Labour (Co-op)MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch
“I thank my honourable Friend, give way and I to pay tribute to the honourable member for Sheffield Central for laying out so clearly and so much better than I could. Everything that she said. And to the father of the House. It is an. Emotio…”
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I'm proud to represent Shoreditch with a lot of tech startups, so I very much welcome her report. And following on from the question and her answer to my honourable Friend the member for Glasgow South, could…”
“Dan McAleer thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I thank the Minister for his work and look forward to welcoming him to Grey Eye Theatre in my constituency, which is an exemplar of how to support disabled people to work and fully participat…”
“Dame Meg Hillier. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, further to the Foreign Secretary's responses to previous questions about the defence, Security and Resilience Bank and the multilateral defence mechanism, can she fles…”
“Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is a real mess as the as the. I'm pleased the minister has acknowledged. But there are a couple of practical things that could be delivered. There's no MP hotline, and there's a long and compl…”
“I have had the opportunity to look over defence equipment plans for the last 13 years, and have repeatedly seen—a profiling from over a decade—huge optimism about savings and efficiencies, which is how plans get across the line of affordabi…”
“My right honourable Friend is right to highlight those challenges. Throughout the 10-year equipment plan, there was always a £14 billion deficit that never seemed to go away. It is great that we are seeing more investment, but could the Cha…”
“I am glad that the Deputy Prime Minister reiterated support for Ukraine, but for that we need the defence investment plan. Could he explain what conversations the Prime Minister had at the G7 about defence investment, particularly through t…”
“My honourable Friend may be aware of the work that the National Audit Office has done, looking at different compensation schemes. Does he think that there are lessons that this and any future Government need to take on board when proposing …”
“We all know how important housing is, and I applaud the Government’s ambition to build 1.5 million new homes, but we have seen Enfield, where we now have a Conservative-led council propped up by the Greens, decide to axe completely the Gove…”
“I very much welcome this report by Alan Milburn, who highlights the need to work cross-sectorally to support young people. I wonder if the Minister could take away the thought that he could test and learn by doing a pilot with Choice in Hac…”
“I wonder whether the Minister could clarify this specific point. If a single-sex organisation wanted to open its doors to trans people, would that be to all trans people, or could a women’s organisation, for example, open its doors or membe…”
“It never fails to amaze me that the shadow Chancellor tries to lecture this Government on inflation when many of us were here in September 2022 when the Conservative party crashed the economy. I welcome my right honourable Friend’s interven…”
“What consideration has my right honourable Friend given to joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank to make sure that we are really pushing the investment that we need to see in defence in the current world situation?…”
“I really welcome my right honourable Friend’s work in this area, given that so many young people are unemployed, but what is he doing to evaluate how many apprentices get proper, long-term, full-time jobs as a result? Clearly, that is the e…”
“Q5. Poor housing and temporary accommodation is having a devastating impact on families, their life chances, our schools and communities. Will the Prime Minister put the full weight of Government behind ensuring that new developments in Lon…”
“8. What steps she is taking to support schools with falling rolls.…”
“2. What steps her Department is taking to improve accessibility at train stations.…”
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“As the Prime Minister said yesterday, we have no idea how long this conflict will be and he is not assuming that it will be over quickly. We live in troubled times, and it is quite right that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is making seriou…”
“I heard from my honourable and learned Friend the Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Sarah Sackman), who met Hatzola in her constituency, how only half an hour after the attack, volunteers were taking calls to support people. Hatzola do…”
“4. If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of public ownership of markets on food security.…”
“I am glad that the Government are introducing things like the youth guarantee and working to help those who are not in education, employment or training. However, as the honourable Member for Henley and Thame (Freddie van Mierlo) highlighte…”
“My right honourable Friend is right to focus on the cost of living and de-escalation in the middle east. I am pleased to hear her confirm again that there is money for the Ministry of Defence and access to the special reserve to deploy addi…”
“Could the Minister update us on the discussions about people who arrived in this country pursuing leave for five years, or whatever period their visa stated, to get status in the UK, and who are approaching the end of that period? I have a …”
“I have to say that the sound and fury from the shadow Chancellor is extraordinary, given that it was his Government who ran the country and its citizens into chaos, with interest rate and inflation increases under the Truss mini-Budget. I w…”
“The Prime Minister has spoken about repatriating British citizens in the region. Will that be through the Ministry of Defence? If so, who will foot the bill: the MOD, the Treasury or those being repatriated?…”
“My constituent Isabel Rose suffered a horrendous event in Hong Kong almost exactly two years ago. She was sexually assaulted and violently raped. She went to the authorities in trust to report this, but it was not properly investigated. Giv…”
“6. What its planned timetable is for starting major works on the Palace of Westminster.…”
“5. What steps he is taking to improve access to mental health services.…”
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