Oral Questions on Exiting the EU – 14 December 2017
On Thursday 16 December I asked the government to enshrine in legislation the rights of…
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Question to the Prime Minister on EU negotiations on 11 December 2017
On Monday 11 December, I asked Theresa May if she had a different ballot paper…
Questions to the Justice Minister on Tuesday 5 December 2017
On Tuesday 5 December, I asked the government what its plans were to improve the…
Autism and Mental Health, Thursday 30 November
On Thursday 30 November I took part in a debate about mental health and suicide…
Questions for the Department for Communities and Local Government, Monday 30 October
On 30 October 2017 in questions to ministers for the Department for Communities and Local…
Question to Sajid Javid on Grenfell Tower – Thursday 19 October 2017
On Thursday, Labour tabled an Urgent Question to ask the government to give an update…
Questions on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 17 October 2017
On 17 October 2017 in questions to Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ministers, and specifically during…
Questions on International Trade, 12 October 2017
This morning in oral questions on International Trade, the Minister of State for Trade and…
Question to the Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on Thursday 14 September 2017
On Thursday 14 September I asked the government to take action and reverse the decline…
Question to the Solicitor General on Thursday 14 September 2017
On Thursday 14 September, I was able to ask the Solicitor General what assessment he…
Westminster Hall Debate on Protecting the Rights of UK Nationals Living in the EU
On Tuesday 12 September, I participated in a Westminster Hall debate about the rights of…
Question to the Justice Minister on Tuesday 5 September 2017
On Tuesday 5 September, I asked the government what it was doing to retain experienced…
Question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Treasury team on 18 July 2017 18
The recent ‘Refugees Welcome?’ report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees (which I…
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…
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…