In Parliament - Rupa Huq MP

Points of Order

Commons debates

indicated assent.

Points of Order

Commons debates

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker, may I seek your advice? In the run-up to my debate on English language schools in Westminster Hall this week, my office was contacted numerous times by...

Agricultural and County Shows - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Rupa Huq made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

More holiday suggestions than you can shake a stick at. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered the importance of agricultural and county shows to rural Britain....

Trade with the EU

International Trade

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

I, too, welcome the Minister to what I hope is a long and fruitful career. My question is about services, not goods. Our biggest export is the English language—it is the lingua franca of...

Agricultural and County Shows - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Rupa Huq made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Already becoming a veteran for a relatively new Minister, I call Steve Double.

Trade with the EU

International Trade

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps she plans to take to help increase trade with the EU.

Agricultural and County Shows - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Rupa Huq made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

From Wales to Yorkshire: Andrew Jones.

Agricultural and County Shows - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Rupa Huq made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Just the jackets! I call Richard Holden to move the motion.

Agricultural and County Shows - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Rupa Huq made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Given the unseasonably warm weather, I am happy to give my blanket permission for everyone to remove their jackets. The convention is that you have to go through me, but you can all have it off,...

Topical Questions

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

The President showed great leadership at COP26, which we all respect him for. Will he do the same again and cut back on a project that is polluting the lungs of both his and my constituents? Will...

Self-Employed: Car Allowances

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the mileage allowance rates for self-employed people in the context of recent increases in the cost of fuel.

Mental Health: Research

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of increasing spending on mental health...

Business Rates

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy about the operation of the business rates...

NHS: Staff

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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tax unregistered top up scheme for senior NHS workers, in line...

Leaving the EU: UK Language Schools

Westminster Hall debates

Will the Minister give way?

Leaving the EU: UK Language Schools

Westminster Hall debates

There may be bad apples out there, but that does not detract from the fact that during the votes my hon. Friends the Members for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) and for Canterbury...

Leaving the EU: UK Language Schools

Westminster Hall debates

Okay. Minister, I had a bit more, which I will try to cover in a couple of sentences. The other thing that worries me is that this hostile environment has prevailed at other levels, too. As my...

Leaving the EU: UK Language Schools

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is so right. He is from a capital city; I mentioned cities at the beginning. I understand that the number of language schools in Cardiff has boomed from a small number a decade...

Leaving the EU: UK Language Schools

Westminster Hall debates

I completely concur with the hon. Member. We have all heard about the backlog—perhaps the Minister will talk about it—of people waiting to get passports at this time of year when they...

Leaving the EU: UK Language Schools

Westminster Hall debates

My apologies: I think the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) wanted to intervene next.

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