Parliament - Rupa Huq MP

Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (23/10/20)

Prime Minister’s Question on extending free school meals

With winter set to bite, and no end to the virus in sight, the Government is nonetheless withdrawing support on so many fronts: cutting financial support for workers, ending free school meals for over a million children, and so on. I made clear to him today at Prime Minister’s Questions…

Question to Minister Atkins on buffer zones outside abortion clinics

I have long campaigned to ensure that all women are able to access abortion services free of intimidation and harassment. Ahead of my Demonstrations (Abortion Clinics) Bill coming to the House next month, I will today be meeting with Minister Victoria Atkins about this vital issue. In response to my…

Rupa Huq MP secures major breakthrough on Vitamin D

I have secured a major victory in the Commons today. After weeks of tireless campaigning on the potential benefits of Vitamin D in the fight against Covid-19, the Health Secretary has today confirmed that he has reassessed the evidence and will be increasing the public messaging around Vitamin D. This…

Future Relationship with the EU Committee (07/10/20)

Rupa Huq MP questions Michael Gove MP at the FREU committee. This exchange was written about in the Evening Standard‘s Londoner Diary: “A TOUGH day for musicians in Parliament yesterday. First Rag’n’Bone Man suffered Michael Gove quoting him. As the Cabinet Office Minister was talking about Brexit and borders, he…

Rupa Huq MP calls for more support for the arts sector

While chancellor was posing I asked his stand-in to help all those Excluded UK freelancers and self-employed arts workers and got heckled by the Speaker! The Questors Theatre and others need answers, they are not expendable. The promised bailout for the arts is not reaching those in need. #ExcludedUK #SupportTheArts

Rupa Huq MP’s urgent question on the Post Office scandal

Rupa Huq’s speech in favour of the Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill

Inadequate forensics has prevented the prosecution of criminals and failed to secure justice for victims. This morning, I spoke in favour of Darren Jones’s Private Members Bill at second reading, which makes provision for the appointment of a beefed up forensic science regulator. The bill is the first step towards…

Question to the Health Secretary on link between Vitamin D and Covid-19

A range of organisations including Public Health England and NICE, as well as medical research as long as your arm, have all concluded that #Covid19 and Vitamin D are linked (https://tinyurl.com/y2gohump). Yet when I asked the Health Secretary Matt Hancock if there could be wider availability of Vitamin D, the…

Future Relationship with the EU Committee (9/9/20)

We are running out of time before the EU transition period ends and the latest government slogan to ready businesses with the red tape of customs and admin spanning driving licences, health insurance and passports is “Check, Change, Go” as seen here: https://www.gov.uk/transition At the Exiting EU committee I asked…