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HANSARDGender Pay GapAs we begin to understand the gender pay gap, does the Minister agree that, because the race pay gap is bigger than the gender pay gap, we should start to compel companies to…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI would like to put my thanks on record for the leadership shown by both Front Benches on this important Bill. For me, the debate is very personal, because domestic abuse has…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI agree with my hon. Friend and thank her for that timely intervention. Twenty-seven years ago, when Zoora Shah did not have the right services, she went to prison for 14 years.…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI thank my hon. Friend for his comment. I absolutely agree with it, which is why I am so passionate. I teach and deliver the diversity session at the national police strategic…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI thank my hon. Friend. Does she agree that the victim should be central to making decisions about housing? In Bradford, Staying Put will go in and change the locks at no…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillWill my hon. Friend give way?02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI thank the Minister for giving way and welcome his speech. He talks about extraterritorial powers. My constituent Samia Shahid was lured to her rape and murder in Pakistan, but…02 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal)I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. He has referred many times in his speech to accountability. Within that vein of accountability, may I ask him a simple question: on what…03 Sept 2019HANSARD TOEIC: Overseas StudentsThe truth remains that the Home Office does not actually know how many people were cheating. The truth remains that 35,000 people had their visas revoked as part of the Home…24 Jul 2019HANSARDHate Crime Action PlanFirst, can I ask or perhaps suggest that all this whataboutery is parked, because it does not suit this House? Perhaps my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul…12 Jun 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaAs vice-chair of the all-party group on British Muslims, I thank my colleagues, my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) and the right hon. Member for Broxtowe…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and he is absolutely right. The truth is that the Conservative party refuses to accept the definition accepted by over 750 Muslim…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of Islamophobiarose —16 May 2019HANSARD Sharia Law CourtsDoes the Minister agree that the role that the Government have to play in these communities, as in any communities, is to support them in getting to where they need to be with…02 May 2019HANSARD Sharia Law CourtsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. I wear many hats in this debate, which I thank the hon. Member for Henley (John Howell) for securing. Contrary to the…02 May 2019HANSARD Sharia Law CourtsThe Minister mentions British values again. Does he agree with my view as a Muslim woman that there is no conflict at all between my Muslim values and British values?02 May 2019HANSARD Sharia Law CourtsDoes my hon. Friend share my concern about the title of this debate, which refers to sharia courts, rather than sharia councils?02 May 2019HANSARD Sharia Law CourtsDoes the Minister welcome, as I do, the finding in that review that, despite the fact that there is understood to be a conflict in very minute parts of sharia law, in terms of…02 May 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapWhen across 45% of firms the discrepancy in pay increase is in favour of men this year, it is now clear that the Government’ s policy of asking companies simply to report on the…25 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingIt is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins). Let me start by highlighting to those who are watching the debate across the nation that we…24 Apr 2019