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International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia — House of Commons, 2019-05-16
Topic: Civil Rights
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour, Centre-left): I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way and I congratulate him on securing this very important debate. As we celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia and show proudly that we stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, does he agree with me that it is horrifying and deplorable that hate crime against the community here in the UK has been on the rise? Between 2016 and 2018, police-recorded hate crime based on sexual orientation and gender equality increased by 27% and 32% respectively.
International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia — House of Commons, 2019-05-16
Topic: Civil Rights
Alexander Gordon Martin (Labour, Centre-left): The right hon. Gentleman is talking about this country showing leadership. Last year the World Health Organisation removed the classification of gender dysphoria as a mental illness, which was an important step forward and no doubt happened in part thanks to pressure from the UK. But the application process for gender recognition certificates in this country is still largely based on the conception that gender dysphoria is an illness. I have written to the Minister for Women and Equalities, who I believe also happens at present to be Foreign Secretary—
International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia — House of Commons, 2019-05-16
Topic: Civil Rights
Angela Eagle (Labour, Centre-left): I could not agree more. I will refer to social media briefly later, but I think we need to contemplate far more when considering how to tackle the threat In the aftermath of the EU referendum in the UK, there was a spike in all sorts of hate crime. In the three months after the vote to leave, such crimes against LGBTQI people rose by a massive 147%. There is a sense that that type of bigotry has somehow now been normalised, and the LGBTQI community is suffering because of it. So are others—women, religious minorities, black and ethnic minorities, the disabled. We now have candidates standing in the EU elections across Europe who openly advocate removing civil rights from sections of the population or scapegoating immigrants; others are unapologetic about issuing on social media rape threats against serving politicians. Much of the anger and hostility is being spread by social media, as the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) pointed out We have much to do to counter those disturbing trends if we are to be able to celebrate our progress on future IDAHO days. We must not fail in that crucial task.
International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia — House of Commons, 2019-05-16
Topic: Civil Rights
Martin David Whitfield (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Gentleman is making a very powerful speech. Is there not some irony—I use the word carefully—here? The weekend gone, I went to the East Lothian Pride Saltire festival. It was a gathering of the LGBTI community, along with friends, families and communities of East Lothian. Since I had the honour of becoming an MP, I have not attended a more welcoming, open, friendly, inclusive gathering of people. The irony is that the prejudice is all one-sided.
International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia — House of Commons, 2019-05-16
Topic: Civil Rights
Angela Eagle (Labour, Centre-left): Does the right hon. Gentleman recognise that there is a real problem of homophobic bullying in the workplace and that often those best placed to deal with it are the trade unions? Will he say something about how his Government could assist trade unions in fighting the kind of discrimination that LGBT people face in the workplace every day?
Defence Procurement — House of Commons, 2019-05-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Kevan David Jones (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister said that this is to make UK yards more efficient, but what they need is throughput of work. His Department has chosen to put the contract for the fleet solid support vessel into international competition. What weight was given in that decision to his Government’s prosperity agenda, our sovereign capability and the need to protect UK shipbuilding?
Commonwealth Servicemen and Women — House of Commons, 2019-05-20
Topic: Immigration
John Robert Cryer (Labour, Centre-left): I agree with everything that has just been said by the hon. Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham). Could the Minister talk to his opposite number at the Home Office? I have had cases of constituents who have travelled halfway across the world, signed up for the armed forces and then, when they leave the armed forces, are not entitled to benefits because their immigration status has not been sorted out. That seems to me to be a fairly miserable way to treat people.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2019-05-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: Veterans of national service feel that their service has been unrecognised over many years. What plans does the Secretary of State have to recognise veterans who were forced to join up under national service?; In January, the former Secretary of State paid a visit to Somaliland, which was very well received. Does the new Secretary of State share his opinion of the strategic importance of Somaliland—are we looking to set up a naval base there, for example? Moreover, does she agree that recognition of Somaliland is the way forward if we are to establish such a relationship?; Will the Procurement Minister please confirm that the Type 31e frigate is still intended for export and, if so, that early defence export sales talks have been had at the Department for International Trade on specifications and timing, so that this “made in Britain” ship can boost allied fleets around the world in due course?; The transition from employment to retirement is a critical time for the health and wellbeing of a worker—I should know because I tried it myself in 2015. If not handled properly, it can lead to mental ill health and even early death. What steps is the Minister taking to improve the wellbeing of armed forces personnel and civil servants as they make this important transition?; What progress has been made on the roll-out of veteran-friendly services in general practices and hospitals as part of efforts to make sure veterans, particularly those suffering from mental ill health, get the help they need from the NHS?; The Minister talked earlier about the rise in the total number of trained and untrained Army personnel. What proportion are trained and what proportion untrained?; It was reported last week that the Government were enthusiastically trying to find an alternative to the Galileo space system. Will the Minister tell us where the £3 billion to £5 billion for that is coming from?
