Parliamentary Activity Feed - Thangam Debbonaire MP

Employment: Autism

Department for Work and Pensions

Thangam Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to tackle the underemployment of people diagnosed with autism.

Employment: Autism

Department for Work and Pensions

Thangam Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to assess the effectiveness of the local supported proof of concept initiative in closing the autism employment gap.

Discrimination in Football

Commons debates

Will the Minister join me in paying tribute to community football clubs such as the Bristol Panthers FC—the LGBT club in Bristol—and the Easton Cowboys, which are both in my...

Business of the House

Commons debates

This feels like groundhog day, because here I am again, about to ask the Leader of the House where the immigration Bill is. The Prime Minister said that we need to get on with something, and here...

Sexual Offences

Attorney General

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

Intimate partners and ex-partners are the largest single category of perpetrators of rape and sexual assault, which, in my experience of working with abusive men, are linked to outdated and,...

Sexual Offences

Attorney General

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on ensuring more effective prosecutions of cases involving rape and other sexual offences.

Employment: Autism

Department for Work and Pensions

Thangam Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to collect and publish data on the employment status of adults diagnosed with autism.

Hong Kong: Pro-Democracy Activists

Commons debates

I am grateful to the Minister for what he has said so far, but may I press him further on the Sino-British joint declaration? How confident is he that China is respecting it as legally binding?...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

I thank all right hon. and hon. Members who have taken part in the debate verbally or by being present in support. I also thank the Front-Bench spokespeople and the Minister, who responded to...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, which I agree with, although obviously that is not in the Minister’s portfolio. If we are to have true moral authority, we need to make sure that we...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

I do not think I can comment on the views of members of the royal family, but I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I want the UK Government to take a leadership role in the world on...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. [Interruption.] I am hearing a colleague say from a sedentary position that LGBT rights was an agenda item last time, and my concern is that this...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend very much for that intervention, because it brings me to my next point. I might not be able to afford to stay at the Dorchester, but I can talk to organisations that use...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman’s constituent on taking that step. It is great to see such campaigning by young people, and I certainly encourage everyone who watches or hears about this...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

That is certainly a way of using our position of influence. I ask the Minister to consider that, and to talk to his colleagues in the Ministry of Defence about how we are deploying our military,...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

I would certainly like us to use the fact that we have troops in Brunei as a measure of leverage. I understand the strategic position that those troops hold, but it is important that we do not...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I am also baffled—why do this? I hope the Foreign Secretary will be able to use the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group later this month as a place...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on refugees, I am particularly concerned at this country’s record, at the fact that, unfortunately, it...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is absolutely right, and I would like the Minister to urge his colleague, the Foreign Secretary, to use his position in the Commonwealth. I will...

LGBT Rights: Brunei

Westminster Hall debates

I absolutely agree, and I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. Later in my remarks, I will emphasise that Britain’s position in the Commonwealth gives us a position of leadership that...