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HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the Home Secretary accept that many Members of this House are dismayed that she did not make a statement in the normal way, so that she could have been questioned in the…28 Feb 2022HANSARDHousing DisrepairI will speak this afternoon about the truly terrible housing conditions that have been endured for too long by the residents of Evelyn Court on Amherst Road in my constituency.…25 Feb 2022HANSARDSocial MobilityOn social mobility, does the Minister appreciate that some are concerned about the proposals that would mean that people would not have access to funding for tuition fees unless…23 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthDoes my hon. Friend agree that among young people, black and minority ethnic young people often experience particular mental health pressures? There must be more analysis of the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportAnybody who has actually read the Sue Gray report can only wonder what she was made to leave out. Will the Prime Minister give the House an undertaking that as soon as he is able,…31 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryThe Minister will be aware that in 2019 two Navy patrol vessels were deployed in the channel to deal with channel crossings. Yet they intercepted no boats and it cost the taxpayer…18 Jan 2022HANSARDSmall Boat Channel CrossingsIs there any truth in the reports that the Government want to have asylum seekers processed offshore in countries such as Gambia? Has any such country actually agreed to this?…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that to make children bear the burden of this Government’s hostile environment policy must be wrong?07 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesThe Secretary of State said earlier that he will do anything it takes to protect children, so can he assure the House that if it transpires that one of the main issues behind the…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesI believe so, Madam Deputy Speaker. In response to my question about resources, the Secretary of State for Education implied, certainly, that he would be willing to support any…06 Dec 2021HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsThe Home Secretary spoke earlier about the importance of viable plans; does she still consider the use of wave machines in the channel to turn back small boats to be a viable…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that the Bill has the sense of being an NHS corporate takeover Bill? We have already seen £5 billion in contracts being awarded to private companies…22 Nov 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthIs the Minister prepared to share his plans to do something about the wholly disproportionate level of black exclusions from our schools, which often leads to a school-to-prison…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthYes, we have to stop this cycle. I have lived through too many decades of it: of civil disorder, which hon. Members opposite deprecate, of anger, anguish and concern, of reports…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy) on obtaining this important debate. We…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthI thank the hon. Gentleman for that important intervention. Of course I am not advocating civil disorder. As someone who lived through that era, I am saying that without people…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. When we talk about unimplemented reports and inquiries, we could go all the way back to the early ’80s and the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthMy hon. Friend has spoken, quite correctly, about heroes, but does she agree that it is not just about heroic figures? It is also about ordinary black men and women—the ordinary…28 Oct 2021HANSARDBlack History MonthIf we are talking about black heroes and heroines, who could be more heroic than that generation of black nurses from all over the Commonwealth who helped to build the NHS post…21 Oct 2021