In Parliament - Rupa Huq MP

Engagements

The Prime Minister was asked

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

Financial support packages, tackling homelessness, rail nationalisation and honouring Marcus Rashford—there is plenty that this Government have done on covid that I applaud, but with winter...

Abortion Clinics: Protection from Intimidation or Protest

Women and Equalities

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

That is a very encouraging reply. Right now, up and down the country, women are being intimidated and police are having their time taken up by 40 Days for Life, an anti-choice group that is...

Abortion Clinics: Protection from Intimidation or Protest

Women and Equalities

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on protecting women attending abortion clinics from intimidation or protest.

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

Cases in Ealing have shot up, doubling in the past week and making it now the capital’s coronavirus capital. May I therefore commend the Secretary of State’s approach to the...

Sudan

Westminster Hall debates

For us both. Harriett Baldwin, if you wish, the Floor is yours to respond.

Areas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic Support

Commons debates

London, which is now on a watch list, is not only our financial centre but our cultural capital. [Interruption.] I believe so. It is the nation’s beating heart. Despite the £1.57...

CCRC Decision on 44 Post Office Prosecutions

Commons debates

Will the Minister join me in thanking all those at the Post Office and Royal Mail who have kept us all going throughout this crisis? As we know, a disproportionate number are from BME...

Shoplifting: Sentencing

Ministry of Justice

Rupa Huq received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to consult on the effectiveness of the (a) law and (b) sentencing guidelines in relation to shoplifting following recent attacks on...

Point of Order

Commons debates

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I wonder if I might seek your advice. Exactly a week ago in this Chamber, I asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about the efficacy of vitamin...

Coronavirus: Vitamin D

Department of Health and Social Care

Rupa Huq received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 21 September 2020 Official Report, column 633, if he will publish the evidential basis for his...

Coronavirus: Vitamin D

Department of Health and Social Care

Rupa Huq received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the study published in the October 2020 edition of Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's October...

Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for the history lesson. I accept that there was some tinkering under the Brown and Blair Governments, but he must admit that it was under this Government’s...

Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful to the Minister and to you, Mr Speaker, for pointing out what used to go on in the labs of Chorley—not the stuff that happened in Germany, obviously. [Interruption.] This is...

Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill

Commons debates

Unfortunately, the reality of Britain’s forensic services is far removed from the glamour of “NCIS”. Britain’s Sherlockian sleuths and Clouseauian crime detectives do...

Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill

Commons debates

Goodness me, we live and learn, and we learn a new thing every day. What a gory story. It is sad that we are leaving the European Union, because we had access to all those databases, including...

Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is right: we need a mixed-economy approach. Yes, we can allow private firms—I am not saying ban the private sector—but they should coincide with regulation, which...

Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill

Commons debates

What a pleasure it is to be called so unexpectedly early in this debate. Obviously your algorithm is working, Mr Speaker, even though the algorithms for other things—testing, exam...

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

Top-rated medical research has continuously linked vitamin D levels with covid incidence. In Norway, where people have high amounts, cases are rare, whereas here, most Brits are deficient. It is...

Local Government: Sanctions

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rupa Huq received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Supreme Court ruling of 29 April in R (on the application of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd...

Road Traffic Control

Department for Transport

Rupa Huq received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been received by each local authority in (a) London and (b) England for the purposes of creating low traffic neighbourhoods.

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