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HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI, too, declare an interest. As a proud trade unionist and trade union lawyer for many years before entering Parliament, I represented striking workers day in, day out. I know…16 Jan 2023HANSARDOffender Rehabilitation Programmes: EffectivenessThank you, Mr Speaker. To protect the public, prisons must rehabilitate as well as punish, but under the Conservatives they have become colleges of crime: offenders going in clean…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast month, 51,000 people came to the end of their placement under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, leaving them desperately needing somewhere to live. However, with the private…09 Jan 2023HANSARDStrep A Treatments: SupplyIt is currently suggested that parents contact 111 or book a GP appointment if they are concerned about strep A. Yet 111 workers are already stretched and millions of parents are…19 Dec 2022HANSARDDomestic Homicide Sentencing ReviewIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank the hon. Member for Redditch (Rachel Maclean) for securing this incredibly important debate, for speaking so…30 Nov 2022HANSARD Prison CapacityIt was disappointing to have only five minutes’ advance notice of the statement today. This is yet another crisis created by this shambolic Tory Government, and it is hard to…30 Nov 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Reform of the Criminal Justice SystemResponsibility for ending violence against women and girls is a key role of Government, yet we have a Justice Secretary who could not get the definition of misogyny right, who is…22 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementA constituent who is an A&E doctor told me about an elderly lady who was admitted to hospital from a house that she could not afford to heat. She had a temperature of 26°C and…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseGabriel Stoyanov was stabbed to death in Lewisham two weeks ago. He was just 21 years old. I knew Gabriel and I knew his mum’s hopes and dreams for his future—a future that has…17 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Afghans are starving, women’s rights are in reverse and the economy is in freefall. The United Nations has warned that if insufficient action is taken now to treat the causes…08 Nov 2022HANSARDParental Responsibility for People Convicted of Serious OffencesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hollobone. I thank Edwin Duggan for creating the petition and the 130,000 people who signed it. I also thank my right hon.…07 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2022The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 is a vital piece of legislation. It ensures that people in the UK who have criminal records are, in the main, able to put their offending…26 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Postal workers at the depots in Forest Hill and Anerley in my constituency do a brilliant job, but they have faced weakening pay and conditions and now their jobs are under…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI thank my hon. Friend for giving way, unlike the Minister. Does my hon. Friend share my concerns about the lack of a reference to employment rights in the Minister’s speech?…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Human Rights Legislation ReformIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Fovargue. The strength of feeling on the issue has been demonstrated not only by the nearly 250,000 people who signed the…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Great British RailwaysMy constituents were recently informed by Southeastern of huge timetable changes, with the result that they will have to make significant amendments to their commutes.…24 Oct 2022HANSARD Departure of Previous Home SecretaryThe fact that someone who defended Dominic Cummings and expressed her intent to break international law ever became our Home Secretary shows how broken the Government are under…20 Oct 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: Criminal Justice System ReformI, too, welcome the Secretary of State and his ministerial team to their place. Under the Tories, we have seen rape prosecutions reach record lows, court backlogs reach record…18 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateSE20 Cycles in my constituency is a popular bike shop and the proud home of Penge cycle club, but owner Winnie faces an energy bill of £11,000 before winter has even started. It…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationA local teacher and her partner wrote to me last week. Once their fixed-rate mortgage comes to an end, their mortgage will rise by £9,000 a year; that is an extra £750 a month.…12 Oct 2022