Question to the Secretary of State for International Trade on 10 July 2017
On Monday 10 July, Liam Fox MP – the Secretary of State for International Development…
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Question to Sajid Javid on Grenfell Tower statement on 3 July 2017
On Monday 3 July, I asked Sajid Javid MP – Secretary of State for Communities…
Response to the Queen’s Speech – 26 June 2017
Last night I contributed to one of several debates on the Queen’s Speech taking place…
Question to the Prime Minister on Grenfell Tower Statement on 22 June 2017
The disaster at Grenfell Tower has raised profound questions about the state’s responsibility to ensure…
Question to the Secretary of State for Justice on 25 April 2017
On Tuesday 25 April, I asked the Secretary of State for Justice what she was…
Question to the Minister for Women and Equalities on 23 March 2017
On Thursday 23 March, the House of Commons sat as normal after the horrific events…
My speech on the budget
Last night I made a speech responding to the budget. Parliamentary debate about the Chancellor’s…
Question to the Secretary of State for Justice on 7 March 2017
On Tuesday 7 March, I asked the Secretary of State for Justice about re-offending rates…
Question to the Secretary of State for International Development on 22 February 2017
On Wednesday 22 February, I asked the Secretary of State for International Development about the…
Oral question to the Foreign Secretary on 21 February 2017
On Tuesday 21 February, I asked Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson what assessment he had made…
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade, 9 February 2017
Today I was present at Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Trade,…
Urgent Question on the Closure of the Dubs Programme for Unaccompanied Child Refugees
Today I contributed to a debate held in the House of Commons in response to…
Oral question to the Minister for Women and Equalities
A vital part of fulfilling the aim of the Girl Guiding’s campaign to end violence…
Oral Questions on Exiting the EU – 26 January 2017
Holding the Government to account on their plan for Brexit continues to be one of…
Disability Access for Local Rail Services
An integral aspect of an effective, accessible and sustainable transport system for the West of…
My speech on NHS and Social Care Funding
Yesterday I made a speech as part of Labour’s Opposition Day Debate on the crisis…
Education questions: good and outstanding schools
On 19 December 2016 I asked the Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening the…
The European Council 2016
On 19 December 2016 The Prime Minister made a statement about the previous week’s European…
Exiting the EU: science and research
On Monday 19 December, I spoke in a debate about the implications for science and…
Istanbul Convention: my speech
Today I spoke in favour of ratifying the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence…
Family Reunion for Refugees: we need to make the system fairer
On Tuesday 29 December, I led a Westminster Hall Debate on family reunion for refugees.…