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HANSARDEngagementsYesterday marked the start of Black History Month, so I will begin by paying tribute to a young woman already making history this month. Dina Asher-Smith became the first British…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsNobody is asking the Government routinely to bail out companies. We are asking the Government why they will not even meet the workers. Whether it is women Members in this House,…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsSo, we can take it that there is no apology from the Foreign Secretary. I raised the very specific point that my hon. Friend the Member for Dewsbury made about the abuse she gets…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI notice that the Foreign Secretary has not said anything about those horrific posters—they are not posters that anyone would want to see, particularly someone who is pregnant, as…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsrose—02 Oct 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Victims of Modern SlaveryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on immigration detention and victims of modern slavery.17 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Victims of Modern SlaveryThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. On 19 June this year, the Immigration Minister provided a written answer on the possible immigration detention of persons…17 Jul 2019HANSARDViolent Crime: Young PeopleThe Home Secretary referred to the new public health duty. The Opposition agree that it is a good idea in principle, but does the Home Secretary agree with the Children’s…15 Jul 2019HANSARDModern Slavery Act: Business ComplianceWe on the Labour Benches appreciate the progress that has been made on modern slavery thus far, but the House will be aware that there was recently a shocking case of agricultural…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Tier 5 Religious Worker VisasI am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman’s argument. Does he accept that the issue that we should be debating is whether the changes are right in principle? They might not…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Tier 5 Religious Worker VisasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gapes. I congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) on securing this important debate about religious…04 Jul 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeAnother blood-stained weekend in the capital, and this morning four families will have woken up having lost a son, a brother or a father. The Minister is correct to say that there…17 Jun 2019HANSARDFire Services: Overnight CoverWe are approaching the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, which, as Members will know, happened overnight. The Grenfell residents had complained about their…10 Jun 2019HANSARDWindrush Victims: CompensationThe Minister has to begin to acknowledge communities’ grave concerns about the Windrush compensation scheme as it stands. They think that it is not working. She also needs to bear…10 Jun 2019HANSARDIllegal Seaborne MigrationI query the framing of the urgent question, which talks about “illegal seaborne migration”. We cannot know whether these people are genuine refugees until we have had the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceI agree with my hon. Friend, who makes an important intervention. I will return to the question of cuts having consequences later.15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceI visited Cardiff last year, and the senior police officers and the police and crime commissioner put to me the case for more funding. That case is well made. On the question of…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolencePeople should stop using that old Whips Office line. The reason we voted against the Government’s proposal on funding was that we did not think it was enough money. Hopefully,…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceSadly, there are still tensions in many of our communities between young people and the police. Those tensions will be easier to deal with when we have the right levels of police…15 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceAbsolutely. I have always argued that evidence-based stop-and-search has an important role to play. The Opposition fully support targeted, evidence-based stop-and-search. What has…15 May 2019