Recent speeches, debates, and oral and written questions in the House of Commons
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My latest news – more updates here
- Reacting to Labour’s Green Paper on welfare reform
- Writing to all Labour MPs urging them to vote against cruel welfare cuts
- Defending new Sentencing Council guidelines
- Labour should listen to the public on Gatwick expansion
- Expanding Heathrow in the face of a climate emergency is the definition of irresponsible
- Listen to science not the aviation lobby
My latest publications – see more letters and reports here
- Letter to Labour MPs on proposed cuts to welfare benefits
- My comments on Brighton and Hove City Council’s consultation on school admission arrangements.
- Green MPs spending review submission
- Letter to Minister of State for Social Security and Disability on the Work Capability Assessment
- Letter to Minister for Pensions on upcoming changes to the triple lock and state pension
- My submission to the Planning Inspectorate regarding L3 Harris Release and Integrated Solutions Ltd
My recent work in Parliament – see more entries here
- I could not agree more. The amount of different sectors of the economy in Brighton and Hove that have remarked to me on the impact of Brexit is huge, not […]
- I am pleased to speak in the debate and I thank the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) for securing it. In 2019, a House of Lords report on […]
- It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Leicester South (Shockat Adam) for securing this debate. As hon. Members […]
- I have heard nothing today that shows that the Government have listened to disabled people. Any changes to PIP should have been co-produced, but this week, 25 disabled people’s groups […]
- I have a lot of sympathy with both new clauses. It is really important that we look closely, as we are mandated to do, at the impact of the Bill […]
- I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. It is a pleasure speak under your chairship again, Mr Western. I tabled the new clause as a […]
- I thank the Minister for taking seriously the concerns I raised. I will not press the new clause further today, but I hope that it will be looked at seriously […]
- Does the hon. Member agree that the WASPI women are right to use the word “gaslighting” to describe the Government’s suggestion that there is no problem here and that everybody…
- I do not believe the shadow Secretary of State believes that the law is currently applied equally and free of structural biases. But given the unfortunate politicisation of all this, […]
- To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to (a) engage and (b) communicate with the public about major infrastructure projects.