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HANSARDOnline Anonymity and Anonymous AbuseIt is impossible to overstate how much social media has advanced and become an inescapable part of people’s lives over the past 15 years. It has made the world a smaller, more…24 Mar 2021HANSARDHuman Rights UpdateI withdraw that.22 Mar 2021HANSARDHuman Rights UpdateThe Foreign Secretary said in January that we should not be doing trade deals with countries committing human rights abuses “well below the level of genocide”— yet now, in…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care UpdateI thank all those in Warrington involved in the vaccine roll-out, including our NHS and community vaccine centres, GPs and primary care networks, pharmacists and volunteers. While…18 Mar 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseLater this year, England will be hosting the rugby league world cup, including the first ever physical disability rugby league world cup, in Warrington. Can the Leader of the…18 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsWith the Government’s end-to-end rape review remaining unpublished, two years after it was promised, rape conviction rates having fallen to their lowest point on record and almost…17 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe Government published this blockbuster omnibus Bill last week and rushed it through to the Commons, hoping to swell a law and order narrative ahead of the local elections to…15 Mar 2021HANSARD Contingencies Fund (No. 2) BillLabour’s new clause seeks to make contingency spending more transparent and accountable to our Parliament and, through us, to the public—taking back control, if you will. It is…11 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe past decade has seen successive Conservative Governments fail every economic task they have set themselves. The Cameron Government came in, in 2010, claiming that our economy…09 Mar 2021HANSARD LGBT Conversion TherapyIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Gray. I congratulate the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) on securing this important debate. So-called LGBT…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs a member of the BEIS Committee, I was alarmed by press reports overnight that the Business Secretary has, without consultation, axed the Industrial Strategy Council, and that…04 Mar 2021HANSARD Education Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021There has been a lot of talk today about children and the apparently reduced risk in schools due to the age profile of the students, but I worry that alongside overlooking staff…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Rough SleepingOfficial statistics estimate that 4,266 people were sleeping rough at the start of the pandemic, but the Government claim to have helped 33,000 rough sleepers into emergency…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Coronavirus: Supporting Businesses and IndividualsThe past year has been terrible for so many people and disastrous for innumerable business sectors, but as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on pubs, I want to speak…23 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for WomenA recent TUC survey found that 71% of mothers asking to be furloughed as they could not juggle work with childcare have been refused by their employers. What steps will the…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Towns FundEvery one of us in this House wants to see investment in our constituents and our communities, particularly after a decade of Tory-imposed austerity, so I welcome the £22 million…04 Feb 2021HANSARD Grooming GangsIn beginning my remarks, I pay tribute to the bravery of those survivors who have come forward in their pursuit of justice. Although sexual assault convictions are alarmingly low…03 Feb 2021HANSARDUnsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and LeaseholdersI am glad to be able to speak on this important subject, although to call it a debate might be to slightly over-dignify it. Labour’s argument that dangerous cladding must be…01 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Security at UK BordersA year ago, when we first became aware of the novel coronavirus emerging from Wuhan province, countries across the globe had the opportunity—indeed, the responsibility—to plan how…01 Feb 2021HANSARDHolocaust Memorial Day 2021It is a privilege to speak in this important debate as a proudly Jewish parliamentarian. This year, Holocaust Memorial Day and today’s debate coincide with the Jewish festival of…28 Jan 2021