Emma Ann Hardy (Labour, Centre-left): Just last week I read that another veteran in Hull had taken his own life after failing to be supported adequately. Please will the Minister look to publish the statistics on veteran suicide on a regional basis, so that we can see the extent of the problem and how we can best support people who have given so much for us?
Use of Torture Overseas — House of Commons, 2019-05-20
Topic: Civil Rights
Nia Rhiannon Griffith (Labour, Centre-left): Today’s revelations that the MOD has discreetly rewritten Government policy on torture are extremely concerning. Torture is not only morally reprehensible but prohibited under international law in the universal declaration of human rights, the international covenant on civil and political rights, and the convention against torture There can be no justification whatsoever for torture. None the less, today’s reports suggest that, according to the Ministry of Defence, torture is acceptable if, and I quote from the policy document, "ministers agree that the potential benefits justify accepting the risk and the legal consequences that may follow" Will the Secretary of State confirm what the Government consider those "potential benefits" to be In response to the reports, the MOD has denied any wrongdoing, maintaining that the "policy and activities in this area comply with the Cabinet Office’s consolidated guidance" on torture However, that guidance clearly sets out that "in no circumstance will UK personnel ever take action amounting to torture" It further maintains that where the Government cannot mitigate the "serious risk of torture at the hands of a third party", the "presumption would be that we will not proceed" Will the Secretary of State therefore clarify how her Department has come to its conclusion? What legal advice has it received? Will she now publish this advice, if any We understand that the policy came into effect in November 2018. How many times since then has a Minister decided to authorise the transmission of intelligence that may have led to torture? No Minister should authorise any action where there is a serious risk of it leading to torture. Will the Secretary of State therefore now do the right thing and commit to scrapping the policy immediately, so as to ensure that basic human rights and international law are universally respected and upheld?
Non-Domestic Rating (Preparation for Digital Services) Bill — House of Commons, 2019-05-20
Topic: Mixed Topics
James McMahon (Labour, Centre-left): I do not intend to talk at length, but I do wish to say that when people look at Parliament and the division that Brexit causes, they believe that our politics is in crisis. Although I know that the topic the Bill addresses is not interesting for many people and I doubt that many people will be watching, it has demonstrated that we can work across parties, and indeed that is how Parliament generally works, although it is not often seen. I accept that this is a technical matter and is not as controversial as Brexit, which I will leave for others. I thank the Minister for reaching out very early in this process, and I wish the Bill success in the other place Question put and agreed to. Bill accordingly read the Third time and passed.
Medical Cannabis under Prescription — House of Commons, 2019-05-20
Topic: Other
Kevin Denis Brennan (Labour, Centre-left): Like my hon. Friend, I thought that my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) might have been called next, as the co-chair of the all-party group—I think that is probably what was in his mind—and I was going to intervene on her to correct my earlier intervention, because I see that my constituents Rachel and Craig, who are Bailey Williams’s parents, have managed to attend today’s debate, despite the fact that they thought they would not be able to because of a medical appointment for Bailey. This gives me the opportunity to pay tribute to them for their relentless campaigning on his behalf. It is because of people like them that we are all here this evening.
