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Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Angela Eagle (Labour, Centre-left): I thank the Leader of the House for giving way Today’s debate could be a turning point, and not of the kind that many of us would like to see. Can the Leader of the House tell us how often this House has overturned a report of the Standards Committee with respect to the behaviour of a particular Member?
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Florence Eshalomi (Labour, Centre-left): I am a member of the 2019 intake. December will mark two years since I have been here so I confess that I do not know the rules and regulations inside out. However, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that under the rules paid advocacy has been banned from this House since 1695? Why do this Government appear to be bending the rules when it suits them?
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Peter John Kyle (Labour, Centre-left): The Leader of the House is utterly detached from the reality of most working MPs in the House, so let me inform him that most of us do not need to get paid £100,000 to do the job we are already paid for. If we think something is endangering our residents’ lives, we do it for free.
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
Neil Coyle (Labour, Centre-left): Under the right hon. Gentleman’s Government, an MP can be found guilty of sexual harassment and retain the Conservative Whip; can be found guilty of bullying and keep the job of Home Secretary, overseeing law and order; can break covid rules and be Health Secretary; can break the law and be Leader of the House; and can endanger the lives of our armed forces and allies and be promoted to Deputy Prime Minister. Why should we be at all surprised by the return of cash for questions and Tory sleaze?
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Mixed Topics
Stephen Creswell Timms (Labour, Centre-left): Can I take the Leader of the House back to what he was saying a couple of minutes ago about the whistleblowing exemption? Does he recognise the grave danger that, if the interpretation of that exemption that he appeared to be commending was accepted by the House, there would in effect be no ban at all on paid advocacy?
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Christopher Philip James Elmore (Labour, Centre-left): Can the Leader of the House explain to the House why, for all other Select Committees, Members of this House vote for the Chair, but on this occasion he has decided to appoint a Chair and still call it a Select Committee?
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Angela Eagle (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Leader of the House appears to have spent this whole time supporting the amendment and has not actually moved the motion that he was meant to be moving.
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): I think the Leader of the House did move the motion, although I agree that it was a variation. I want the shadow Leader of the House to put the other case now. I call Thangam Debbonaire.
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Margaret Eve Hodge (Labour, Centre-left): Does my hon. Friend agree that the only logical explanation for the action by Government Ministers and Back Benchers today is not necessarily the recommendations of the report that we are considering today, but that there may be many others in line to come forward that will cause even greater embarrassment to those on the Government Benches?
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Civil Rights
Jessica Rose Phillips (Labour, Centre-left): With much respect, and having worked with the right hon. Lady for many months on the ICGS process, it is only fair, in the light of that, that I raise that today two of the people who went through that process have contacted me. They are victims of sexual harassment or assault, and they say that what is happening in Parliament today is very unedifying and makes them certain that victims will find it difficult to understand that we will not just overturn things and make it very hard for anyone to come forward about anything.
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): Order. [Interruption.] The hon. Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) needs to be calm a minute while I do the next part of the script. [Interruption.] You might find it shameful, but I think I am in charge Main Question, as amended, put.
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (Labour, Centre-left): Just to let people know, I am not going to continue the debate. We have been through the debate, but I think that this might be a point of clarification, and I am happy to accept it in that light.
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): It is a very simple one, Mr Speaker. I do not want to delay the House. Some people have asked whether the Standards Committee continues to exist. It does, and we will be meeting on Tuesday morning. I will still be its Chair.
Committee on Standards — House of Commons, 2021-11-03
Topic: Other
John Martin McDonnell (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I do not believe that any hon. Member is truly honourable if they serve on this new Committee. Therefore I want my constituents to know that no Member of Parliament serves on this corrupt Committee in my name.
Increased Living Costs: Benefit Claimants — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Rachel Louise Hopkins (Labour, Centre-left): About 12,000 households in Luton South are claiming universal credit, and one in 10 people say that they could not afford a £5 per month increase in their cost of living. Does the Minister accept that his Government’s failure to tackle increasing rents and energy costs will impact the poorest in society more and push more of my constituents into poverty?
