Commons
Proceedings
4 December 2025
Business of the House
The first duty of any Government is to ensure the safety and security of all its citizens. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that the detention of Jagtar Singh Johal violates international law. I ask the Leader of the House to urgently press the Foreign Secretary to u…
Commons
Westminster Hall
25 November 2025
2 contributions
Violence against Women and Girls: London
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Apsana Begum) for securing this debate. I admire her courage and her continued fight for a better future when it comes to tackling violence against women and girls. I support her …
My questions to the Minister are: why do the majority of women not report crime? Why is the prosecution rate so low? Why do men feel it is okay to inflict pain on women and girls?
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 November 2025
Gaza: Humanitarian Obligations
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for introducing this debate.
I would like to turn the debate back to what it is supposed to be about, which is the suffering in Palestine. For the people ther…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 November 2025
Business of the House
My constituent Michelle would like to move closer to her children, but as a leaseholder, she is trapped in her property. There is only a short term remaining on her lease, and she has tried to extend it, but the freeholder is demanding a sum that is disproportionate to the property value. On top of …
Commons
Oral Questions
Solicitor General
13 November 2025
2 contributions
Support for Victims of Crime
7. What steps she is taking with the Crown Prosecution Service to support the experience of victims in the criminal justice system.
I welcome the Government’s ambitious mission to reduce violence against women and girls. Many survivors who experience sexual assault will never go to the police or press charges due to appallingly low conviction rates and fears of being retraumatised during court proceedings. Given the alarming sta…
Commons
Proceedings
30 October 2025
Business of the House
The Metropolitan police have decided not to close a small section of the eastbound A12 during the annual remembrance service at Ilford war memorial, although it has done so for decades. That choice diminishes the solemnity of the occasion and the memory of those who gave their life for our freedom. …
Commons
Westminster Hall
28 October 2025
World Stroke Day
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I, too, thank the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) for securing this important and timely debate and for sharing her personal stories.
We have heard the statistics: stroke is the UK’s fourth biggest killer and the single largest c…
Commons
Oral Questions
21 October 2025
2 contributions
Hospital to Community Care
17. What steps he is taking to transfer care from hospitals into the community.
I thank my hon. Friend for his answer, and for the brilliant work that the whole team is doing to put the NHS 10-year plan into action. Transferring care into the community will give many more patients quick and easy access to specialist care when they need it. However, access to Parkinson’s nurses—…
Commons
Westminster Hall
10 September 2025
3 contributions
Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Access
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer.
It was deemed irrefutable by the UN-backed agencies that this is a man-made famine. That man-made famine becomes a genocide if it can be proven that it was used as a tool to destroy a specific group of people—and I believe that there i…
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend that this has to come to an end straight away. While I welcome the Government’s decision to recognise the state of Palestine and to condemn the Israeli Government’s dehumanisation of Palestinians, we must face up to the unfortunate truth that this is simply not…
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Commons
Oral Questions
Treasury
9 September 2025
2 contributions
Planning Reform: Economic Growth
7. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase economic growth through reforms to the planning system.
I have been banging the drum for some time now that Ilford is the best place to live, and with four Elizabeth line stations, that has never been more true than now. Barking and Dagenham council and Redbridge council are both capitalising on ambitious regeneration plans, like the developments at Bill…
Commons
Oral Questions
22 July 2025
Topical Questions
T2. UK doctors and nurses have been volunteering their time in Gaza. There are shocking reports this morning that Israel’s ground offensive in central Gaza has compromised the efforts of the World Health Organisation after its facilities came under attack. In the light of that extremely concernin…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
21 July 2025
Middle East
The Israeli Government’s unrelenting denial of aid to civilians is turning an entire population of Palestinians to skin and bones, starving them to death. As kids die, the Israeli Government are pushing ahead in defiance with their humanitarian plan for Gaza—a plan that has been described as a “conc…
Commons
Debate
10 July 2025
Children’s Health
In London, 20% of reception age children are overweight or obese, and that nearly doubles to 39% of children in year 6. The crisis of childhood obesity does not just pose future health risks; rather, it is impacting children right now. Factors include a lack of after-school activities, deprivation a…
Commons
Debate
10 July 2025
Electricity Market Review
I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and for his vision. On inheriting zombie systems from the previous Government, does he agree that it is remarkable that the Conservatives have shown no contrition whatsoever about the dire state in which they left our energy system? That resulted in the…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
10 July 2025
Resident Doctors: Industrial Action
I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, which was delivered with the humility and pragmatism that is his usual professional style. After a 28.9% pay rise thanks to this Labour Government, does the Secretary of State agree that the public are not only dismayed by the actions of the BMA, but d…
Commons
Proceedings
10 July 2025
Business of the House
This week, Sky News reported the testimony of an anonymous Israeli soldier, who admitted that the killing or capture of Palestinian civilians often depended on the day and on the mood of the commander. That chilling account adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting a systematic disregard of Pale…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
8 July 2025
Road and Rail Projects
I thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for her pragmatic approach to government, rather than the previous “pie in the sky” approach. It would be remiss of me not to mention Broadmead Road bridge in Redbridge, which has been closed to vehicle traffic since 2023. After 14 years of austeri…
Commons
Debate
7 July 2025
2 contributions
SEND Provision: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham and Rainham (Margaret Mullane) for securing this crucial debate.
Children with special educational needs have just as much potential as other children, and they deserve to have that potential nurtured. But for boroughs such as Barking and Dagenham, the…
I thank the hon. Member for raising that point. As a matter of fact, as leader of Redbridge council, I campaigned for many years for outer London funding to be fairer. Outer London has inner-London problems, but we are not getting our fair share of funding. I would be happy to get involved on the fu…
Commons
Debate
7 July 2025
2 contributions
Points of Order
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Members of the House have been visiting my constituency. The right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick) visited on 1 May, and I saw social media posts of a raid. The right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) visited on 4 July, which again I s…
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Commons
Ministerial Statement
7 July 2025
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
I thank the Minister for her statement. In Ilford, our engagement hubs bring together family services, citizens advice, revenues and benefits teams, and enforcement officers—in effect, the council is taken into the community—so I particularly welcome today’s announcement of Best Start family hubs th…
Commons
Debate
7 July 2025
Government Performance against Fiscal Rules
The Conservatives are responsible for the dangerous dismantling of all our public services, stagnant wages and inflation rates that peaked at 11%. Does the Chief Secretary to the Treasury agree not just with me, but also with former Chancellor George Osborne, who said that the Leader of the Oppositi…
Commons
Ministerial Statement
3 July 2025
NHS 10-Year Plan
I also thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for a bold and ambitious plan. Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of connecting with some really inspiring people across my constituency, such as Jagdeep Aujla. His Dopamine Warriors boxing club, which the Secretary of State vi…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 July 2025
West Bank: Forced Displacement
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes) for securing this gravely urgent and important debate.
Last month, we welcomed the Government sanctions on Israeli Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. These two men, at the…
Commons
Oral Questions
Defence
30 June 2025
2 contributions
Ukraine: Military Support
5. What recent discussions he has had with allies on military support for Ukraine.
Yesterday, alarming reports indicated that Russia had launched its largest air attack on Ukraine since the war began, killing at least six people and injuring many more. Clearly, regardless of his claims, Putin is not ready for peace. Given Russia’s continued aggression, what steps are the Governmen…
Commons
Debate
26 June 2025
Armed Forces Day
I thank the Minister for his opening remarks, and I thank colleagues across the Chamber for coming together to commemorate and celebrate the brave men and women who keep us safe.
Before I begin, I note that a Westminster Hall debate was due to take place at around the same time today on the RAF Pho…