In Parliament - Andy Slaughter

Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint Committee

Commons debates

We have a large and thriving Afghan community in west London and I have been proud to get to know many of them in the past few decades as constituents and friends. Many came here because of...

Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint Committee

Commons debates

In her statement on Monday, the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the hon. Member for Louth and Horncastle (Victoria Atkins), said: “Family members of British citizens...

[Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I genuinely thank everybody who has contributed today, including the Front-Bench spokespeople, for the thoughtful, measured way in which these issues have been addressed. We are not going to...

[Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The hon. and learned Lady is coming to the end of her speech, but she is making a very strong point about the factors that are missing—the lacunae—in what the Government are proposing...

[Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I agree with my hon. Friend. We are talking about very large sums of public money, but we are also talking about both a moral duty and resolving a practical problem, which we seem to be very bad...

[Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

That is another excellent point. I realise I am being quite critical of social landlords. We have to be, because sometimes they fall down on their duty quite spectacularly, as the documentary...

[Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

That is absolutely right. It is a triple whammy. There is the fear of living in an unsafe building with one’s life potentially at risk; there are the huge, unaffordable costs I have already...

[Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

As always, my hon. Friend is on top of her brief. That is a very important point that the Minister and shadow Minister may wish to address. Many people who looked at the Building Safety Bill...

[Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered reducing fire risk in high rise social housing. It is a pleasure to be here under your chairship, Ms Rees, and to speak about the subject at last,...

Israel: Arrest Warrants

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, with reference to the decision by the International Criminal Court of 5 February 2021 to extend its jurisdiction...

Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-olds

Commons debates

The Minister is right to say that the virus is still with us. This morning, there were 91 people hospitalised in my local hospital trust compared with 25 on 1 June, and vaccination for...

Afghanistan Policy

Commons debates

This morning, a family with a very sick child, one of 300 people placed in a quarantine hotel in Shepherd’s Bush, were told to get on a coach to Stockport, despite having lodged an...

Lebanon: Palestinians

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 assessment his Department has made of the impact of the economic crisis in Lebanon on (a) poverty...

Impact of Floods in North Westminster

Westminster Hall debates

I am grateful to the Minister for allowing me to intrude. Thames Water has told me that the tideway tunnel, which is very welcome in preventing pollution going into the Thames, would not have...

Impact of Floods in North Westminster

Westminster Hall debates

Will the Minister give way?

Impact of Floods in North Westminster

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate because several hundred of my constituents were equally affected by the floods she is describing. Thames Water candidly described its response to...

Coronavirus: Screening

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 estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of each covid-19 PCR test (a) administered at a testing centre or other NHS...

Cycling: Kensington High Street

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what communication took place between his Department and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea prior to that council’s decision to remove...

Cycling: Kensington High Street

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding was allocated to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for the building of the temporary cycle infrastructure on Kensington...

Israel and Palestine

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Given that the Minister has just said that his Department’s policy is not to encourage or support economic and financial activity in settlements, will he at least say that, where public...