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HANSARD History Curriculum: MigrationI beg to move, That this House has considered teaching migration in the history curriculum. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Sir Gary. At the end…18 Jun 2019HANSARD History Curriculum: MigrationThe hon. Gentleman makes a strong point. In 2016, two new OCR and AQA exam board units on migration to Britain were introduced at GCSE level, both of which include some coverage…18 Jun 2019HANSARDHigh Streets and Town Centres in 2030I welcome this report, and add my thanks to the Chair of the Committee, the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts), and everyone who contributed to it. Town centres and…13 Jun 2019HANSARDHigh Streets and Town Centres in 2030Will the Minister give way?13 Jun 2019HANSARDHigh Streets and Town Centres in 2030I will be extremely brief. This issue is killing businesses across the country now. I am afraid that saying the Government generally keep it under review, along with all other…13 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. The suspects arrested in relation to the vicious and horrific attack on a same-sex couple on a bus in Camden last month are secondary school age children. Does the Secretary…12 Jun 2019HANSARDWindrush Victims: Compensation5. What steps he is taking to compensate victims of the Windrush scandal.10 Jun 2019HANSARDWindrush Victims: CompensationCommunity organisations working with Windrush citizens, including the Black Cultural Archives in my constituency, report that the compensation scheme simply is not working. The…10 Jun 2019HANSARD Pension Funds: Financial and Ethical InvestmentsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. To my mind, divestment is a no-brainer. As far as we can we must keep fossil fuels in the ground. We do not have the luxury of doing anything…22 May 2019HANSARD Pension Funds: Financial and Ethical InvestmentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Sir Edward Davey) on securing this important debate.…22 May 2019HANSARDTessa Jowell Brain Cancer MissionI welcome the announcement today and the progress made over the past year since Tessa so sadly passed away. I also welcome the announcement as someone who lost both my paternal…13 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Funeral FundI pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris) for the work that she has done in this area, which is really second to none. In November last year, I…01 May 2019HANSARD Environment and Climate ChangeI pay tribute to Greta Thunberg and the school strikers, including those from my constituency, and to the protesters whom we saw outside Parliament last week for ensuring that…01 May 2019HANSARD Children and Young People: Restrictive InterventionIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West). I was very glad to support the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb)…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation SchemeThe first engagement event on the Windrush scheme took place on Friday in Brixton, just outside my constituency. It was called at just a day’s notice, it was not publicised…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingThe Minister spoke of the difficulty of quantifying Government targets for different types of housing. This is what can be quantified: the 1.25 million people on the waiting list…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation SchemeWill the Home Office fund independent legal advice for those Windrush citizens who may not be able to navigate the Home Office website system or who may feel entirely unable…03 Apr 2019HANSARDSerious Violent Crime: Police InvestigationLast Wednesday another life was tragically lost to serious violence in my constituency when a young man was shot at close range in West Norwood in the middle of the afternoon,…01 Apr 2019HANSARDSerious Violent Crime: Police Investigation9. What recent assessment he has made of the capacity of police forces to investigate serious violent crime.01 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. It will indeed be interesting to see that documentary. It was the Prime Minister who took the UK into a snap general election in June…01 Apr 2019