Debate
M6: Junction 38
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Deirdre Costigan
Assistant Whip
LabourMP for Ealing Southall
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Early Education and Childcare
“Children and parents at Allenby primary school in my constituency of Ealing Southall are already set to benefit from a newly modernised and expanded nursery as a result of funding from this Labour Government. Can I pass on directly to the M…”
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Debate
Hospitality Sector
“It is interesting that the Conservatives’ motion acknowledges the important role that hospitality businesses play in offering a first step on the employment ladder to “young and often excluded groups”. If they care so much about young and o…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Women and Equalities
“The last Conservative Government left so many young disabled people in Ealing Southall who wanted to work consigned to a lifetime on benefits, but at West Ealing jobcentre we are already seeing a difference being made, with £1.3 billion of …”
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Legislation
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
“We in London also face a proliferation of e-scooters and e-bikes. The last Conservative Government absolutely failed to take any action on that. Does my honourable Friend agree that it will make a huge difference to Londoners that Transport…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Middle East
“In recent months alone more than 1,000 of my constituents have contacted me about the brutal conflict in Gaza, making it the single biggest issue of concern to local people. I know that the Foreign Secretary and his Ministers are doing ever…”
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Debate
Global Plastics Treaty
“I congratulate the right honourable Gentleman on securing this important debate. He has outlined the important global action that we need to take on plastics. Does he agree that this Government’s action to bring forward a deposit return sch…”
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Debate
Welfare Spending
“Will the honourable Lady give way?…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: State of Climate and Nature
“As the Secretary of State outlined, the climate crisis is also a nature crisis, especially in nature-depleted cities such as London. In recognition of that, Ealing’s Labour council has imaginative plans for a new regional park from Horsende…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Electricity Market Review
“I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. It is clear that zonal pricing would not only waste valuable time in the race to reduce our reliance on costly fossil fuels; it would see my constituents in Ealing Southall, many of whom are…”
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Legislation
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
“I will speak to the Government amendments and against some other amendments. Before I was elected, I worked for the trade union Unison where I was the national officer for disability equality. In that job, I saw every day how disabled peopl…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Government Performance against Fiscal Rules
“I have raised in this House on a number of occasions the many children in my constituency of Ealing Southall sleeping on the floor or on the sofa in mouldy temporary homes, due to 14 years of inaction and financial mismanagement by the Cons…”
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Legislation
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
“I wonder whether the honourable Member has told her constituent, Sarah, that under these proposals, nobody who is currently on PIP will have a single penny of their income cut, and they will be protected for time immemorial.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Parental Leave Review
“It is 55 years—over half a century—since the Equal Pay Act 1970, yet women are still paid less than men. The phrase I read 20 years ago about childcare being “catastrophic for women’s careers” could still be quoted today. The Employment Rig…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Treasury
“6. What steps she is taking to help increase funding for the clean energy sector.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Road Safety Powers: Parish and Town Councils
“I thank my honourable Friend for inviting an intervention. In my constituency, road safety is a huge concern of local people, despite the fact that London boroughs have the power to set speed limits—indeed, most of Ealing Southall is a 20 m…”
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Legislation
Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill
“Will the Minister give way?…”
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Debate
Department for Transport
“The previous Government forced Transport for London to come with a begging bowl every year to get the money needed to keep the tube and the buses going in the capital. Does my honourable Friend welcome this Government’s multi-year funding d…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Work and Pensions
“The previous Government left us with one in eight young people out of work, training or education, and with 2.8 million people out of work due to long-term sickness, not only costing the economy billions more but costing people opportunity,…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Warm Home Discount
“I welcome the Minister’s statement. This announcement will mean that over half a million more Londoners will benefit from a £150 discount on their energy bills this winter. Does she agree that along with our free breakfast clubs, the £1,400…”
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Legislation
Crime and Policing Bill
“A constituent came to see me yesterday and explained that when she was 16 she was coerced into a forced marriage by her family. She had not been allowed to have any sex education, so when she became pregnant she did not even realise. It was…”
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Debate
Windrush Day 2025
“My honourable Friend is making a very powerful speech. She talks about the experience of black children in education, and could I remind her of my constituent, Eric Huntley, whom I serendipitously bumped into at the weekend? He and his wife…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Education
“I very much welcome the 2,300 extra teachers that Labour’s plan for change has seen in our schools, but school support staff are just as important as teachers in ensuring the delivery of the well-run schools we have in Ealing Southall. Will…”
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Legislation
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill
“My honourable Friend, like me, represents a west London constituency. Brentford and Isleworth is very close to my constituency of Ealing Southall. She will know that while our constituents support the work towards a more sustainable air ind…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Spending Review 2025
“A woman came to my surgery in Ealing Southall last Friday and showed me photos of the one bedroom she shares with her four children. The five of them share beds and they live with black mould on the walls. All the kids have been hospitalise…”
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Debate
Bank Closures and Banking Hubs
“I congratulate my honourable Friend on securing this important debate. In West Ealing, in my constituency, we have seen all the banks close over the past decade or so. In fact, the town centre itself has visibly declined, in the way that he…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Street Parking on Estates: Bracknell Forest
“I thank my honourable Friend for raising these very important issues, and his constituents will be delighted that he is doing so on their behalf. In Ealing, electric vehicle charging points have been a major concern for the council to ensur…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Diego Garcia Military Base
“I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. As the Prime Minister confirmed earlier today, the cost of this deal is slightly less than the average annual cost of just one aircraft carrier without the aircraft. Does the Secretary of St…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Culture, Media and Sport
“4. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cultural co-operation agreement between the UK and India on economic growth in the UK.…”
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Debate
Business and the Economy
“The honourable Gentleman has spoken now for, I think, 23 minutes. He has criticised on many fronts the decisions the Labour Government have made to fix the foundations of the economy and clear up the mess that his Government left. Would he …”
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