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HANSARDCammell Laird Workers’ Imprisonment: Public InquiryI thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this important debate on the historical injustice of the wrongful imprisonment of 37 Cammell Laird workers who, in 1984,…10 Dec 2025HANSARDCammell Laird Workers’ Imprisonment: Public InquiryI echo my hon. Friend’s support for Eddie Marnell. I look forward to the continued support of GMB going forward.10 Dec 2025HANSARDCammell Laird Workers’ Imprisonment: Public InquiryI totally agree: justice does need to be served, and the 37 have been affected because of the financial demands put on them because of the action they took. They were striking…10 Dec 2025HANSARDCammell Laird Workers’ Imprisonment: Public InquiryI totally agree with my hon. Friend, and I hope that when the Minister sums up, we will hear something direct in relation to that request. We need answers about who was behind the…10 Dec 2025HANSARDCammell Laird Workers’ Imprisonment: Public InquiryThe Hillsborough campaign fought for an independent panel, and it was through an independent panel that information was brought to light that enabled the campaign to move forward.…10 Dec 2025HANSARDHomelessness: FundingI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. Liverpool is paying £25 million in the current financial year to house 1,700 people in temporary accommodation, 450 of…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformThe proposed new “swift courts” will mean that decisions regarding guilt will be made by judges alone, who will have received vital, inadmissible and potentially prejudicial…02 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn July 2024, the International Court of Justice ruled in its advisory opinion that Israeli settlements and occupation are illegal and needed to be ended and dismantled…02 Dec 2025HANSARDSEND: FundingI really welcome the Government’s increasing funding for SEND. However, almost 8,000 children in Liverpool now require an EHCP. The number has doubled over the past three years,…01 Dec 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseForty-one years ago, 37 Cammell Laird workers were imprisoned for protecting their jobs and protecting shipbuilding on Merseyside, and they are still waiting to clear their names.…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Right to Trial by JuryThe 2017 Lammy review found jury trials to be the only part of the justice system consistently free from racial bias. With only 12% of judges being from ethnic minority…27 Nov 2025HANSARDAccess to Arts and CultureSince its success as European capital of culture in 2008, Liverpool has played a key role in the UK’s creative industries. Does my right hon. Friend agree that success should not…27 Nov 2025HANSARDConflict in SudanRape and violence against women and girls has been used as a weapon of war in El Fasher, with militias acting with impunity. What support has been given to non-governmental…05 Nov 2025HANSARDWomen in the Armed Forces: Defence Committee RecommendationsRoyal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck committed suicide after being sexually assaulted and failed by the military. Can the Minister explain what is being done to ensure that women…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI rise in support of this Bill today as the MP for Liverpool Riverside, as a very proud Scouser and as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for miscarriages of justice. As…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSome 47% of children in my constituency live in poverty. The Minister mentioned that he will consider all levers. Does that include speaking with the Treasury to look at a wealth…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My point of order relates to the same person, but it is a different point. I rise to raise a matter of both parliamentary courtesy and…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPrisoner Release ChecksThe case of Kebatu has exposed deep failings in our prison system as a result—as we have heard—of 14 years of failure by the previous Tory Government. Those failings were made…27 Oct 2025HANSARDEnding HomelessnessIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Mr Efford. I thank my good friend and constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Paula…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI would like to speak in favour of my new clause 2, as well as new clauses 18 and 22. Fourteen years of Tory austerity have left prisons in crisis. They are severely overcrowded…21 Oct 2025