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Ben Coleman

Ben Coleman

LabourMP for Chelsea and Fulham

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Questions

Urgent question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures will be put in place to ensure that holiday travel and business freight will not be delayed at UK ports. International rail terminals and airports as a result of the imposition of the European Entry System (EES)

“Coleman Mr. speaker, I'm very grateful to my honourable Friend for all that he is doing to sort out this mess. And does he agree that the queues and delays facing British travellers under the EU entry exit system were entirely avoidable? Ha…”

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Debate

Palliative Care

“I am very grateful to my honourable Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) for calling this vital debate. As the right honourable Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) did, I will talk about children, and I would like …”

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Legislation

Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill

“I congratulate my right honourable Friend on his excellent speech and the strong points that he is delivering. I associate myself with the remarks of my honourable Friend the Member for Stevenage (Kevin Bonavia) about Malta. As a member of …”

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Debate

High Street Gambling Reform

“I am extremely grateful to my honourable Friend the Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) for securing this important debate. Gambling is a subject that the Health and Social Care Committee has looked at in some detail, and it is clear from w…”

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Questions

Prime Minister's Question Time

“Q14. My constituents tell me that our top national priority must remain as it is: economic growth. Does the Prime Minister agree that the swiftest way to achieve growth is for the Government to be even more ambitious in negotiating with the…”

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Debate

Black History Month

“My remarks will be influenced by my membership of the Health and Social Care Committee, and by the fact that I am the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on black health. Also, like my honourable Friend the Member for Leyton and…”

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Debate

Suicide Prevention

“Does my honourable Friend agree that we should also look at the impact on people’s mental health of online gambling, which is responsible for between 117 and 496 suicides a year—figures repeated in our Health and Social Care Committee repor…”

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Debate

Property Taxes

“I welcome my honourable Friend to his new position, which is hugely well deserved. This motion gives the impression that the Conservatives care about homeowners and renters, but does he agree that it is Labour who are giving homeowners grea…”

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Debate

Taxes

“Given all the extraordinary and wonderful things that the right honourable Gentleman is setting out, is it not equally extraordinary that the British people thought you were a shower and needed to get rid of you—and they did? That is why yo…”

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Debate

Department of Health and Social Care

“I am grateful to my honourable Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) for her excellent speech and for securing the debate. I am quite excited about Saturday week, not just because it will be my birthday on 5 July—[H…”

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Debate

Incontinence

“A big thank you to my honourable Friend the Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar) for securing this extremely important debate. I was fascinated and not a little shocked to hear that this is the first full debate in the Chamber on this subject, a…”

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Debate

Dementia Care

“I am most grateful to the honourable Member for leading this debate so effectively and raising these important issues. She will be aware that three in four dementia carers have no alternative plans in place if they are unable to provide car…”

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Debate

UK-EU Summit

“Many people may still be finding things a little bit gloomy and challenging as a result of the mess left by the previous Government, as I am after 10 months of being a Member of Parliament, but today I am incredibly heartened. It is probabl…”

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