Parliamentary Activity Feed - Thangam Debbonaire

Online Harms Legislation

Commons debates

I wondered if it would be me or the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), Mr Speaker. Will the Minister take the opportunity of the regrettable delay in bringing forward draft legislation to...

Online Harms Legislation

Commons debates

Local Theatres

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

In order to ensure the future of local theatres, what conversations is the Minister having with counterparts in the Department for Education to ensure that all children are given access to...

Examination of Witnesses

Agriculture Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q I do not want to be indelicate—perhaps you are at a useful stage, and I acknowledge that the Minister is very co-operative on these matters—but do you think that there will be any...

Examination of Witnesses

Agriculture Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q May I get some clarification? You say, “We have agreed a way of working,” but it is not in the Bill. Where does it exist, this way of working?

Examination of Witnesses

Agriculture Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

My question is about aspects of the agreement on agriculture. Clause 42 states at one pointQ : “The regulations may make provision requiring a devolved authority to provide information to...

Immigration: EU Nationals

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2020 to Question 3789 on Immigration: EU Nationals, what assessment her Department has made of the...

Immigration: EU Nationals

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2020 to Question 3789 on Immigration: EU Nationals, how many people that applied for settled status...

Immigration: EU Nationals

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of EU citizens over the age of 65 living in the UK that have not applied for settled status.

Immigrants: Detainees

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people detained at an immigration detention centre attempted suicide in 2019.

Immigrants: Detainees

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people detained in immigration detention centres were assessed for being victims of torture in 2019.

Immigrants: Detainees

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people detained at immigration detention centres disclosed that they were victims of torture in 2019.

Members: Correspondence

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral contribution of 9 January 2020, Official Report, column 588, whether she has received a response to her letter of...

Asylum: Detainees

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for asylum from detention in 2019.

Examination of Witnesses

Agriculture Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Oh, please don’t call it that!

Examination of Witnesses

Agriculture Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q I would like to push you a little further on the security question. I recognise there are some differences here, but I think it is partly being presented as a question of equality, of a...

Examination of Witnesses

Agriculture Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q I wanted to emphasise those provisions of the Bill that pertain to the WTO and ask whether any of those “mays” to “musts” were in that area.

Examination of Witnesses

Agriculture Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q I am not quite sure, but this question is possibly to both witnesses. The Bill is to a great extent an enabling Bill, and the words “the Secretary of State may” appear frequently....

Examination of Witnesses

Agriculture Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q You mentioned the word “hope” twice there. I am also hopeful, but we are here to deal with legislation. Do you think anything else needs to be added to the legislation to reduce...

Examination of Witnesses

Agriculture Bill

Thangam Debbonaire made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q You started to comment in response to Fay’s question about regional variations. Is there anything you want to add to that?