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HANSARDEngagementsI associate myself with the Prime Minister’s remarks on Bloody Sunday. Did the Prime Minister agree to the Chancellor of the Exchequer writing off £4.3 billion of fraud? That is…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagements1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26 January.26 Jan 2022HANSARD Sickle Cell TreatmentI thank the Minister for the update that she has just given us, but she has not said anything about the bottleneck in A&E. Patients arrive and they are not listened to and not…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Sickle Cell TreatmentThank you for calling me to speak, Mrs Miller. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, although “chairship” is a better word. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member…08 Dec 2021HANSARDEconomic InequalityAlthough discussions about regional inequality between the north and south in the UK are important, this must not be reduced to a simple and misleading binary. My area of…07 Dec 2021HANSARDEconomic Inequality3. What recent steps he has taken to help reduce economic inequality.07 Dec 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe Nigerian high commissioner to London has called the inclusion on the red list of African countries, especially Nigeria, nothing short of “travel apartheid”. Omicron is…06 Dec 2021HANSARDTrade Deals: Environmental StandardsWe cannot claim to have reached genuine net zero as a country, or even to have a plan to do so, until we take into account the impact of our imports on global carbon emissions.…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTrade Deals: Environmental Standards12. What recent discussions she has had with UK trade partners on inserting clauses on environmental standards into future trade deals.02 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: Low-income CountriesThe shockingly low vaccination rates in low-income countries should shame the global north, and made the omicron variant all but inevitable. The Government have been quick to…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: Low-income Countries11. What recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure the equal distribution of covid-19 vaccines among low-income countries.30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Public Inquiry4. What steps he is taking to consult with covid-19 bereaved families on the public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic.25 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Public InquiryThe University of Liverpool this week released a report on the lived experience of those who have lost a loved one to covid-19, in collaboration with Covid-19 Bereaved Families…25 Nov 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapUnlike the gender pay gap, there is no legal requirement for companies in the UK to publish their ethnicity pay gap. Research from the TUC has shown that black workers earn 12.8%…24 Nov 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay Gap6. What steps she is taking to tackle the ethnicity pay gap; and if she will make a statement.24 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. At the last Home Office questions, I raised the issue of the hardship that claimants under the Windrush compensation scheme are experiencing. Despite the supposed urgency of…22 Nov 2021HANSARD COP26 and Air PollutionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Mr Sheerman) for securing this important debate. There can be no…02 Nov 2021HANSARDWinter Air QualityResearch in 2014 and 2016 by King’s College London and Imperial College London recorded 1,000 hospital admissions a year among those with pre-existing respiratory conditions. In…28 Oct 2021HANSARDWinter Air Quality3. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the impact of steps taken to improve winter air quality on the health of children…28 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. I welcome the Secretary of State to her new role. As the United Nations penholder on Myanmar, and given the Burmese military build-up and increased attacks in north-western…26 Oct 2021