In a national crisis, the government must listen to MPs from all parties – and their constituents
Today I begged Treasury minister John Glen to listen to MPs’ suggestions from across the…
Thangam Debbonaire
MP for Bristol West
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness
Parliamentary blog
Recent Parliamentary blog posts
Urgent situation on Turkish-Greek border and refugee crisis in Greece
Today in the House of Commons I and other MPs questioned the Foreign Secretary about…
Minister agrees to look again at refugee ‘move on’ period
Yesterday I led a Parliamentary debate on giving people fleeing war and persecution a better…
Urgent Question on deteriorating situation in north-west Syria
The government was forced to ask an Urgent Question on the security situation in north-west…
Settlement Scheme Application process for EU citizens living in the UK
I am concerned about the settlement scheme application process for EU citizens living in the…
Performing arts in schools
Performing arts education is extremely important for many children, yet it is often limited in…
How can the government hold such little regard for victims of the Windrush scandal?
On Monday, during the debate on the Windrush Compensation Scheme Bill, I asked why some…
Windrush compensation is still too slow – and for some, too late
Since the Windrush scandal came to light around two years ago, the government has been…
Support for inner-city primary schools
Yesterday I asked the government about its strategy for school places. In some areas of…