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HANSARD Points of OrderYes, I have notified him; I informed him I was raising the issue based on comments that he made yesterday at the National Conservatism conference.16 May 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOkay, he inadvertently or unintentionally misled the House last week. Unfortunately, the Prime Minister has inadvertently misled the House this week when he claimed that the…03 May 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. My right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms) asked the Prime Minister to correct the record as he misled the House last week—…03 May 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Casey ReviewI am struggling to establish the point of the Home Secretary when it comes to the Met. With this hands-off approach, it is as though nothing is the her responsibility. When the…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken), and I actually agree with something that she said about VAT. While I am in a…15 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI agree with my honourable friend. When a woman has been killed or murdered, the media will try to find a picture of her in a nightclub, or holding a drink, or with her hair down,…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech. On the subject of women, the NHS and medical interventions, does she agree that structures such as body mass index, which was…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayWhen I was a teenager, I used to question why there are so many ways to tell the relationship status of a woman—Mrs, Miss, Ms—but there is just a Mr. I am still wondering that as…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI need to finish my point. We need to start referring to it as such. Yes, some good work is being done and there is good practice, such as some police forces having independent…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIt completely is. Again, it is about language, and what it is designed for and to do.09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayAbsolutely. We talk about equality and equity not only in actions, but in language. It all needs to be looked at, because certain systems and structures are designed in a certain…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayFirst, let me correct the hon. Lady: this is not becoming an epidemic; it is an epidemic. It is an epidemic when a woman is killed every three days by a man, and we need to start—09 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Security and Reducing Inequality in the Caribbean: Government RoleMy hon. Friend is making such a powerful speech. Does he agree that development aid is often given to developing countries through a middleman, and not directly to the countries,…08 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Security and Reducing Inequality in the Caribbean: Government RoleMy hon. Friend is making an extremely powerful speech. We often hear the argument, “Let’s forget what happened.” Reparations are about making amends for centuries of violence and…08 Mar 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984My hon. Friend is explaining powerfully that justice delayed is justice denied. We have members of the Cammell Laird 37 with us today in the Public Gallery. Is it not important…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCammell Laird Workers Imprisoned in 1984I just want some clarification. Is the Minister saying categorically that there are no documents in any Department relating to Cammell Laird that are not in the public domain?07 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters: Ofgem DecisionIt should not take a journalist going undercover for the Minister to finally decide to wake up. I have been campaigning on prepayment meters since 2015, and the Government are…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment MetersWe must thank Dean Kirby from the i newspaper for his campaign—he called me because of my 2016 campaign on prepayment meters, and I also informed him of my experience as a…23 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestOn Wednesday the Prime Minister stated that there were no outstanding issues. By the weekend, he had ordered an independent internal investigation. Can the Minister ensure that…23 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ7. When I had breast cancer, I had phenomenal nurses. When I had to be rushed to A&E, the ambulance crew looked after me. Unison and GMB are on strike because nobody is…18 Jan 2023