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Recent speeches, debates, and oral and written questions in the House of Commons
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My latest news – more updates here
- MPs must put controls on intrusive facial recognition
- Defending the right to trial by jury
- Objecting to Government support of ‘costly and ridiculous’ Heathrow expansion
My latest publications – see more letters and reports here
- Successes from work on the Devolution Bill – my letter to ministers on the remaining need for duties for new Mayors
- Letter regarding statutory guidance from the Equality Human Rights Commission
- A response from Emma Reynolds MP to my letter about Lifetime ISA withdrawal charges
My recent work in Parliament – see more entries here
- The Government narrowed the scope of the last benefits Bill, and it could widen this Bill to take in the wider benefit cap, too. The Chancellor who could find the […]
- I thank the hon. Member for pointing out yet again that some of us in this House voted to move on this issue many, many months ago, and it is […]
- 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. […]
- To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the financial cost to his Department of litigation related to the WASPI campaign since December 2024.
- If he will take steps to reduce the length of time people are held on remand for protest-related offences.
- I am disappointed that the Minister has not acknowledged the real harm and suffering that is going on, which is an obvious consequence of the escalation by Ministers of the […]
- To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has agreed a date to meet with victims of press abuse, following his remarks at the Liaison Committee […]
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent changes there have been in funding for hospice services in (a) England, (b) the South East region […]
- To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to hold discussions with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on his comments of December 2025 on the […]
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which stop and search for items related to protest is […]