In Parliament - Rupa Huq MP

Review of impact of Act on job creation

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is so much more knowledgeable than me. Lots of my constituents cannot afford to buy their own home and are in rented accommodation, so that does not even apply to them. They are in...

Review of impact of Act on job creation

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

I completely concur with the right hon. Gentleman. It is very disappointing that even the crumbs of the Morse review are not being fully implemented in a transparent and fair way. Again, we have...

Review of impact of Act on job creation

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

I completely agree, and I pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend has done on the APPG, together with the right hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike Penning); they have done brilliant...

Review of impact of Act on job creation

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is completely right. HMRC needs to show some humanity in these cases. The scheme was obviously badly implemented, with inadequate impact assessment. The word “scandal”...

Review of impact of Act on job creation

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

I think it was some time before Brexit, when we had that previous Speaker with his comedy antics, that it used to be said that we are gripped by an age of apathy in politics. Well, I have to say...

Review of DST

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

The information is already collected—this is just about making it transparent, open and public. As I said in my speech, we could give companies time to readjust if they wanted to move...

Review of DST

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Review of DST

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

I think that is the point. The Minister should recognise that this has cross-party support. I started by praising the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield; I am ending with the Metro Mayor, the...

Review of DST

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

Yes, I think we should be working closely with the EU, but we can even beat them to it. Already on the EU Council there are countries such as France—which was called “cheese-eating...

Review of DST

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman is on the all-party parliamentary group and I know that he secretly agrees. Perhaps he is not saying so because his Whips are listening. The EU is our biggest trading partner....

Review of DST

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

I rise to echo some of the points that the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) opposite made about new clause 33. Although it is not being pressed to a vote today, I hope that...

Westferry Printworks Development

Commons debates

Does my hon. Friend agree that we do not need a detailed chronology or to go over the books with a fine-toothed comb to realise that this is redolent of the stench of sleaze? It brought down the...

Demonstrations (Abortion Clinics)

Commons debates

I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to restrict demonstrations in the vicinity of abortion clinics; and for connected purposes. The demands in this Bill are not new, and...

DFID-FCO Merger

Commons debates

After failing to consult the Cabinet let alone the sector, does the takeover not spell the end of collective responsibility and transparency, and show us that it is not the Foreign Secretary or...

Topical Questions

International Trade

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

The use of bullets, tear gas and batons on innocent protesters has, as the Secretary of State acknowledged, shocked the world in the aftermath of the brutal killing of George Floyd, so can she...

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

Department for Work and Pensions

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 54982 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Assessments, what her timetable is for that...

UK-EU Negotiations

Commons debates

I can see why, with everything else going wrong for them, the Government want to rehash their greatest hits, but the right hon. Gentleman seems to have missed a fundamental 80% of our GDP, which...

Economic Outlook and Furlough Scheme Changes

Commons debates

As a Labour member of the class of 2015, may I echo the remarks made about Jo Cox? She is much missed, and was murdered in cold blood while doing an advice surgery, which we all do every week in...

History: Education

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to include in the school curriculum mandatory lessons on (a) black history and (b) UK colonial history.

Private Renters: Covid-19

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Minister for his response, but on the day that Marcus Rashford, a 22 year-old footballer, wrote to all of us in the House to raise the spectre of family impoverishment under...

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