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HANSARD Support for Black Victims of Domestic AbuseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I thank the Petitions Committee for tabling this crucial debate, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for…28 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. One of my constituents, after leaving a near two-decade-long abusive relationship, reported an assault to the police, but she was then told that the statute of limitations on…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Cost of Living Increases: PensionersMy hon. Friend is making an excellent point on the impact of energy bills on pensioners. Pensioners in my constituency of Coventry North West are having to spend twice as much on…21 Mar 2022HANSARD Commission on Race and Ethnic DisparitiesI thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. I will be honest with the House: I was beginning to think that today’s statement would never come. The “Inclusive Britain”…17 Mar 2022HANSARD Commission on Race and Ethnic DisparitiesIt did.17 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. I would like to begin by sending my thoughts and prayers to the people of Ukraine at this impossibly difficult time.There has been a great deal of controversy regarding the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDChristians and Religious Minorities: IndiaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this important debate and on his work in…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationWe are here because, as other hon. Members have said, we have seen a rise in unscrupulous landlords taking advantage of registration loopholes for exempt housing. In many cases,…23 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsBlack, Asian and ethnic minority women face overwhelming health inequalities in our country, as has been revealed by the recent NHS Race & Health Observatory report. The…23 Feb 2022HANSARD Endometriosis Workplace SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I thank the right hon. Member for Elmet and Rothwell (Alec Shelbrooke) for securing this important debate, and for…09 Feb 2022HANSARDRail Connectivity: Leicester, Coventry and NottinghamMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point about the need for fast connectivity. My constituents in Coventry North West need fast, frequent and reliable public transport in order to…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT10. A constituent sent me the following message: “I am concerned for April 1st this year. My fire will be turned off and I will start to feel the cold. At seventy eight years, I…07 Feb 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) and his passionate and moving speech. I thank the right hon. and hon. Members who secured…27 Jan 2022HANSARD Health Inequalities: Office for Health Improvement and DisparitiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) on his excellent speech and on securing this…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Women’s FootballOnce again, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott) for her excellent and detailed…26 Jan 2022HANSARD Midwives in the NHSThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker; I will be very brief. I thank the hon. Member for Stroud (Siobhan Baillie) for securing this important debate and wish her well with her pregnancy.…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Access to GP AppointmentsThe right hon. Lady makes a really important point about constituents trying to get in contact with GP surgeries. I have the same issue with one of my constituents who tried to…12 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsDepartment for Work and Pensions data show that four in five black people have less than £1,500 in the bank. More worrying is that approximately one in four black British, British…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Neighbourhood Policing: West MidlandsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey) for securing this important debate and my…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic Sexual Harassment: LegislationThe Minister says that spiking is frightening, but it is actually assault and often leads to further violence. The Government must look urgently at improving forensic provision in…24 Nov 2021