Business Questions: Energy Price Hike and the Cost of Living
This has been a tough week for households up and down the country. Working families…
Thangam Debbonaire
MP for Bristol West
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Parliamentary blog
Recent Parliamentary blog posts
Afghanistan Update
Yesterday, 18th August 2021, Parliament was recalled to debate the situation in Afghanistan. I was…
I am Shadow Leader of the House of Commons- but what does that mean?
In May, I was appointed to a new role as Shadow Leader of the House…
Why we need real constitutional change in the UK
Last week, I spoke in Parliament on the removal of English Votes for English Laws,…
Why I voted against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Many of you have written to me about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill. Like…
It’s one rule for us….
People have made terrible sacrifices to follow Covid rules. Today during Business Questions, I asked…
Labour to push government to keep overseas aid ambitions
Many of you have written to me about the government’s callous attempts to cut the…
Dangerous cladding: Labour pushes for Tories to keep their promises
It is now more than four years since the Grenfell Tower disaster. Over those four…
Emergency Debate: 0.7% official development assistance target
WATCH NOW There could not be a more important time for the UK to look…