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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMany of my constituents are living in shared ownership flats and are facing the multiple whammy of rising rents and mortgage payments, rising tax bills, and rising service and…21 Apr 2022HANSARDUK Trade Agreements: Workers’ RightsIn 2019, the UK signed a trade deal with Colombia. Two years after that deal, Colombia remains the deadliest country for workers and trade union members, with 22 assassinations in…21 Apr 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementPrivate sector tenants on low incomes in my constituency face ever-rising rents, which in many cases are well above local housing allowance levels. These are people on universal…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Daniel Morgan Independent Panel ReportWe have yet another report raising serious concerns about the Met, but also a number of questions that are applicable to all police forces in the country, as my hon. Friend the…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. On 2 March, I tabled a named day question to the Home Office about Ukraine. It raised a policy question about visas and was relevant to my…22 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI think I would get in trouble if I did. For too long, there has been a dirty bargain between UK Ministers and cowboy employers, such that employers know they can get away with…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsThe actions of P&O Ferries are among the most appalling abuses of British workers that I have seen in my adult life, but they did not happen in a vacuum. We did not get here by…21 Mar 2022HANSARDAirports National Policy Statement 2018 and Jet Zero StrategyI say in response to the Minister’s response to the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds) that the Secretary of State committed to review the airports…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseAfter eight years as leader of Hounslow Council, Councillor Steve Curran recently announced that he was standing down as a councillor to focus on his health and medical treatment.…17 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade and Export PromotionPromoting trade has to be done in the context of protecting British interests. The 2019 Conservative manifesto made a commitment to cover 80% of UK trade with free trade…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsNext Tuesday is International Women’s Day, when we could be celebrating the progress and achievements that we have made not just in recent years, but over decades to protect women…02 Mar 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill), who represents the constituency I grew up in. More importantly, she made such a…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI hear the good work that the Minister is doing on the pilots, but what is to stop a rogue landlord, who wants to just take the cash and provide no services, carrying on as before…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationIs the hon. Gentleman not aware that local authorities cannot put anything about social rented housing in their strategic plan without a Government commitment to fund it? My…23 Feb 2022HANSARDTOEIC English Language TestsI also have many constituents who are affected by this appalling TOEIC scandal, both the tier 4 migrants who were bringing the skills that we so badly needed in this country and…09 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren’s Mental HealthThis debate on children’s mental health matters because half of adults with lifelong mental health conditions first experienced symptoms by the age of 14, so the sooner we…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTransportI am concerned that the Treasury has clearly decided that £2 billion is all the ringfenced funding that will be allocated for cycling and walking, but the Department for Transport…07 Feb 2022HANSARDCycling and Walking18. What plans he has to publish a second cycling and walking investment strategy.03 Feb 2022HANSARDCycling and WalkingI thank the Minister for the answer. I am concerned that the Treasury has clearly decided that £2 billion is all the ringfenced funding that will be allocated for cycling and…03 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateA poll by Survation today reveals that 63% of the public support a windfall tax on oil and gas producers’ profits. It is not like this Government to ignore the polls so may I…03 Feb 2022