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HANSARDTown Centre Safetyrose—05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI welcome that intervention. Very noisy people from the midlands are my favourite. I actually think Stoke-on-Trent is in the north, but we are splitting hairs now. I just think…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillI have a bit of a poorly chest, so if my voice goes, that is the reason. I thank the Minister for the tone in which he introduced the debate and the changes that he has tabled…04 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseI thank the Minister for his assistance in getting some of our constituents from Birmingham out of Gaza. On his answer to the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023I wonder whether the reason that we have one of the safest railways in the world is the same reason that my family and I do not have fingers missing from industrial accidents.…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023Why don’t you ban those contracts, then?27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023rose —27 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaNobody is arguing about whether Israel has a right to defend itself, but my constituents want to know what has already been asked by Members from the Prime Minister’s own side:…23 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaHamas knew what would happen to the people that they purport to represent after their atrocious terrorist actions. They knew that it would rain down fear and pain and killing in…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Birmingham City CouncilObviously, this is not a situation that anyone would want to be in. I want to understand exactly how the commissioners will work. While everyone is making party political points,…19 Sept 2023HANSARDKnife CrimeRapes at knifepoint are at a record high this year. The number of cases has more than doubled since 2015. I am currently supporting a case of a woman violently raped using…18 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceI want to lend my voice to what has already been said by Members, especially by the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Dame Maria Miller). She and I came to the issue of NDAs…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceThe right hon. Lady is absolutely right. I have met women who said, “I can’t tell the police. I can’t speak to people.” I am, like, “You can.” I had to get the Speaker to write a…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceI did not say that the law said that, although incidentally Zelda Perkins’s NDA did say that. I do not know what is written in all the NDAs in the country, although I have quite a…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceHear, hear. The data laid out by the right hon. Member for Basingstoke made it very clear not just the gender imbalance in those affected by NDAs, but that black women are much…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Non-disclosure Agreements in the WorkplaceI did not say that it did.05 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI believe Birmingham is quite badly affected, if the Secretary of State would like to come and hang out with us. I have a number of schools in my constituency that have RAAC…04 Sept 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am not sure how many rape cases the Minister has personally handled, but as somebody who has handled thousands, I have to say that if the police just check a box by saying to a…11 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I truly appreciate my hon. Friend’s fundamental point: everybody hopes for rehabilitation. With this, the only case we have to debate is that of Levi Bellfield, as mentioned.…11 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Thirteenth sitting)With regard to risk and its assessment, I cannot help but notice, from my many years in the field, that one of the greatest risks on prisoner release is that to women and…11 Jul 2023