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HANSARDEvacuations from AfghanistanMy constituent queued for 20 hours to get into the Baron hotel; she was trying to protect her baby daughter from the Taliban, who were firing shots and using tear gas. She was…26 May 2022HANSARDCourt Backlog: Sexual and Violent Crime Victims21. What recent assessment he has made of the impact of the court backlog on the wellbeing of victims of (a) sexual and (b) violent offences.24 May 2022HANSARDCourt Backlog: Sexual and Violent Crime VictimsAnd the delays in the courts?24 May 2022HANSARDCourt Backlog: Sexual and Violent Crime VictimsUnder the leadership of Kim McGuinness, our police and crime commissioner, Northumbria police have invested heavily in victim support. But they cannot make up for the wholesale…24 May 2022HANSARD Food Price InflationAs the campaigner Jack Monroe has highlighted, and as Newcastle’s West End food bank sees in practice, the cruel truth is that the poorer you are, the higher the rate of inflation…19 May 2022HANSARDLocal TransportBus services are critical transport infrastructure in Newcastle, but too often my constituents are left waiting for long periods at bus stops for high-priced bus services, not…19 May 2022HANSARD TransportNewcastle Tyne bridge is a critical part of our transport infrastructure as well as being an icon of the north-east. It is now peeling and rusting, and my constituents are also…19 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Saturday, along with over 100 others, I took part in Newcastle’s Kidical mass cycle, and parents raised with me the challenges of getting kids to cycle to school and, related…19 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe levelling-up White Paper offered practically no new investment for the north-east, but it did have grandiose missions. Now we see from the draft Bill that those missions—and…16 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) and his passionate calls for action. I have become accustomed to feeling disappointment,…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeThe Home Secretary has expressed her outrage and disgust at the crime and abuse that is to be found online. Why has her party done nothing about it for the past 12 years?11 May 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, in evidence to the Select Committee on Science and Technology, the chair of the Government’s Social Mobility Commission said that…28 Apr 2022HANSARDHomes for Ukraine: Visa Application CentresIn 2019 the all-party parliamentary group on Africa, which I chair, published a detailed and damning report on the visa application centres. Many of the points we made on…28 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsA successful slush syrup manufacturer in my constituency recently reformulated its recipe to reduce sugar, replacing it with glycerine as the anti-freezing agent. As a result of…28 Apr 2022HANSARDFootball GovernanceI have repeatedly raised with the Minister the impact on Newcastle United fans of the Premier League’s arrogance and lack of accountability, so I welcome his recognition of the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsDuring the recent British-American Parliamentary Group trade and security delegation to the US, we received the unequivocal message that any US-UK trade deal would have to be…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Global Migration Challengeindicated dissent .19 Apr 2022HANSARD Global Migration ChallengeBetween 2015 and 2020, the number of asylum applications decided early stayed constant at about 30,000, but the proportion decided within the Secretary of State’s six-month target…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateMany Newcastle upon Tyne Central residents have contacted me to share precious moments missed, and have charged me with holding the Prime Minister to account. They do not accept…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Sub-Postmasters: CompensationI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) for securing this urgent question and for his tireless efforts in standing up for all those affected by the…22 Mar 2022