Rupa Huq MP calls on Government to do more to tackle vaccine hesitancy among minority ethnic communities

Today I raised in Parliament how the huge chasm between minority ethnic groups and white British vaccine take-up highlights how government strategy of targeting faith communities and other self appointed BAME “leaders” is failing. Response was that I should be more grateful!

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Rupa Huq MP presses Minister about ongoing barriers to access medical cannabis

All very well for a government 10 year drug strategy but shouldn’t they deliver on past promises first? I asked the minister… medical cannabis on the NHS was legislated for three years ago – so why are families struggling as it’s impossible to obtain?

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Rupa Huq MP calls for statutory inquiry into Met Police following homophobic murders

It may sound unsisterly to attack the record of a woman in public office, but the number of failures under Met Commissioner Cressida Dick’s watch this year alone are manifold — including series of homophobic Stephen Port murders. During Margaret Hodge MP’s Urgent Question, I demanded action.

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Rupa Huq MP to Minister: Cut VAT on heating bills to alleviate pensioner poverty this Christmas

With winter biting, and with countless energy companies going to the wall, many elderly people will struggle to pay off their heating bills this Christmas. Age UK predict that rising energy bills will push a further 150,000 pensioners into fuel poverty this winter. The Government needs to do more about…

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Rupa Huq MP on Downing St lockdown bash: Why is it always women who take the fall?

Yesterday a tearful Allegra Stratton pretty much admitted there WAS a party when London was under Tier 3 in Downing Street. When Kay Burley of Sky News’s Tier 2 party was busted she got a 6 month ban off air. But will any blokes or the PM ever take responsibility?

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Rupa Huq MP presses Rishi Sunak on access to cash

Today I challenged Rishi Sunak to do more to address the difficulties many of my constituents face when trying to access cash. Covid has accelerated the closure of bank branches, and now Acton has none. This is causing real difficulties for many people, including the older and more vulnerable, as…

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Rupa Huq MP slams Tory Government for series of broken promises

Over the past 16 days, the Tories have been exposed: billions of pounds of taxpayer money handed to their mates and donors, Tory MPs getting rich by working as lobbyists and missing votes to be in the Caribbean advising tax havens. They’ve repeatedly broken promises, on the pensions triple lock,…

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Rupa Huq MP presses Boris Johnson on reports that UK will withdraw from vital research programmes

If we want to effectively fight climate change (and Covid), we need research, development and partnership with other nations as COP26 demonstrated. A rather croaky Boris Johnson refused to deny to me that he’s ripping us out of flagship programmes that tackle these out of anti-EU spite.

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Rupa Huq MP calls out Ocado Zoom for its disgraceful treatment of its workers

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Rupa Huq MP: Shame on Ocado!

The CEO of @OcadoZoom refuses to meet with me as MP for their Acton depot so I asked Employment Minister if she can make an exception to the Government’s unwillingness to deal with #fireandrehire to help these workers as @IWGBunion  have been. Will try @beisgovuk and petition route #ShameOnOcado

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PMQs: Rupa Huq MP challenges Prime Minster Boris Johnson to ditch third runway at Heathrow

If the Prime Minister is serious about the climate emergency, perhaps he could start by ditching the third runway at Heathrow. At PMQs just now, I challenged him to pull the plug on these environmentally-disastrous proposals and hold another vote on it in the Commons. After all, he did pledge…

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Rupa Huq MP calls on Rishi Sunak to extend business rates relief to hospitality suppliers

As the #Budget2022 debate nears its conclusion, I asked Rishi Sunak to apply the 50% hospitality business rate reduction to their struggling suppliers, such as Acton-based firm Fashionizer. Got a NO but at least I was able to give the Speaker a “Made In Acton” facemask. Tory MPs need some…

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Rupa Huq MP asks a Foreign Office question

22/10/21 During Foreign Office questions today I asked two questions: — If our Government will impress upon counterparts in Poland the need for an independent judiciary to uphold rule of law. — To restate UK as a sovereign state controls its borders and can disallow those with history of hate…

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Rupa Huq MP pays tribute to Sir David Amess MP in the House of Commons

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Another broken promise: Rupa Huq MP calls on Boris Johnson to honour his dementia spending pledge

The Conservatives have failed to deliver on the “dementia research moonshot” they pledged in their 2019 manifesto. Thousands upon thousands of families who are living with this cruel condition are still waiting for the Government’s promised doubling of research spending. Yesterday I called on the Prime Minister to deliver on…

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Covid-19: Rupa presses Vaccines Minister to do more to encourage teens to take the jab

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Rupa Huq MP challenges Vaccines Minister on issues related to NHS Covid Pass

The Government needs to get a grip on issues related to the NHS Covid Pass. People who have taken part in vaccine trials, and those who have been jabbed in other countries, are being prevented from travelling and attending events. It’s a real injustice and needs sorting as soon as…

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Rupa Huq MP calls on Dominic Raab to recognise the Armenian Genocide

It is high time the UK Government joined over 30 states, including the United States, in formally recognising the extermination of two million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire between 1915-1923 as genocide. Today I called on the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab MP, to recognise the Armenian Genocide. He said the…

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Rupa Huq MP presses Govt to tackle violence against NHS professionals

I am deeply concerned by reports of NHS vaccination staff and volunteers being abused and intimidated by anti-vaxx #COVIDIOTS and people desperate to get their second dose before they are allowed to. Such behaviour is unacceptable. These thugs need to be appropriately punished, as I told the Vaccines Minister Nadhim…

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Brexit committee scrapped, no vote on foreign aid cuts … why is the Govt scared of scrutiny?

Why is the Government so scared of scrutiny? — No vote on international aid cuts. — Brexit select committee shut down and disbanded. Along with draconian proposals to ban protests and make it harder for millions of people to vote, it’s clear the Tories are getting more and more authoritarian.…

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Rupa to Minister: Govt must challenge the inequality that holds back BME people at work

Today I challenged the Government to tackle the inequality that holds back Black, Asian and ethnic minority people at work. It’s unacceptable that BME people are still less likely to be in management posts, and more likely to be unemployed and less well paid. The time for excuses and delays…

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