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HANSARD Sikhs: Contribution to the UKIt is a great pleasure to be part of today’s debate, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Feltham and Heston (Seema Malhotra) on having secured it. I also congratulate…30 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn 22 April, we marked the very first National Stephen Lawrence Day. It has been 26 years since his tragic racist murder. Sadly, as the Prime Minister acknowledged, racism and…25 Apr 2019HANSARDUN International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationI know that there is not a lot of time left to sum up—you may need to stop me if I get close to time, Mr Deputy Speaker—but I want to thank and congratulate my hon. Friend the…08 Apr 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I have just contacted the chief executive of Brent Council, Carolyn Downs, and she has informed me that Brent Council submitted the gender pay gap…04 Apr 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapTo ask the Minister for Women if she will make a statement on Government action to close the gender pay gap.04 Apr 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapI am not sure whether the Minister has been reading the same statistics as me, but analysis so far has shown that the median pay gap has actually got bigger than it was last year.…04 Apr 2019HANSARDPeriod PovertyI thank Amika George, the Red Box Project, the British Medical Association, the Communication Workers Union, Girlguiding UK, Plan International, Bloody Good Period, Beauty Banks,…14 Mar 2019HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIt is great to have this International Women’s Day debate today, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) for leading on the tabling of the motion. I…07 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis week I had a phone call with regard to a young man who tried to commit suicide and a mother who felt that she did not want to burden her children any more, all because of the…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018That is absolutely vital, and it feeds into some of the questions that I want to put to the Minister to ensure that we not only maintain our current rights but can improve our…22 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I thank the Minister for outlining the parts of the regulations that have been revoked and the reasons for that. We are inclined to support this technical statutory instrument,…22 Jan 2019