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HANSARDEngagementsI do not quite know where the Prime Minister gets her figures from on rough sleeping. All I know is that I travel around this country, just like other Members of this House, and I…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister may have noticed that none of those things that I mentioned were actually in the Conservative party manifesto in 2017, but every one of them was a Labour pledge…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsMaybe the Prime Minister can have a word with her successor on the way out, but let me conclude— [ Interruption. ] For today. Let me conclude by welcoming some of the Prime…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsWe have had three years of bungled negotiations, and we now have the spectacle of a Prime Minister coming into office with no electoral mandate looking for a Brexit deal that has…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsToday marks the final day in office for the Prime Minister, and I pay tribute to her sense of public duty. Public service should always be recognised. Being an MP, a Minister or…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsYes, politics is about real life and politics is about what people suffer in their ordinary lives. I did not mention that per-pupil school funding has gone down, police numbers…24 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsIt was a Labour Government who introduced the Climate Change Act 2008. It is the Labour party that is committed to dealing with the issues of climate change. Let me give the Prime…17 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThose are wonderful words, they truly are. The only problem is, air pollution levels breach legal limits in 37 of 43 areas of this country. Two thirds of our children are growing…17 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI think that we are actually hiding the scale of the problem by passing the buck to other countries as well. If all emissions are counted, the figures would actually be 69% higher…17 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThis party opposes racism in any form whatsoever in our society. And coming from a Prime Minister who encouraged the hostile environment, sent “go home” vans around London, and…17 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI agree with the Prime Minister’s congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on winning on Sunday and to the fantastic cricket team, which ended up winning the world cup. I also thank New…17 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThis party was the first to introduce anti-racist legislation into law in Britain. This party totally opposes racism in any form whatsoever. Antisemitism has no place in our…17 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsrose — [ Interruption. ]17 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThis year marks the 70th anniversary of the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949. That Act, introduced by the post-war Labour Government, gave all people access to justice, not just the…10 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy party is totally committed to eliminating racism in any form and antisemitism in any form. While the Prime Minister is about the lecturing, how about the investigation into…10 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsThis is one lecture the Prime Minister might not want to take from me, but she might care to listen to what the United Nations said when it condemned the UK Government for their…10 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsJust so that everyone is aware of this, Labour is committed to restoring legal aid funding for family law, housing, benefit appeals, judicial review preparation and inquests, and…10 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsI too regret the resignation of Sir Kim Darroch. I think the comments made about him are beyond unfair and wrong. He has given honourable and good service, and he should be…10 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsrose —10 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsComing from the Prime Minister who created the hostile environment that brought about the Windrush scandal, who ordered “Go home” vans to drive around London, who refuses to…10 Jul 2019