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HANSARDAmbulance and Emergency Department Waiting TimesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. “24 Hours in A&E” is not just a television show, but a reality that patients across the UK now face. It is no…06 Jul 2022HANSARDPolice Conduct and ComplaintsAbsolutely. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson), who chairs the Committee, and the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham…30 Jun 2022HANSARDPolice Conduct and ComplaintsThank you, Ms Ghani; it is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I was on the Home Affairs Committee at the same time as you, and I agree with you that we should…30 Jun 2022HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourThe hon. Member for Keighley (Robbie Moore) is right to ask the Government what they are doing to tackle antisocial behaviour. In his constituency total recorded crime went up by…20 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Action on Suicide PreventionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I, too, thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) for securing this important debate, and for…08 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateI congratulate the Chancellor on pinching some of our ideas. I really encourage him to look at the 17.5% VAT as well. One of my constituents sent me a copy of bills: January 2021,…26 May 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe Prime Minister said: “I briefly attended such gatherings to thank them for their service, which I believe is one of the essential duties of leadership”. He would not know…25 May 2022HANSARDXinjiang Internment Camps: Shoot-to-Kill PolicyThere are cases where a man has been jailed for almost 17 years because the Chinese state determined his beard to be illegal and where someone has been jailed for having studied…24 May 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldI would really like every one of my constituents in Bradford West to be able to say that Britain is the best place to grow up and grow old, but unfortunately, given the failures…16 May 2022HANSARDShireen Abu AqlaThank you, Mr Speaker. First, I send my condolences to the family and friends of Shireen Abu Aqla, a true Palestinian heroine who was brutally shot in the head and murdered. Let…16 May 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationAmpere Analysis says that privatisation would put independent production companies out of business. As the Member of Parliament for Bradford West, Channel 4 in Leeds makes a real…27 Apr 2022HANSARDFraudIn 2021, fraud and computer misuse increased by 47%. In 2020, an estimated 99.99% of total cyber-crime went unpunished. Just weeks ago, academics at the University of Oxford…25 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ6. I am sure the Prime Minister will share my delight that Bradford has been shortlisted to be the UK city of culture 2025 and will want to offer his support for our bid—it would…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Recognition of the State of PalestineMadam Deputy Speaker, “statehood for the Palestinians is not a gift to be given, but a right to be acknowledged”. —[ Official Report , 28 November 2012; Vol. 554, c. 230.] I first…24 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagements7. Bradford is the UK’s youngest city and has the 10th largest city economy, with a GDP of £11.6 billion, and is bidding to be the city of culture. Now, it comes out that no…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe Chancellor comes here and says he is proud of his record. Let me tell him what my constituents think of his record. The Conservative party cut £20 a week from universal credit…03 Feb 2022HANSARD Levelling UpI wrote to the Secretary of State on 19 January and I have not had a response to that letter, but in it I cited research from Utopia, which, after analysing 34 cities and towns,…02 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank the Minister for his remarks. The Opposition supports the proposals in this statutory instrument, which…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI thank the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) and the other Members who secured this debate. Like others, I am shocked to hear of the abuse that he and his family have…27 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Data Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. I heard the Minister set out the Government’s position and his suggestion that they are committed to fair processes.…18 Jan 2022