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HANSARDEngagementsIt is exactly a week since 18-year-old Donnell Rhule was murdered with a knife on the Kingswood estate in my constituency, leaving his family devastated and a close-knit community…15 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonWill the Minister give way?08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonThe cost that we are talking about for a family with three children in secondary school is £45 a week. Does my hon. Friend share my concern about how families that have faced…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFree Travel for Under-18s: LondonWill the Minister give way?08 Jul 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Autumn OpeningThe coronavirus pandemic threatens to undo 20 years of hard work by teachers, parents and governors in my constituency in successfully narrowing the attainment gap. It is widening…02 Jul 2020HANSARDTesting of NHS and Social Care StaffI rise to speak in this important debate as a co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on adult social care. I pay tribute to everyone working in social care throughout the…24 Jun 2020HANSARD Windrush Day 2020I could not let mention of Waterloo as the location for the memorial pass without saying how strongly so many of my constituents and the Windrush Foundation feel that the proper…23 Jun 2020HANSARD Windrush Day 2020I think the test of the Government’s progress in this area is the experience of BAME residents up and down the country, and the protests in recent weeks tell us loudly and clearly…23 Jun 2020HANSARD Windrush Day 2020I thank my hon. Friend for her powerful intervention. She makes a very strong and important point—that it is hypocritical for the Government to offer warm words in celebration of…23 Jun 2020HANSARD Windrush Day 2020I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. That mismatch between the contribution that Windrush citizens made to this country and their appalling treatment at the hands of the…23 Jun 2020HANSARD Windrush Day 2020I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He makes the important point, which I will come to later, that as we celebrate Windrush Day we must also be mindful of the justice…23 Jun 2020HANSARD Windrush Day 2020In 2018, to mark the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury, 22 June was designated Windrush Day, an annual day of celebration of the enduring…23 Jun 2020HANSARD Windrush Day 2020I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I have sat with constituents and filled out the form with them, compiled the documents, gone through that process, submitted the…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesI start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler) on securing this very important debate this afternoon. Coronavirus has laid bare many…18 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesLet me simply ask the Minister this: how many more preventable BAME deaths will we have seen by the end of the year?18 Jun 2020HANSARDFree School Meals: Summer HolidaysI pay tribute to Marcus Rashford this afternoon. It is not easy to speak about difficult personal experiences, but by doing so in such a powerful way, he helped to force the…16 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe terms of reference for the Public Health England report on covid-19 disparities promised recommendations for further action to reduce disparities in risk and outcomes, yet the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic Health England Review: Covid-19 DisparitiesBelly Mujinga died tragically from coronavirus after being spat at while at work at Victoria station. She was at increased risk as a result of her ethnicity and underlying health…04 Jun 2020HANSARD Parliamentary Constituencies BillI would like to thank all the hon. Members who have contributed to this important debate this afternoon. My particular thanks go to my hon. Friends the Members for Aberavon…02 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 ResponseAs a co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on adult social care, I have been speaking with social care providers across the country every single week since the start of…18 May 2020