Debate
Ten Minute Rule Motion: Freedom of Information Act 2000 (amendment)
“We now come to the ten minute rule motion. Freedom of Information Act 2000 amendment. Sian Berry.…”
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Siân Berry
Green Party Chief Whip
Green PartyMP for Brighton Pavilion
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Legislation
Presentation of Bills
“Friday the 11th of September.…”
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Legislation
Legislation: Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to speak in support of the reasoned amendment, which has not been tabled in the name of the honourable member for Perth and Kinross-shire Shire, alongside me and my Green Party colleagues and a cross-…”
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Debate
Backbench Business: Commonhold and leasehold reform and the regulation of property managing agents
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the chair of the Select Committee to support her motion and welcome her report and its recommendations for the Bill. Thorough and fair leasehold reform is long overdue. My inbox as MP for Bri…”
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Legislation
National Security (State Threats) Bill
“On oversight, will the Secretary of State confirm that proposed new section 33G of the National Security Act 2023, which would be added by clause 3, is not intended to limit access to justice, or prevent challenges through the courts to fut…”
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Debate
Legacy of Jo Cox
“It is a privilege to follow the wise words of the honourable Members for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) and for Birmingham Yardley (Jess Phillips), who have done a great job of embodying the various aspects of Jo that we are in the Chamber to…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Transport
“9. What steps she is taking to reduce road danger through the third road investment strategy.…”
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Debate
Pride Month
“Brighton is well known as the LGBT+ capital of the UK. It is a city with a famous reputation as a place where people can be who they are, love who they want to and feel safe. This is a great source of pride for me as a representative and fo…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: General Strike Centenary Commemorations
“Huge thanks go to the honourable Member for Birmingham Northfield (Laurence Turner) for leading this important debate with such an important speech. It is great to speak today. It is right that we honour our local struggles when we talk abo…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Culture, Media and Sport
“4. What steps her Department is taking to help protect the public from press malpractice.…”
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Debate
Transport Accessibility for Disabled People
“I thank the Select Committtee Chair sincerely for the “Access denied” report, which painted a bleak picture of legislative loopholes and lacklustre political will from consecutive Governments when it comes to addressing the huge list of bar…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Home Department
“14. What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the introduction of the visa brake on Chevening scholars.…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“3. What steps she is taking to help reduce air pollution.…”
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Debate
Fuel Duty
“Our current and persistent reliance on oil for transport, rising costs as a result of instability in the middle east, and the ongoing fuel duty freeze, all have consequences for people who use any form of transport in their daily lives. I a…”
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Legislation
Courts and Tribunals Bill
“It was a privilege to be here for the powerful and effective speech from the honourable Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols). When literally thousands of venerable members of the legal profession are saying so clearly that jury t…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Spring Forecast
“The result in Gorton and Denton shows that voters want bolder action from politicians against sky-high privatised bills and rents and want no families to be left struggling in poverty. Will the Chancellor listen and scrap her dysfunctional …”
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Debate
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
“I pay tribute to all the young women who have risked so much to stand up and push for justice in relation to the vile and corrupt web around the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, and to the crimes and abuse that they suffered as childre…”
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Legislation
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
“The Government should have brought this Bill forward as soon as they were elected 19 months ago, but they failed to do so. They could have listened to the families and children—with more than 200,000 children affected—enduring the overall b…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Standards in Public Life
“A Government in thrall to men and corporations drunk on power is the rot at the centre of the Mandelson scandal. When people operate in the shadows, they think they can act with impunity. Of all seven Nolan principles, openness can help to …”
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Legislation
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
“The Government have drawn this Bill too narrowly. It will, as Members have mentioned several times, leave at least 150,000 children in larger families with no extra help at all. For example, Maryam, highlighted by the Z2K charity, is a lone…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Justice
“11. If he will take steps to reduce the length of time people are held on remand for protest-related offences.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Police Reform White Paper
“Will the Home Secretary give us some clarity on the bespoke legal framework on police AI, please? Will its scope be commendably narrow, getting police use of facial recognition under control while clearly outlawing other uses, which would m…”
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Debate
High Street Gambling Reform
“I give huge thanks to the honourable Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) for proposing the motion. I was pleased to support the application for the debate. We have just heard an excellent case for action and some really clear examples of th…”
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Debate
Jury Trials
“I am grateful to the honourable Gentleman for giving way. I am also grateful for the motion and for the opportunity to object, cross-party, to the restrictions on our important rights to a trial by jury. I was, however, hoping that the Cons…”
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Legislation
Railways Bill
“The Green party welcomes the Bill. It is right in principle to end the failed, long experiment in surrendering public services to the private market. We are pleased to see an extended role for the passenger watchdog set out in the Bill, and…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“This week, it is the 14th birthday of Khaled, the son of the British-Egyptian former political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah. Khaled will not see his father in person as Alaa was prevented from travelling to the UK by the Egyptian authorities…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Criminal Court Reform
“I appreciate the focus on victims, but has the Secretary of State considered the risks of removing juries when charges involve state or corporate victims if we are to preserve dissent, whistleblowing and protest? Given that big concerns hav…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Right to Trial by Jury
“With the Government’s attitude to migrants now expanding the political space for the racist far right, is the Minister not concerned that building a toolkit for authoritarians out of digital ID, police facial recognition, and now cutting ju…”
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Questions
Topical questions: Culture, Media and Sport
“10. To ask the honourable Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to install solar power for churches.…”
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Legislation
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
“I want to talk first about public engagement. Fellow members of the Bill Committee know that I am not convinced that the Bill delivers the public involvement and community empowerment stated in its title, as that is not properly facilitated…”
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