For more than 15 years, NHS buildings have suffered from chronic neglect. Emergency departments have been flooded by burst pipes, operating theatres have been shut down due to electrical failures, and maternity wards have lacked the basic facilities needed to provide dignified
Before being elected as the MP for Ealing Southall, I was the national officer for disability equality at the country’s biggest trade union, UNISON. I was also a shop steward for many years, representing people with problems at work. Astoundingly, about two-thirds
In an age of self-driving cars and space tourism, it is astonishing that many people in rural Britain still can’t reliably make a phone call or load a web page. I represent Frome and East Somerset, a largely rural constituency, and earlier
Ten-minute rule motions offer MPs an opportunity to seek permission to introduce a Bill to Parliament. While Bills introduced this way go to the end of the long queue of Private Members’ Bills and so don’t make progress, they are in important
For all the headlines one of the most striking things about the Government’s ill-advised reset summit with the EU on 19 May was that there was not a great deal of substance and for most purposes it amounted to little more than
Just before the Whitsun recess, I held a debate in Westminster Hall to highlight a devastating condition that has been ignored for far too long: Chronic Urinary Tract Infections. For thousands of women, this illness is not just painful, it is life-destroying.
The past five years have seen unprecedented change and disruption in the global trade network. Against this backdrop, the UK stands as a connector, bridging systems, processes, and old and new alliances. Our identity as a trading nation is once again in
We often debate difficult issues in Parliament but few matters have shaken me as deeply as the systematic abduction of Ukrainian children by Russian forces. When I stood to open the recent Westminster Hall debate on this very subject, joined by colleagues
At the end of April, I called an Adjournment Debate on Government support for people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in response to the horror, frustration and guilt my constituents told me they were feeling as the horrors in Gaza and the
Earlier this week, in my role as a member of the Petitions Committee, I had the privilege of leading a Westminster Hall debate on e-petition 701159, which calls for transgender people to be able to self-identify their legal gender. With over 127,000
Despite the UK currently enjoying some very welcome warm weather, the reality is that as a nation we experience considerable rainfall – regrettably the threat of inland flooding is a reality for far too many residents. In my Mid Norfolk constituency, we
We are fortunate to have so many amazing pubs in the UK. In my own constituency the pubs Reigate, Redhill, Banstead and our villages, are far more than just a place to have a pint. They are the heart and soul of
