In Parliament - Andy Slaughter

Violence in Israel and Palestine

Commons debates

If the Foreign Secretary will take action on ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang, why not in Sheikh Jarrah? If the UK Government will impose sanctions for the occupation of Crimea, why do they allow...

Support for Asylum Seekers - [Philip Davies in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The Home Office is knowingly presiding over an asylum accommodation and dispersal system that sees some of the most vulnerable people in the UK forced into squalid and overcrowded accommodation...

Ministerial Code

Commons debates

The Minister has a specific duty to ensure transparency in Government through the Freedom of Information Act. Is he concerned that Transparency International last year identified nine unremedied...

Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

Commons debates

The commission’s chair says that it found no evidence in Britain of institutional racism, which it defines as “racist or discriminatory processes, policies, attitudes or behaviours in...

Trespass - [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Will the Minister give way?

Trespass - [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Will the Minister explain why he thinks that the organisations that he indicates, such as the Ramblers Association, whose comments I read out, are not at all persuaded by the Government’s...

Trespass - [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to be before you in Westminster Hall, Mr Bone. I thank the Petitions Committee for facilitating the debate, which has come slightly later than we envisaged—it was due to...

Hammersmith Bridge

Commons debates

I am most grateful to the Minister for giving way. We need £4 million towards investigation work and there is a bill of over £140 million for repairs. Where does the Minister think that...

Hammersmith Bridge

Commons debates

Will the Minister give way?

Hammersmith Bridge

Commons debates

Will the Minister give way?

Hammersmith Bridge

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is being most generous in giving way. In fact, both Hammersmith and Fulham Council and Transport for London have contributed a sum of about £25 million. The Government have...

Hammersmith Bridge

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent case, but I think she is being slightly too generous towards the taskforce. A letter from the Hammersmith Society, which is a strictly non-political and very...

Joint Biosecurity Centre: Consultants

Department of Health and Social Care

Andrew Slaughter 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 publish a list of consultancies hired by his Department for any period from 1 March 2020 to the present day to undertake work...

Joint Biosecurity Centre: Consultants

Department of Health and Social Care

Andrew Slaughter 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 publish all the consultancies contracted by his Department for any period between 1 March 2020 and 19 January 2021 to...

Learning Disability: Nurses

Department of Health and Social Care

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) effect of the shortage of learning disability nurses on the inappropriate use of Do not...

Israel: Lebanon

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) type of violations of UN Security Council...

Independent Review of Administrative Law

Commons debates

The amount of time and resources spent by successive Conservative Governments on restricting judicial review is extraordinary. It is one slender means that the individual has to challenge the...

[1st Allocated Day]

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Ask almost anyone involved in the criminal justice system for their priorities, and they will not say, “More new offences, types and lengths of sentences, and further layers of complexity...

West Bank: Demolition

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take in response to Israeli demolitions of Palestinian infrastructure and continued...

West Bank: Demolition

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Andrew Slaughter 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 steps his Department has taken to end demolitions of Palestinian homes and structures and prevent...