to extend the congestion charge zone and to begin…04 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations: Negligence and Personal Injury ClaimsAs Members begin to wear their poppies across the House, I want to remind the Minister of comments from Charles Byrne, the director general of the poppy appeal charity. He said…02 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations: Negligence and Personal Injury ClaimsWhat assessment he has made of the potential effect of the overseas operations Bill on the number of veterans who make allegations of (a) negligence and (b) personal injury…02 Nov 2020HANSARD Right to Food in LegislationI know that my hon. Friend is about to conclude, but is he aware of a charity called Foodshare? It goes around the country looking at food wastage, and deals with companies that…21 Oct 2020HANSARDBlack History MonthI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Abena Oppong-Asare) on securing this important debate, and I echo the words of my hon. Friend the Member for…20 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMuch has happened since the last time we debated the Bill in this House. We saw the worst of the pandemic, and we saw the ill-conceived words spoken in this House about who was…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillAs I expect we will not get an opportunity for Third Reading, I start by saying this: another day, and another attempt by the Government to ram through a Bill that puts the…15 Oct 2020