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HANSARDPrison Education20. What steps she is taking to improve the quality of prison education.08 Jul 2025HANSARDPrison EducationI thank my hon. Friend for his response. However, 82% of prisons and young offenders institutions have been rated as “requires improvement” or “inadequate” by Ofsted on education,…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismNo, I will not. By the weekend, anyone with a branded t-shirt or bag could face a terrorism charge. Amnesty International has flagged that if Palestine Action is proscribed this…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ5. I have a follow-on question. The Prime Minister visited my constituency in 2022 and told families that“one of my first acts will be to put the Hillsborough law on the statute…02 Jul 2025HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismToday’s push to proscribe Palestine Action, a non-violent direct action group, as a terrorist organisation is a disastrous turning point of historic proportions. It risks…02 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillMy hon. Friend is making a very good speech, and we are here as legislators. Does she agree that the fact that we have been denied the opportunity to scrutinise the Bill denies us…01 Jul 2025HANSARDCriminal JusticeI thank my good friend, the Chair of the Justice Committee, for his excellent speech and for securing this debate. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in it and I declare…25 Jun 2025HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentIt is a pleasure to contribute to today’s estimates debate. I am really pleased that early progress has been made under this Labour Government, particularly the renewed commitment…24 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI am concerned by the Government’s kneejerk reaction in proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. This country has a long history of protest, as I mentioned in the…23 Jun 2025HANSARDMiddle EastFurther escalation in the middle east could have devastating consequences, not only for the region but for global stability. Given the provocative and inflammatory rhetoric from…23 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe 36th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster passed this year without the long-awaited Hillsborough Bill. The lawyers working on the Bill have said that if it does not…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI rise to speak in support of new clause 13 in my name and new clause 50 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel). New clause 13…18 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025In the 1960s and 1970s, lots of young black children were identified as educationally subnormal, and were sent to such schools even though they were not educationally subnormal.…16 Jun 2025HANSARDWindrush Day 2025I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes) for securing this important debate. She has long been a friend to the Windrush community and their…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsI agree about deep poverty; I might come to that point in a moment. The End Child Poverty coalition, a fantastic campaign group of more than 120 organisations, from trade unions…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsI appreciate my hon. Friend taking my intervention, and the things that he just mentioned are great. In London, Scotland and Wales, there are universal free school meals. However,…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Dr Huq. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Hallam (Olivia Blake) on securing this important and…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI welcome the Minister’s announcement of the sanctions on these two racist and extremist Ministers, but they do not go far enough. They are not going to stop the expansion of…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryI want to recognise that so many lease-holders in my Liverpool Riverside constituency have been affected by the delay in remediation. Their lives are on hold because they cannot…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Fire: Eighth AnniversaryWill the Minister give way on that point.10 Jun 2025