Question on Prevent strategy
In 2019, a Director at Liberty said that the biggest threat to freedom of speech on university campuses came from the Prevent strategy. On the
March 28, 2022
Activities and Campaigns
The case of Child Q
The case of Child Q is horrific. Years on, it is clear that she is still traumatised. Institutional racism and misogyny is the root of
March 25, 2022
Question to Quintin McKellar
For the third time this year, an estimated 50,000 staff from over 67 universities are on strike for fair pay, working conditions and pensions, with
March 23, 2022
Speech on the Nationality and Borders Bill
The true measure of a civilised society is not in its hostility but in its humanity.
March 22, 2022
A National Landlord Register
Shelter have long advocated for a National Landlord Register to hold unscrupulous landlords to account. Private sector tenants should be able to know whether a
March 18, 2022
A woman’s place is in the union
As the women in particular at the Serco Barts NHS strike have demonstrated — a woman’s place is in the politics struggle, in her union,
March 11, 2022
Speech on International Women’s Day
The Government uses the language of “protecting women”, but austerity and real-terms cuts to benefits and pensions has targeted those of us most at risk.
March 10, 2022
Speech on Serco workers at Barts NHS
Serco workers at Barts NHS Trust don’t need lectures on exercising pay restraint — they live with the impact of it everyday:
March 2, 2022
Challenges facing young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds
Today on the Education Committee we are launching our new inquiry into the challenges facing children and young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds.
February 22, 2022
Amendment on ethical investment policies
Today in Parliament, I voted against an amendment to a Bill proposing to prevent pension administrators from pursuing ethical investment policies.
February 22, 2022
Speech on disability rights on the Judicial Review and Courts Bill
I wonder whose side history will come down on in the end, those who challenge injustice and power or the perpetrators of injustice? My speech
February 14, 2022
Covid-19 health inequalities
The Covid-19 pandemic exposed long-standing health inequalities, showing how working across government departments is essential. But the government’s new Office of Health Inequalities and Disparities
February 14, 2022