Parliamentary Activity for Rushnara Ali - Bethnal Green and Bow Labour Party

Education Route Map: Covid-19

Commons debates

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) on securing this very important debate, and pay tribute to all those teachers who have gone beyond the call of duty in our...

Covid-19

Commons debates

I start by paying tribute to all those in the NHS across our local communities, including in my constituency, for everything that they have done to support people during the pandemic. My thoughts...

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

I am grateful to all those working together—the GPs, Queen Mary University of London, the Royal London Hospital, Tower Hamlets Council, the London Muslim Centre and others—in my...

Support for University Students: Covid-19

Commons debates

What is the Minister doing to support the many thousands of students who rely on part-time work to help them through their university life, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds?...

Myanmar

Commons debates

This coup is the latest in a horrifying series of actions by the Myanmar military against the people of that country. We must do all we can to secure the immediate release of the democratically...

Covid Security at UK Borders

Commons debates

Time and again during this pandemic the Government’s incompetence has cost lives. They have been too slow to lockdown, too slow to build an effective test-and-trace system, and too slow to...

Educational Settings: Reopening

Commons debates

Parents and children have faced unprecedented pressures, in part thanks to the incompetence of this Government. We have had the failures with test and trace, we have had indecision about school...

Kickstart Scheme

Work and Pensions

Rushanara Ali made a speech in the House of Commons

With youth unemployment set to reach 1 million and 600,000 already unemployed, can the Minister provide some updates on how her Department will meet the 250,000 kickstart programme target that it...

Kickstart Scheme

Work and Pensions

Rushanara Ali made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps her Department is taking to encourage employers to participate in the kickstart scheme.

Question

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Rushanara Ali received a response to a question they put to the government

What assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on forcibly displaced people in fragile and developing countries.

Uyghur Slave Labour: Xinjiang

Commons debates

Some of the comments that the Minister has made remind me of his predecessor’s responses to the situation in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims. It shows that the failure of our Government to...

Covid-19: Effect on People with Learning Disabilities

Westminster Hall debates

Could the Minister tell us now or in writing about how the actions she is taking to reduce the disproportionate impact of death rates for those with learning disabilities is being addressed with...

Covid-19: Effect on People with Learning Disabilities

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Christian Matheson) on securing this important debate. I want to...

Arrest of Egyptian Human Rights Advocates

Commons debates

As I said, I am grateful for the interventions the Foreign Secretary has made as well, and I know the family are. Will the Minister take away my point about Patrick Zaki, a colleague of...

Arrest of Egyptian Human Rights Advocates

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for raising that case and I could not agree with him more. It is really important that the European Union and the UK work together to ensure that such actions of the...

Arrest of Egyptian Human Rights Advocates

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The strength of our partnership should be judged by the ability to provide constructive criticism to Governments who are responsible for human rights...

Arrest of Egyptian Human Rights Advocates

Commons debates

I rise to speak in support of Karim Ennarah, the husband of my constituent Jessica Kelly. I also want to highlight the widespread human rights abuses under the current Egyptian regime. Karim...

Nurseries and Early Years Settings

Westminster Hall debates

May I ask Members to keep their remarks to four minutes so that we do not need a formal time limit?

Nurseries and Early Years Settings

Westminster Hall debates

I remind hon. Members that there have been some changes to normal practice to support the new call list system and to ensure that social distancing is respected. Hon. Members should sanitise...

Spending Review 2020 and OBR Forecast

Commons debates

The British people have faced an incredibly difficult year, with covid and the resulting economic crisis. We then have the looming prospect of either a no-deal Brexit or a minimalist one that...