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 Liz Kendall about proposed welfare cuts
- 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 recent work in Parliament – see more entries here
- It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate. This issue is of great concern […]
- On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Yesterday, the Chancellor incorrectly stated that, on Second Reading, Green party MPs “voted against the Planning and Infrastructure…
- Yesterday, the Office for Students levied a wholly disproportionate fine on the University of Sussex after what looks like a flawed and wasteful investigation at a time when the higher […]
- Earlier in the week, I wrote to the Secretary of State, asking her to confirm that the plans would not go ahead if the proposals were assessed as being harmful […]
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) spend was up to and including the 2023-24 financial year and (b) forecast spend is for the 2024-25 financial […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]