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HANSARDFootball Governance: Fan-led ReviewWhat steps he is taking to progress the fan-led review of football governance.20 May 2021HANSARDFootball Governance: Fan-led ReviewAs an MP for Coventry, where, in recent years, our football club has repeatedly forced fans to drive miles from the city to watch home matches, and as a diehard Liverpool fan, one…20 May 2021HANSARDDebate on the AddressIn 1945, in the aftermath of the second world war, a transformative Labour Government were elected on a promise to win the peace. Instead of returning to the old, unfair and…11 May 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaThe images from India are horrifying—from people gasping for air and dying— [Inaudible] —with hospitals overrun, to seas of blazing makeshift pyres. This is a human catastrophe…28 Apr 2021HANSARDSteel Industry and Green Manufacturing JobsWhat steps he is taking to (a) maintain jobs in the steel industry and (b) create new green manufacturing jobs.27 Apr 2021HANSARDSteel Industry and Green Manufacturing JobsMy constituency is home to Liberty Pressing Solutions, part of the Liberty Steel Group. The threat of the company’s collapse risks losing good, skilled, unionised jobs in Coventry…27 Apr 2021HANSARDSupport for Asylum SeekersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle) on securing this important…27 Apr 2021HANSARDPost Office Court of Appeal JudgmentThe wrongful conviction of the sub-postmasters is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Post Office bosses aggressively prosecuted workers in spite…27 Apr 2021HANSARDNHS PayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I would like to begin by congratulating my hon. Friends the Members for Liverpool, Wavertree (Paula Barker), for…24 Mar 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseLike women across the country, I have not been able to stop thinking about Sarah Everard; my thoughts are with those who knew and loved her. All women know the fear of walking…11 Mar 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Government’s Publication of ContractsIt has been revealed that almost £2 billion has been handed to Conservative party friends and donors in dodgy covid contracts. That includes the likes of Steve Parkin, who has…09 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe disgraceful 1% pay rise for NHS workers is really a pay cut when inflation is factored in. The Prime Minister claims that it is all we can afford. The Government had no…09 Mar 2021HANSARDContracted-out Health AssessmentsWhat recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) efficiency of contracted-out health assessments for (i) employment and support allowance and (ii)…08 Mar 2021HANSARDContracted-out Health AssessmentsThe outsourcing of assessments for employment and support allowance and personal independence payments to companies such as Capita has been a travesty. Constituents tell me how…08 Mar 2021HANSARDYemen: Aid FundingThe Minister began his remarks by saying that improving the situation for Yemenis was “a priority for this Government.” How he can say that with a straight face I do not know. Not…02 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Ethnic Minority DisparitiesWhen I challenged the Minister on the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on black and minority ethnic groups after the first wave of the virus, she denied that systemic injustice…01 Mar 2021HANSARD Education Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021University students have been treated appallingly. They were encouraged to return to campuses in September with the promise of a normal university experience, only to be fenced…25 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation Route Map: Covid-19I begin by paying tribute to teachers and education staff in Coventry South and across the country. This past year they have once again demonstrated their incredible commitment to…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Uber: Supreme Court RulingThe Court ruling has confirmed that taxis are a form of public transport, but they are the only ones to not receive coronavirus-specific funding. Will the Government urgently…24 Feb 2021HANSARDGovernment's Management of the EconomyI had been an MP for only a few months when the pandemic hit, and hearing about its impact on my constituents has been harrowing. We have seen demand at Coventry food bank…23 Feb 2021