Increased Living Costs: Benefit Claimants — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Housing
Karen Patricia Buck (Labour, Centre-left): With housing costs a major driver of poverty, the Government have decided yet again to freeze the local housing allowance, hitting millions of renters. As the Minister well knows, neither discretionary payments nor the winter hardship fund will do anything like meet the shortfall in that gap. Meanwhile, rents are anything but frozen and more than half of all renters have a shortfall between their rents and the help available. Will the Minister tell us when the Government decided not to link the support for housing costs to actual real world rents, and what assessment have they made of the impact of that on household incomes?
Pensioner Poverty: State Pension — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the state pension in tackling pensioner poverty; and if she will make a statement.; What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the state pension in tackling pensioner poverty; and if she will make a statement.
Karl Turner (Labour, Centre-left): Fred from east Hull was left without any income whatsoever for several months earlier this year because the Department for Work and Pensions failed to pay him his state pension, to which he was rightfully entitled. When my office intervened, he eventually got paid, but it took us several weeks to sort it out. When people such as Fred in areas like mine are already facing a cost of living crisis, fuel poverty and the effects of the pandemic, does the Minister feel that he should apologise to Fred and many others?
Pensioner Poverty: State Pension — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the state pension in tackling pensioner poverty; and if she will make a statement.; What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the state pension in tackling pensioner poverty; and if she will make a statement.
Mathew Richard Allen Rodda (Labour, Centre-left): The Government have consistently failed to stand up for the interests of pensioners on modest incomes. Food prices are up, gas prices are up and electricity prices are up. The cost of living is going up. Yet despite this, the Government are refusing to cut VAT on fuel, even though they have had higher than expected VAT receipts from across the economy, which would allow them to do exactly that and offer much-needed help to pensioners. To make matters worse, the Government are also failing to increase the take-up of pension credit. When will they finally start offering real help to our pensioners?
National Disability Strategy — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Andrew John Gwynne (Labour, Centre-left): I suppose, looking at it favourably, at least the long-promised strategy is now published, but the failure to co-produce the strategy with disabled people or disabled people’s organisations is unfortunate. What does the Minister say to people with disabilities and their organisations who have been left disappointed at what they call a "tokenistic" strategy?
Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Margaret Eve Hodge (Labour, Centre-left): I am grateful to you, Mr Speaker. I have to say to the Minister that this happened in London, but it might and could have happened anywhere in the country, and therefore, it is a matter for him. The premature deaths of four young, gay men, who were robbed of their lives, is an unspeakable tragedy, especially because six years after it happened, it has now finally been publicly conceded that the deaths of three of them—Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor —could have been avoided if the police had properly investigated the killing of the first victim, Anthony Walgate The litany of police errors is simply horrific, including the refusal to check the murderer’s laptop because it was too expensive; the failure to engage appropriately with the partners and families; the failure to check the authenticity of a fake suicide note; the failure to check CCTV; and the incomprehensible failure to link the deaths when three of the bodies were found in or close to St Margaret’s churchyard in my constituency Does the Minister agree with the friends, partners and families that the Metropolitan police service is prejudiced and institutionally homophobic? Does he at the very least agree that, given the facts of the cases, homophobia must have been a factor that influenced the actions and inactions of the police? In these circumstances, will he please order a full public inquiry to examine whether there is institutional homophobia in the police service? Does he agree that such an inquiry is vital if the police are to gain the trust of the LGBTQ+ community? Does he further agree that the inquiry is also vital to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again Seventeen police officers were investigated by the IOPC in 2015. None was sacked and five have since been promoted. Is the Independent Office for Police Conduct fit for purpose? What action has the Minister taken to ensure that all police officers treat gay partners in the same way as they would any other partner, with appropriate respect and a proper duty of care? Action by the Home Office, the Metropolitan police and the Mayor is essential if the homophobia in our police service is to be properly and thoroughly investigated and addressed.
Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Florence Eshalomi (Labour, Centre-left): My Vauxhall constituency is home to one of the largest LGBT communities in the country, and I share my constituents’ feelings about the Met’s response to these horrific murders. How can my LGBT constituents trust the Met when they failed to link the three deaths that were so close together? How can my LGBT constituents trust the Met when they refused to rule out some of the horrific homophobic presumptions about these young gay men? How can my LGBT constituents trust the Met when, 12 months after the first murders, they ignored the pleas from family members, friends and partners The Minister says he is reassured by the Met but, respectfully, I do not think my constituents are reassured this afternoon. As with some of my black and minority ethnic constituents and some of my female constituents, my constituents and communities seem to have experienced a catalogue of failures from the Met police. Will he please show the leadership that he says is needed and call for a full public investigation to get to the bottom of this?
Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Nia Rhiannon Griffith (Labour, Centre-left): It has been a terribly sad few days. As my right hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Mr Bradshaw) said, we did not expect in this day and age for a partner of a gay man to be treated in this way. Although progress has been made, it can still be extremely difficult for members of the LGBT+ community to speak confidently about partners or relationships. What protocols has the Minister put in place since these tragic events, not just in the Met but across all police forces, to ensure that friends, partners and families of those in the LGBT community are treated effectively and sensitively in any form of investigation? What will he do to ensure that those protocols are implemented effectively, and are not just a piece of paper?
Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Christopher John Bryant (Labour, Centre-left): And well done you, Mr Speaker The Minister has said repeatedly that he has reassured himself, but he has not reassured me—if anything, quite the opposite. He keeps referring to this as a "tragedy", but it is not a tragedy; it is a double-layered gay hate crime. I wish he would actually use those words. It has been a double-layered gay hate crime. First there were the original murders, and then there was the refusal to investigate them, which in itself is a gay hate crime. It is about time we took this seriously, not least because homophobic hate crimes in the past three years have risen to 1,833 a month. That is why a lot of gay men in this country are beginning to feel frightened. The Government have got to do something. Get on with it!
Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Luke Pollard (Labour, Centre-left): Homophobia is a lived reality for thousands of gay people up and down the country every single day. These avoidable murders of gay young men will be broadcast around the country, and LGBT people will be looking at the Minister’s response and saying, "They do not value my life because I am gay." A full public independent inquiry will give LGBT people the reassurance that something will be done to stop this ever happening again. Will the Minister reconsider his refusal to have that independent inquiry?
Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Rupa Asha Huq (Labour, Centre-left): We have seen the Daniel Morgan, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman cases, the Sarah Everard case and then the resulting vigil, the fiasco at Wembley and now this shocking set of gay murders—the Minister has not said that word.
Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Civil Rights
Andrew John Gwynne (Labour, Centre-left): We should not, ever, underestimate the very real concerns of the LGBTQ+ communities across this country about these dreadful failings by the Met police. Is the Minister satisfied that police forces across the country, not just the Met, have sufficient time, resources and leadership to ensure that the complete breakdown of oversight described by the jury in this hearing cannot ever happen again?
Covid-19 Update — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Other
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): May I say to the Secretary of State that I was deeply shocked, when he was in this House recently and I said that all sensible Members of Parliament will be supporting any measure to save lives, to hear boos and catcalls from the Government Benches? I will repeat my view: does he realise what great potential we have as Members of Parliament in our communities, working for this, rolling our sleeves up, working cross-party with local councillors and volunteers? This House of Commons is a real resource. Please, please will he use us effectively?
Covid-19 Update — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
George Edward Howarth (Labour, Centre-left): I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. Having listened to it and having studied the matter in some detail over the weekend, I will be supporting the Government and the measures that they are introducing tomorrow night. What would he say to those in the community who are saying, "If the rule makers can’t be trusted to obey their own rules, why should we?"
National Lost Trawlermen’s Memorial Day — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Public Lands
Karl Turner (Labour, Centre-left): Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for providing me with the opportunity to speak on this subject, which is incredibly close to my heart, and means a great deal to the people of Hull and many others across the country For the past 32 years, Hull has come together, with a date now fixed—the last Sunday in January—to remember and commemorate the more than 6,000 trawlermen of our city who lost their lives at sea. Although the covid-19 pandemic may have moved the annual service online last year, I have no doubt that Lost Trawlermen’s Day will, as soon as possible, return to its rightful place in the city and our civic life As someone who was born and bred in Hull, it is a source of immense pride, every year, that hundreds of people brave the January wind and cold on the banks of the Humber to attend the service to the lost trawlermen—that is how much it means to the people of our city.