Billy McNeill MBE — House of Commons, 2019-05-20
Topic: Other
Jeffrey Smith (Labour, Centre-left): As a lifelong Manchester City fan, I am disappointed that I cannot be in Manchester tonight for the treble winners parade, but this gives me the opportunity to pay tribute to Billy McNeill for his time as manager of City. It was a tough gig being manager of City in the mid-80s, and we should not forget his achievements and the things he did for the club. He left in rather difficult circumstances—can the hon. Gentleman believe that he was frustrated because City had no money to build the team that he wanted? However, we should not forget that he stabilised our club and got us promoted back to the top flight. We remember him fondly at Manchester City as well.
Billy McNeill MBE — House of Commons, 2019-05-20
Topic: Other
Paula Michelle Sherriff (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Gentleman and I have discussed this outside the Chamber, but I am proud to have a strong familial link with the legend Billy McNeill. My grandma, who was of Lithuanian descent, and Billy’s mum, who was known as Nellie, were close friends. Indeed, I understand that Nellie went out with my great-uncle Charlie before she married Billy’s dad. Great-uncle Charlie was a wonderful man. He was Labour to his core, he was Celtic, and, obviously, he was Lithuanian. As I am sure we will hear from my hon. Friend shortly, Bellshill was very proud, and should still be very proud, of perhaps its most famous son.
Spring Statement — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Tracy Lynn Brabin (Labour, Centre-left): I listened carefully to the Chancellor’s statement and very little was said about freelancers and the self-employed. In Prime Minister’s questions this afternoon, the Prime Minister said that the Government want to increase female entrepreneurship, but excluding the self-employed from sharing parental leave is causing women’s businesses to fail. Research by the Campaign for Parental Pay Equality showed that only 20% of mums were back to their pre-baby earnings by the time their child was two. Will the Chancellor and his colleagues please work with Members across the House and support my Bill so that all parents can share parental leave and women can fulfil their full potential?
Spring Statement — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Mary Helen Creagh (Labour, Centre-left): The DEFRA budget has been cut by 35% over the past eight years, so while I welcome what the Chancellor has said on the future homes standard, which is genuinely new and innovative, he cannot expect the people in Natural England and the Environment Agency to keep doing more with less while enduring a pay freeze—a 15% real-terms pay cut over the past 10 years. Our Prime Minister has signed up to the sustainable development goals. In July, she will go to New York and say what she is doing to end poverty, violence and hunger. With infant mortality and child hunger rising, what has the Chancellor announced today to tackle that?
Spring Statement — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Housing
Sarah Ann Jones (Labour, Centre-left): Will the Chancellor confirm that the new £3 billion affordable homes scheme he announced is a re-announcement from 2017? Will he also confirm that £20 billion has been cut from the social housing grant since 2010, and that 30,000 fewer social homes are being built each year than were built under the last Labour Government?
Spring Statement — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Richard Haines Burden (Labour, Centre-left): Does the Chancellor accept that his changes to vehicle excise duty penalise the cleanest diesels on the market while offering no incentive whatsoever to motorists to get rid of older, dirtier diesels, which has led to an increase in CO2 emissions from new cars for the first time in a decade? When will he sort this out?
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Other
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (Labour, Centre-left): Will the right hon. Gentleman now attempt to answer the question asked by the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) and explain the media reports? Given that the Prime Minister last night promised free votes—[Interruption.] Yes she did, at the Dispatch Box; the right hon. Gentleman should not shake his head. Can he therefore explain the reports that the right hon. Member for Broxtowe has pointed to that the amendment in the name of the right hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green) will be a free vote on the Conservative Benches but the amendment in the name of the right hon. Member for Meriden (Dame Caroline Spelman) will be whipped against? That is an absolute disgrace and bad faith to this House.
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Other
Angela Eagle (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Secretary of State has just made it clear that the Government’s intention is to keep putting the same deal back to the House over and again, even though it has been decisively defeated twice, possibly ad infinitum. Is that not out of order?
