Legislation
Legislation: Public Office (Accountability) Bill: Remaining Stages
“The Honourable Minister give way. On the point of duty of candour.…”
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Yasmin Qureshi
LabourMP for Bolton South and Walkden
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Oral questions: Health and Social Care
“9. What steps he is taking to improve accountability in the NHS.…”
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Debate
Backbench Business: Debate on potential merits of a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements
“I want to congratulate my honourable friend for Sheffield Central on securing this very important debate. Somewhere today, a shopper in UK will put a box of dates or a bottle of wine in their basket and a fraction of what they pay at the ti…”
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Debate
Backbench Business: General Debate on Corridor Care in the NHS
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, I congratulate the honourable member for Tooting on securing this debate and the tremendous work she does in this area, both in this House and as emergency doctor in the NHS. Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to …”
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Debate
NHS Dentistry
“I am proud to speak in this debate. I declare that I co-chair the all-parliamentary group on dentistry and oral health. I have been working on this issue for the best part of a decade, raising it with Ministers in the previous Government, a…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Social Media Ban for Under-16s
“I welcome the statement regarding the safety of our children online. I am grateful to the young people of Bolton South and Walkden who have shared their views with me. Children should obviously not be an afterthought at the implementation s…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Defence Investment Plan
“I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. I find it remarkable that the Conservatives have raised this urgent question, given that under their watch, real-t…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Middle East
“Israeli Ministers have reconfirmed what we have all known: it is their intention to settle Jewish settlers in southern Lebanon, as they have done in the west bank and are doing in Gaza. The E1 project will bury the idea of a Palestinian sta…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Middle East
“We now know that an agreement was about to be reached on uranium enrichment by Iran. However, Israel decided to bomb Iran, as did the USA, engaging in an illegal, immoral and dangerous war of choice. Even during the ceasefire, which include…”
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Ministerial statement: Middle East
“I commend the Prime Minister for his decision not to get involved in this war of choice. While we are all distracted by Israel’s illegal bombing of Iran and Lebanon, Israel has also occupied the west bank and, in the month of Ramadan, close…”
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Legislation
Courts and Tribunals Bill
“I welcome much in this Bill, including the investment in legal aid, the additional sitting days and the funding for our courts. However, I want to focus my remarks on two proposals within it: the restriction of jury trials for either-way of…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Social Cohesion Action Plan
“My constituents tell me about the increased level of hate crime against Muslims. I hear stories of women being abused or having their hijabs pulled off. That is a direct result not just of most of the coverage in our right-wing media, but o…”
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Debate
Commonwealth Troops: First World War
“I congratulate my honourable Friend the Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal) on securing this important debate. It is important that we recognise the contribution of the Commonwealth troops in the first and the second world wars. When we re…”
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Debate
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as I chair the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, an organisation partially funded by the FCDO that works in more than 50 countries to strengthen democracy, P…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“On a point of order, Mr Speaker.…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Middle East
“We have heard this language before, with military intervention dressed up as necessity or as being done out of humanitarian concern: Libya, Iraq—the list goes on. All those interventions led to devastating consequences for the people who li…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q11. After 14 years of Conservative austerity, councils are finally getting the support that they need to deliver for residents. In my constituency of Bolton South and Walkden, under the leadership of Councillor Nick Peel in Bolton and Mayo…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Mobile Phones and Social Media: Use by Children
“I place on record my appreciation of the Secretary of State for standing up to the richest man in the world. Whether it is standing up and acting, or the statement on online harm made weeks ago by the Under-Secretary of State for the Home D…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“24. What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the continued delivery of aid in Gaza and the west bank.…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q13. I offer my condolences to the families of the four people who died in the road traffic accident that occurred over the weekend in my constituency. Families in Bolton South and Walkden are already benefiting from this Labour Government’…”
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Debate
Fireworks (Noise Control etc)
“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the maximum noise levels of fireworks which may be sold to the public; to require that specified information about noise levels is included on labelling and in sa…”
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Legislation
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
“The Prime Minister is being very generous in taking all our questions. I congratulate him on introducing this Bill, but can the duty of candour be applied fully to all investigations, including independent panels, and not just statutory inq…”
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Debate
SEND Funding
“I congratulate the right honourable Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart) on securing this debate. This is an issue close to my heart. I used to be a school governor as well as a college governor, and I remember setting up—alon…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Spending Review: Health and Social Care
“I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for dentistry and oral health. Access to NHS dentistry is in crisis, including in my constituency. …”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Spending Review 2025
“I thank the Chancellor for all her commitments to spending on education, health and transport, but I thank her particularly for the £39 billion that she has committed to housing. In my constituency, thousands of families are still waiting f…”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q6. In the words of the former Israeli Prime Minister, what we are witnessing in Gaza is the“indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians.” More than 50,000 people have been killed, and children have been shot while qu…”
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Debate
Bank Closures and Banking Hubs
“I begin by thanking my honourable Friend the Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for securing this important debate. From Farnworth and Kearsley to Walkden and beyond, people across my constituency have seen at first hand the impact…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Free School Meals
“This is really welcome news for families in my constituency, with up to 11,450 children now set to benefit from free school meals. I know from speaking with parents that this will make a real difference both in easing pressure at home and i…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
“I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s statement. Just last week, the UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher warned that the Security Council must act “decisively” to prevent genocide. Today, he said that 14,000 babies could be dead in the next 48 h…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: India-Pakistan: Escalation
“I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Pakistan. My constituency is home to people of Indian, Pakistani and Kashmiri heritage. They were all absolutely …”
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