National Lost Trawlermen’s Memorial Day — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Public Lands
Karl Turner (Labour, Centre-left): I am very grateful to the hon. Lady, who makes the point better than me, I suspect, and very passionately; I spotted the Minister listening intently while she spoke While fishermen are among those commemorated on the Tower Hill memorial in London, their relative absence from the wider story of this country’s war effort should be further evidence of the need for a National Lost Trawlermen’s Memorial Day. We mark Lost Trawlermen’s Day in Hull on the last Sunday in January, deliberately and for a significant reason: with high winds and stormy seas, it was always a perilous time for Hull’s fishing fleet, with many losses occurring at that time of year However, January 1968 marked one of the darkest periods in our city’s history, the triple trawler tragedy, when the St Romanus, the Kingston Peridot and the Ross Cleveland all sank within weeks of each other, with the loss of 58 lives. Only one man survived. The devastating blow dealt to Hull’s tight-knit fishing community was a call to arms, and the headscarf revolutionaries, led by Lillian "Big Lil" Bilocca, achieved more for safety at sea in a few days than others had achieved in many decades. Dr Brian Lavery paid tribute to her in his book.
National Lost Trawlermen’s Memorial Day — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Karl Turner (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Gentleman is right that the industry was never safe. Fishermen in Hull and across the country were referred to as "three-day millionaires" because they were paid well, relatively speaking, but when we think about it, they were not paid well enough. The risk of going out to sea on those vessels often meant they did not come home. He makes a good point If I may, I am keen to get back to "Big Lil" Bilocca. She is remembered with folk-hero status in Hull, and her legacy is the cornerstone of our respect for this once dominant industry The cultural institutions marking the contribution of trawlermen and the wider industry to the city of Hull have gone from strength to strength in recent years. Both the Arctic Corsair and the Spurn lightship have recently undergone dry-dock repairs to preserve them for generations to come, which I am delighted to see. It has chiefly been led by Hull City Council and its leader Daren Hale, and they have ensured that the "Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City" project undertakes the vital work needed to preserve and promote Hull’s 800 years of seafaring history.
National Lost Trawlermen’s Memorial Day — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Public Lands
Catherine Jane Smith (Labour, Centre-left): I pay tribute to Hull City Council, which is clearly doing a lot of work on its fishing heritage. Will my hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to Fleetwood Town Council, which since 2017 has taken on responsibility for the two memorials to fishing in Fleetwood? There is one on Dock Street next to Asda and, of course, one on the promenade. As we have two memorials in one fishing town, does that not suggest that a national memorial could solidify how communities across the British Isles have paid the ultimate price to put food on the table?
National Lost Trawlermen’s Memorial Day — House of Commons, 2021-12-13
Topic: Other
Karl Turner (Labour, Centre-left): My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. It is no secret that she is a powerful voice for the industry in her constituency. Indeed, she has often discussed the issue with me and other colleagues who are keen to ensure that it is raised.
BBC Licence Fee — House of Commons, 2021-11-18
Topic: Mixed Topics
Kevin Denis Brennan (Labour, Centre-left): When the Secretary of State is thinking about the future of the licence fee, will she talk to those in the independent sector that the right hon. Gentleman mentioned? Far from saying that they are being squeezed out, they will tell her that the BBC and the system we have of a mixed economy in our creative industries in this country are underpinned by the quality of the BBC. It exercises a gravitational pull that is the envy of the world. I know she thinks deeply about these things, but let me say that it should not be tinkered with just because of ideology; this should be a practical decision on her part.
Sports Bodies’ Bids to Host Major Sporting Events — House of Commons, 2021-11-18
Topic: Civil Rights
Alison McGovern (Labour, Centre-left): Mr Speaker, you and I both support major sporting events coming to the UK, but I want to return briefly to the situation in cricket. The lesson for all sports is that those who fail to deal with cultures of racism and prejudice will ruin our country’s reputation, not build it. I know, Mr Speaker, that you and I, and all Members, Ministers and shadow Ministers in this House were heartbroken listening to Azeem Rafiq yesterday, but, as the Minister has said, it is deeds not words that will make a difference, and that goes for the Government as well. Will the Minister place in the Commons Library any and all correspondence that he has had with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and can he tell the House what discussions he has had with it about its powers and resources and whether they are enough to deal with what we know, and have known for a long time, are chronic problems in sport?
Gambling Review White Paper — House of Commons, 2021-11-18
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Carolyn Harris (Labour, Centre-left): The recent Public Health England report into the impact of gambling harm found that at-risk gamblers were twice as likely to gamble online than the rest of the general gambling population, so can we be assured that the forthcoming gambling White Paper will protect those most vulnerable to gambling harm by ensuring that restrictions to online stakes are introduced at the same level as those to on-land stakes?