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HANSARD Industrial ActionNurses’ pay down 20%, teachers’ pay down 20%, firefighters’ pay down 12%, junior doctors’ pay down 26%—these are the consequences of 13 years of Tory rule. Let us be honest and…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresIqbal fell seriously ill on Christmas eve. His family rang for an ambulance, calling 999 three times and pleading for help. They waited for three hours, but by the time an…09 Jan 2023HANSARD Free School Meals (Primary Schools)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend eligibility for free school meals to all children in state primary schools; and for connected purposes. When I…13 Dec 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsEarlier this month, it was revealed that pay for FTSE100 bosses is up nearly 25% this year—their average salary now stands at almost £4 million pounds. Just before that, oil…21 Nov 2022HANSARD Autumn StatementFour million children live in poverty in our country: that is one in three kids. Today the Chancellor could have tackled that. He could have extended free school meals to all…17 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe Chancellor has pledged a new wave of austerity, with public spending cuts squeezing services that have already been cut to the bone over the past 12 years. This is without a…17 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanMy constituents are terrified about rising bills. The word they use is “terror.” Energy bills will still be double what they were earlier this year. This is a crisis for the…23 Sept 2022HANSARDLiberty Pressing SolutionsI rise to present a petition on behalf of Coventry South residents about Liberty Pressing Solutions, a manufacturing firm in Coventry with a skilled workforce who have recently…20 Jul 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaI pay tribute to the campaigners, the activists and the lawyers who stopped the flight last night. [Interruption.] Those on the Government Benches might heckle, but those people…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesThis House has just discussed the Government’s disgusting Rwanda deportation policy. On Monday I attended a demonstration against that policy, coming directly from a debate in…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI absolutely agree. These tactics from the Government are to stop us talking about the fact that private rail companies take more than £500 million out of the railway system every…15 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyCarolyn is a trans woman in her 70s. Recounting trans conversion therapy that she underwent in her youth, she said: “When I remembered it…I would physically shake. It made me hate…13 Jun 2022HANSARDChampions League Final: ParisI commend my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this important urgent question, and for his tireless representation of fans against these…06 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWhen I was elected as one of the youngest MPs two and a half years ago, I had fantastic support from more experienced local councillors and activists in Coventry, and none more so…26 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillWhen this Tory Government were elected in December 2019, pundits asked about their agenda. They wondered what their central driving force would be. Of course, the Government had…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillNo. Many people have told you that, so please just stay sitting down. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which is set for its Second Reading in the…23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. We also see this in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and today’s Bill. The first bans “noisy” protest and risks criminalising…23 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The annual profits of oil giant Shell were £12 billion. BP’s profits were £9.5 billion. The company’s boss said that his pay had more than doubled…17 May 2022HANSARDShireen Abu AqlaAs if the ongoing dispossession and discrimination faced by the Palestinian people was not enough cruelty, Israel continuously targets Palestinian journalists. There is not only…16 May 2022HANSARDPrime Minister’s Visit to IndiaThe Prime Minister began his trip to India with a visit to a JCB factory, just one day after the company was embroiled in controversy after its bulldozers were used to illegally…26 Apr 2022