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HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryDoes the hon. and learned Lady accept that what took place after the Lakanal House fire should have involved an examination of the Government of the day? That is not to be…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryDoes my right hon. Friend also agree that many of the families are waiting for the criminal prosecutions and inquiries being made by the Met police? A number of people have been…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI am very grateful to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Khadija Saye, my friend who died, was Facebooking her friends at 1.47 that night. I now know, as a result…30 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. As much as this decision is one that needs to be taken, we should not make it haste and we should think very, very carefully about the…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who brings me to the tenor of what I want to say. On the Government’s own estimates, with a Canada-style free trade deal we would see in our…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will not give way; I am going to make progress. In a constituency like Tottenham, it means everything. It means that the knife crime that I am worried about could get…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillFor many areas that rely heavily on manufacturing, the deal as it has been set out, which includes leaving the customs union and single market, inevitably means tariffs, which…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am very grateful to have just a few moments to make a contribution to this important debate. I think it has now been 1,216 days since the referendum, and it is clear that all of…22 Oct 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Much has been said, obviously, by Members of Parliament in this place, but I want to put on record what I suspect are deep thanks in…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsFollowing the Windrush scandal, in which black British citizens were deported, detained and stripped of their rights to access public services, the Prime Minister rightly…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Grenfell: Government ResponseI am grateful for the Secretary of State’s statement, but he made no real or meaningful reference to the means of justice for the Grenfell families and the bereaved. That justice…10 Jun 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaMy hon. Friend is making an outstanding contribution to this very important discussion in this country. He raises the difficulty of terrorism, and he could also raise the very…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaDoes the right hon. Gentleman accept that what the definition describes is a form of racism? It does not state racism per se, but rather forms of racism. Does he understand that…16 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceThe Home Secretary will realise that, in the £2.1 billion ask, Lynne Owens also raised the role of the Border Force. As the Home Secretary and I have discussed, of the young…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceWill the Home Secretary clarify whether in the terms of reference for Dame Carol Black he has specifically ruled out decriminalisation or legalisation from the scope of the review?15 May 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme(Urgent Q uestion): To ask the Home Secretary if he will make a statement on the Windrush compensation scheme.09 Apr 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation SchemeI should not need to remind anyone in this House that the Windrush scandal is a national disgrace. At least 11 people who were wrongly deported from the UK by their own Government…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Online Harms White PaperForty or 50 years ago, the tobacco industry was largely responsible for driving up cancer in our country. It took the Department of Health many years to start to regulate what was…08 Apr 2019HANSARD Windrush Compensation SchemeWill the Home Secretary undertake to publicise the scheme as widely as the EU settlement scheme? Will he ensure that there is no use of non-disclosure agreements around how much…03 Apr 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsAbsolutely. Those of us with teenage children—I had a firm word with my 13-year-old son yesterday, who had got into trouble at school—know that the assessment of risk and risky…28 Mar 2019