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Hilary James Benn (Labour, Centre-left): Can the Secretary of State explain to the House why it is democratic to keep bringing back to the House a proposition that has been overwhelmingly defeated on two occasions, but it is somehow undemocratic to suggest that the British people should be asked whether they want to change their minds?
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Keir Starmer (Labour, Centre-left): I was going to complete my answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question, because I accept that we have to deal with the facts as they are. One of my concerns is that because so many things were said in the referendum, there is now a licence to pretend that real risks and outcomes will not happen by simply saying that other things did not happen. That is a real cause for concern.
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Keir Starmer (Labour, Centre-left): I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. That is a real cause for concern. In all my discussions with businesses in the past two years, but particularly in the past three to six months, I have detected that while some of the bigger businesses have had the resource to do some planning for no deal, most of the small and medium-sized businesses have not. They have said to me, "We simply do not have the resource to do it, and therefore we haven’t done it." That is among the reasons why I have always said that a no-deal Brexit is not a viable option.
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Keir Starmer (Labour, Centre-left): As for the anxiety of businesses over uncertainty, and their yearning for certainty and the impact it is having on their decision making and investment, that is absolutely true. It should be a cause of great concern to all of us. None of the businesses I have spoken to—I have spoken to thousands in the last two years—has suggested that the certainty they want is no deal. They all say to me that they do not want no deal, and they normally point out the consequences of no deal.
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Other
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): I have great confidence in my right hon. and learned Friend, and he is making a very good speech. When this all started, those in my manufacturing sector were saying, "Surely, intelligent people on the Benches across the House could come to a solution." They have now changed, and they are calling for me to push here for a second vote or a people’s vote.
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Keir Starmer (Labour, Centre-left): No. I want to make this point because it is important. The Government have failed to get the House behind their deal, and they cannot get away with simply saying, "That is somebody else’s fault. It’s not our responsibility. We’ve done nothing wrong."
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Other
Keir Starmer (Labour, Centre-left): Two weeks ago on Monday, the Leader of the Opposition made it clear that we would support an amendment to that end or put one forward ourselves. Obviously, the timing depends on discussions across the House and with others, but that is the clear position that we have put down.
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Other
Keir Starmer (Labour, Centre-left): I am grateful for the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s intervention and agree with his interpretation. I think it would be helpful to have the motion amended. One thing that has not helped is the House making a decision only to find weeks later that the decision we thought we had made is called into question. I invite clarity on that, so that we can express a clear view.
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Other
Hilary James Benn (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Notwithstanding what the Prime Minister has just told the House, the time has come for two things to take place. The first is for the Government to respect the democratic instruction of the House of Commons. The second, since the Prime Minister says we have to be in favour of something—and I agree with her—is for the Government to facilitate the House of Commons having the chance to vote on a series of indicative propositions so that we can attempt to see whether we can find a way forward. If I may say so, Mr Speaker, I very much welcome what you said a moment ago about your willingness to ensure that the House of Commons gets the opportunity to debate that which it wishes to debate.
UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Other
James Ian Mearns (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Speaker—and I think this might actually be a point of order. I am seeking some clarification, because you said that manuscript amendments could be tabled until 10.30 tomorrow morning. Well, the business begins at 9.30, so there might be some disparity there.
Delegated Legislation — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Rosalie Winterton (Labour, Centre-left): With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 6 to 8 together Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), Exiting the European Union (Consumer Protection) That the draft Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 14 February, be approved That the draft Detergents (Safeguarding) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 14 February, be approved Exiting the European Union (Financial Services) That the draft Uncertificated Securities (Amendment and EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 17 January, be approved.—(Andrew Griffiths.) Question agreed to.
War Pensions: Appeals Process — House of Commons, 2019-03-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Justin Piers Richard Madders (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are many scandals that are not going to go away and will not be resolved until truth and justice are delivered, so I support his call entirely I would like to discuss the review and appeals process, because it has utterly failed to assist my constituent to receive the war pension to which he is entitled.