In Parliament - Rupa Huq MP

Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice

Commons debates

I cannot be the only Member to have had dozens of emails from constituents who are dismayed that, under this guidance, the vague, ill-defined and highly subjective term “discomfort of...

Ticket Reselling

Business and Trade

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

Indeed—reflections of you. Will Ministers meet me to discuss the solution? My meticulously researched, widely backed ballot Bill from 2024 is ready-made and ready to go. It deals with this...

Ticket Reselling

Business and Trade

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

Ending ticketing scandals was a manifesto pledge prompted by the Oasis surge-pricing scandal, but it appears only in draft form in the King’s Speech. Peak gig-going season is upon...

Ticket Reselling

Business and Trade

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the role of the Competition and Markets Authority in the resale of tickets for sporting and cultural...

Defence Readiness

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making a powerful case for how investing in our armed forces and defence, after 14 years of Tory neglect, is imperative to get Britain growing and for our defence preparedness,...

High Speed 2: Impact on Communities

Commons debates

I also have fond memories of Cheryl Gillan, who I stood against in 2005. The hon. Lady knows my seat well, and the things she describes have a lot of resonance with Wells House Road, NW10, which...

High Speed 2 Reset

Commons debates

I welcome the honesty and clarity, after years of sitting opposite the Conservatives and not knowing whether HS2 was happening at all, or where it would start and stop—it was going to be a...

Backing Business to Create Economic Growth

Debate on the Address

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

Last Wednesday—it seems so much longer ago—saw the second King’s Speech of this Labour Government, with 37 Bills to address the UK’s economic, energy and national security...

Clause 21 - Power to make consequential amendments

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss clauses 22 to 27 stand part.

New Clause 18 - Expiry of sections 1 to 7 in specified circumstances

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 24—Expiry of sections 1 to 7— “(1) Sections 1 to 7 of this Act expire three months after the date on which the condition in...

New Clause 11 - Pilot of trial allocation reforms

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New Clause 8 - Judicial training: anti-discrimination

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 9—Judicial training: violence against women and girls— “(1) Any member of the judiciary who may be assigned...

New Clause 3 - Extended sitting hours for Crown Court Proceedings

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Order. The Clerk advises me that you are going a little out of scope.

New Clause 3 - Extended sitting hours for Crown Court Proceedings

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following:

British Nationals Abroad: Death

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, on what legal basis her Department defers to a foreign police force's classification of the death of a British...

Iraq: Security

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, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the activities of the Popular Mobilisation Forces...

Clause 8 - Restriction on evidence or questions about complainant’s sexual history

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss clause stand part.

Ministerial Code

Rupa Huq made a speech in the House of Commons

It is really great that Ministers have rapidly set about reforming the ministerial code so that never again will the public purse be forced to pay out £253,720 for ex-Ministers who were in...

Clause 7 - Appeals from magistrates’ courts

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

It is in the group.

Clause 7 - Appeals from magistrates’ courts

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Rupa Huq made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment 63, in schedule 2, page 38, line 33, leave out from “only if” to the end of line 35 and insert “the Crown...

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