In Parliament - Rupa Huq MP

Security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Order. The Clerk is telling me we need to pull the plug.

Security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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It is not a question of time; the right hon. Gentleman was completely within his rights, but we do have at least one vote in the House—we think two. Sitting suspended for Divisions in the...

Security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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I think we have a fair amount of time. Two Back Benchers wish to speak and then there are the Front Benchers.

SEND Provision: Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire

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As this is a 30-minute debate, I will call Alistair Strathern to move the motion, then I will call the Minister to respond. People can intervene on Alistair; that is the format for these debates.

Sheep Farming - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

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Order. I appreciate that there are new Members present and not everyone may be aware of this, but I am being reminded by the Clerk that Members should not use the word “you”....

Sheep Farming - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

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If Members could keep to within seven and a half minutes each, everyone will get in.

Sheep Farming - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

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I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to make a speech, so that we have an idea of how to divide up the time. I call Jim Shannon.

Bangladesh: Police

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of imposing sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion.

Fly-tipping

Westminster Hall debates

It sounds like a panacea, but we do not know who these people are, so there are a lot of issues. But yes, as my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Southall pointed out, having more funding from...

Fly-tipping

Westminster Hall debates

The hon. Lady makes an excellent point, and the idea of the community skip, which my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Southall raised in her speech, sounds like a good one. Why not take the...

Fly-tipping

Westminster Hall debates

Fly-tipping sounds faintly amusing but, as my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Southall (Deirdre Costigan) so expertly pointed out, it costs millions and blights lives. A constituent wrote in...

Demonstrations: Infrastructure

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to implement Section 8 of the Public Order Act 2023.

Topical Questions

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

Mr Speaker, you and I are both old enough to remember Tiananmen Square. The use of lethal force on student protesters in Bangladesh has rightly been condemned by our Government. I urge the...

Business of the House

Commons debates

In recent days, there have been protests in Rome, in Paris, in my right hon. Friend’s city of Manchester and in Trafalgar Square over what has been going on in Bangladesh. A three-figure...

Government Departments and Agencies: Fraud and Error

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

As well as Matt Hancock’s pub landlord scoring a PPE contract despite having zero relevant expertise, non-covid error, fraud and waste cost the public purse £58.5 billion in the year...

Government Departments and Agencies: Fraud and Error

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of fraud and error in Government departments and agencies.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

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, what steps he plans to take to improve support for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Medical Equipment: Waste Disposal

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, what steps he is taking to tackle equipment waste in the NHS.

Housing: Older People

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, when she plans to publish the report of the Older People's Housing Taskforce.

NATO and European Political Community Meetings

Commons debates

It was incredibly pleasing to see the Prime Minister both at NATO and welcoming leaders from across our continent to Blenheim palace, at a historic moment for a reset with Europe after the...

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