LabourMP for Hayes and Harlington
“Four years ago, we welcomed many new residents into a number of new homes in my constituency. Despite saving up and getting themselves on the property ladder, paying anything between £300,000 and £500,000 for a new brand new leasehold prope…”
“I wish to briefly return to trafficking issue. I welcome Theresa May's proposals and legislation when she introduced them on trafficking. It was a huge breakthrough, and I did so because in my constituency with Heathrow, we had hundreds of …”
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“Can I can I express my regret, the stigmatising language that we've even heard today, this division between disabled people and taxpayers as though disabled people don't pay taxes, but also this division between those who work and those cla…”
“Can I register my interest as the Non-pecuniary interest as the chair of the parliamentary group? I'm taking it as read that when the minister refers to the stakeholder group, it will include PCs as trade union. I'm also taking it as read f…”
“Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Just briefly, I want to get on the record what's happened in my constituency, because I explained to my constituents I would, very, very briefly, what's happened is with the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Land…”
“The frustration.…”
“The debate we have had so far highlights the issue at hand. This is an immense change to the way in which we will determine the delivery of drugs to the NHS, and one of my fears is that it will begin to weaken the existing controls. I think…”
“Can I, through my honourable Friend, ask the Minister to look at the Heathrow statement, which seems not to align with the policies we are advocating today? Also, some of the factual evidence that has been produced as part of the impact stu…”
“I declare an interest that I chair, and have done for about five years, a group called Solidarity with the Iranian Workers’ Movement Committee. We formed officially about five years ago and have been working for about 10 or 15 years. It is …”
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—I thought that was coming. I will speak to amendments 15 and 35, which stand in my name. Amendment 15 deals with the creation of an industry-wide travel scheme. One of the benefits of joining British Rail was…”
“I will just say that it is not for the US to determine the future of the Cuban people—that is for the Cuban people themselves—or to use such methods to try to influence the regime. The UN Secretary-General has made clear his view that Cuba …”
“Madam Deputy Speaker, may I take 30 seconds to associate myself with the Speaker’s remarks about Sir Alan Haselhurst? He was in the Chair when I seized the Mace, and he expelled me from the Chamber, but he did it with such good grace that w…”
“Given the huge sums that the Secretary of State is talking about, what I want to raise might appear relatively trivial, but for my community it is quite significant. We have a charity called Hillingdon Outdoor Activities Centre, which used …”
“On a point of order, Mr Speaker. As you know, I am the secretary to the National Union of Journalists parliamentary group, and I raised earlier this week a point of order concerning the role of the US agency APCO in undertaking the investig…”
“My honourable Friend mentioned my recommendation that the Prime Minister should refer himself. I did that because when someone is under attack like this, they should not run away from the attack; they should face it with confidence. They sh…”
“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Over a number of weeks, I have been raising the issue of Labour Together and its link with the agency APCO Worldwide. APCO prepared a report for Labour Together that smeared journalists. I called f…”
“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I first associate myself with the comments made with regard to our colleague who stands at your left-hand shoulder? Madam Deputy Speaker, you may recall that a number of weeks ago, in my capaci…”
“I declare an interest as the chair of the PCS trade union parliamentary group. The Minister just said that there was an offer from Capita. It should not be an offer; it should be a requirement that it covers the recovery costs. It was outra…”
“Many on the Labour Benches, at least, will appreciate my right honourable and learned Friend’s apology today, but many of us remain bewildered about why the appointment took place, despite the warnings that many of us gave him. Is not the r…”
“I wholeheartedly support the amendment that my honourable Friend the Member for Lowestoft (Jess Asato) has tabled to Lords amendment 300. Those of us who have dealt with honour cases recognise the overall family involvement, and there needs…”
“I think the House is at one with the Prime Minister on the inclusion of Lebanon in the ceasefire. The problem that we face is that today there have been more airstrikes against the Lebanese, and the Israeli artillery is now shelling Lebanes…”
“The honourable Member for Tewkesbury (Cameron Thomas) prompted me to start reminiscing about 29 April 2009. I do not want to be patronising, but there is a moral message and lesson here for honourable Members in my party: on that day, there…”
“Like the right honourable Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis), I am trying to represent my constituents in four debates today. There was a Spanish Catholic priest called Padre Pio, who was made a saint because of the miracle of ap…”
“I am intervening, first, to send my love to my honourable Friend’s mum. Secondly, in our debates over the years, we have always emphasised urgency because of the age of the victims. However, we also need to recognise and ensure that any inq…”
“What Donald Trump said at the weekend was that unless the strait was opened, he would obliterate Iran’s power plants. I agree that attacking a nuclear plant could be extremely catastrophic. As we have made clear to Putin, however, attacking…”
“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Members of Parliament on both sides of the House have raised concerns in the House about the activities of the organisation called Labour Together. Labour Together was exposed by a group of journal…”
“As has been said, Trump and Netanyahu launched this war without consultation. They did it unilaterally, and recklessly and irresponsibly, and it was absolutely predictable that the strait would be threatened in this way. Yet some shipping i…”
“As other colleagues have said, some people came here under one system, but now the system is changing, so have the Government done any assessment of where those people are working? In my constituency, a large number of people are now in the…”
“Others have mentioned Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, and I think many of us know the way this goes. There are responsibilities on all of our shoulders. The Prime Minister is right that there needs to be a plan. Has the US President shared wit…”
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