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HANSARDReligious Minorities in NigeriaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I pay tribute to the omnipresent Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this important debate, which close to…18 Apr 2023HANSARDReligious Minorities in NigeriaI thank the Minister for her commitment to pass the comments on to other Ministers. Will she highlight to them the scarcity of cash in Nigeria? The outgoing President recently…18 Apr 2023HANSARDReligious Minorities in NigeriaIt is possible to meet Christians who would say that they are Muslim as well. The figures are definitely disputed. On celebrating that diversity, and the fact that so many…18 Apr 2023HANSARDReligious Minorities in NigeriaI thank the hon. Member for making that really valid point. One thing that we in the all-party parliamentary group on Nigeria did was to meet the high commissioner, His Excellency…18 Apr 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI rise to support the amendments in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock). I am proud to speak on behalf of my Vauxhall constituents, many of whom…28 Mar 2023HANSARDStrip Searching of ChildrenI try not to get personal—to keep things professional—but my daughter is eight years old. To think that she could have been strip searched and I, her parent, would not have been…28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe hon. Lady is making some powerful points. I declare an interest as a co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on HIV/AIDS. Along with many other nations, the UK is…28 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Secretary of State’s words in the media yesterday, saying that it is unacceptable for private sector landlords to raise rents above the level of inflation, which is…27 Mar 2023HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI have been contacted by a number of constituents who are concerned about the escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians, which has been intensifying since the start of…23 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationLike a number of hon. Members, including the hon. Member for Peterborough (Paul Bristow), I benefited from the 30 hours’ free childcare when my children were in nursery. Although…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationWill the hon. Lady give way?21 Mar 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Casey ReviewWe have to pause for a minute and really think about the fact that our national police service has been declared institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic. I think about all…21 Mar 2023HANSARDSanctions Regimes for Public Procurement: SuppliersIn November, it was revealed in The Guardian that the company Infosys was still operating in Russia, eight months after it announced that it would withdraw. Just a month later,…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Health and Disability White PaperI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) for asking this important urgent question. The sanctions do not work. Measures to tackle disability employment…16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Transparency and Co-ordinationThe Fair Tax Foundation revealed that between 2014 and 2019, one in six public contracts were won by businesses connected to tax havens. That means that billions of pounds of…16 Mar 2023HANSARDUkrainian Refugees: HomelessnessThe hon. Member is making a powerful speech on this issue. One issue highlighted in the evidence session where we heard from a number of women, as the hon. Member for Harrow East…14 Mar 2023HANSARDUkrainian Refugees: HomelessnessI thank my co-chair of the all-party group on ending homelessness for securing this important and timely debate. He mentioned the evidence session we held just last month.…14 Mar 2023HANSARDUkrainian Refugees: HomelessnessI thank the Minister for the points she has highlighted, which demonstrate the generosity of people across our many constituencies who have opened their homes to welcome Ukrainian…14 Mar 2023HANSARDUkrainian Refugees: HomelessnessI thank the Minister for giving way. She is being very generous with her time this afternoon. Like many Members, I welcome the new £500 million local authority housing fund for…14 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI thank my hon. Friend for making that really important point. In terms of how we identify some of the problems that women face, one of the other issues that we have worked on…09 Mar 2023