Ayoub Khan MP: speeches

Speeches

• 23 Jun 2026 · Fly-tipping: Residential Areas · Hansard source

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  Will the Minister give way?

• 23 Jun 2026 · Fly-tipping: Residential Areas · Hansard source

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  Will the Minister give way?

• 1 Jun 2026 · Child Sexual Offender Data · Hansard source

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  I welcome the £65 million additional support for getting to the facts of what happened up and down this country. Youth centres have been mentioned, and in Birmingham we have lost 38. Will the Minister consider looking at further investment in youth centres, which could capture a lot of data that might be useful?

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  Will the hon. Member give way?

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  The British public are already fed up with politicians—we see that from the low turnout at general elections. We have here a prime example of why the British public have lost confidence in politicians. We are trying to shield the public from the truth and hide it from them. Does the right hon. Member agree that in order to restore that trust, this Prime Minister must be put in front of the Committee?

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  Whatever the merits of the motion, does the hon. Member accept that the party whip should not be exercised so that politicians are constrained and cannot support or oppose a particular motion? Does he agree that that whip should be withdrawn?

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  The Minister clearly believes that the Prime Minister has a defensible position, so will he support the withdrawal of the whipping of Labour Back Benchers?

• 28 Apr 2026 · Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · Hansard source

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  Of course, every Member is entitled to make their decision, and to vote in either Lobby, but they have to justify that to the electorate. Given that, does the hon. Member believe that a three-line Whip is necessary?

• 28 Apr 2026 · UK-India Technology Security Initiative · Hansard source

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  The hon. Member is making a very persuasive argument for building relationships between two democratic nations. Does he agree that consideration of human rights must also be at the forefront? There are violations in Kashmir, so does he agree that the Government should intervene and ensure that international law is upheld?

• 22 Apr 2026 · Junior Doctors’ Foundation Programme · Hansard source

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  In relation to the consultation on the PIA system, does the Minister agree that, if there is no appeal process in the system, it cannot be fair, because there will be extenuating circumstances that ought to be considered? That is something I suspect the Government could implement relatively easily.

• 20 Apr 2026 · Security Vetting · Hansard source

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  I have a degree of sympathy for the Prime Minister, I truly do, because he has set out very succinctly how he followed the processes and procedures. However, as members of the Bar, we are taught at a very embryonic stage in our profession that if you take on a client and there is something suspicious, you contact the ethics line. As a member of the Bar and a King’s Counsel, that would have been a trait that the Prime Minister was all too familiar with, so can he answer the basic question for the British public of why he did not take that basic step?

• 17 Mar 2026 · Youth Unemployment · Hansard source

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  Across the west midlands, around 29,000 young people are unemployed, with unemployment rates in parts of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall running at double the national average. I welcome the measures announced today, but how will the Government ensure they reach young people in high unemployment areas such as Birmingham Perry Barr, where approximately 2,000 young people are unemployed, rather than resources being spread thinly across the counties and the country?

• 16 Mar 2026 · Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address · Hansard source

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  Mandelson wanted more than half a million pounds to walk away from his job. This Government gave him £75,000; that went to someone who the Prime Minister said was clearly dishonest and lied. Will the Government be seeking to recover that public money—taxpayers’ money?

• 16 Mar 2026 · GP Contract · Hansard source

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  Many of the surgeries in my constituency have faced enormous pressure when having to deal with patients who cannot get an appointment, so I welcome the additional support that will come to our communities, especially inner-city communities. The Laurie Pike and al-Shafa medical centres in my constituency do so much work on prevention; I hope the Minister will join me in commending them on the work they do. Will there be ringfenced funding for preventive work in areas such as cardiovascular disease detection, respiratory illnesses and diabetes?

• 16 Mar 2026 · United Nations Charter · Hansard source

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  10. What steps his Department is taking to meet its legal obligations under articles 2(4) and 51 of the United Nations charter.

• 26 Feb 2026 · Youth Services: Birmingham Perry Bar · Hansard source

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  I know that I would not be in this House—the mother of all democracies—and I would certainly not be a barrister, if I had not benefited from youth centres in my ward of Aston. I recognise how important they are. We have lost somewhere in the region of 50 youth workers in Birmingham and my constituency lost out on the Pride in Place funding, which was £20 million that we could have benefited from. Given the importance of youth centres, the loss of Oakland youth centre and the risk of closure of Lozells Recreation Group, will the Secretary of State meet me and representatives of youth clubs in my constituency to see how we can ensure that that service remains in my area?

• 26 Feb 2026 · Youth Services: Birmingham Perry Bar · Hansard source

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  6. What steps her Department has taken to help improve youth services in Birmingham Perry Barr constituency.

• 11 Feb 2026 · Engagements · Hansard source

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  Rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose. [ Laughter. ]

• 11 Feb 2026 · Supported Exempt Accommodation: Birmingham · Hansard source

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  Of course.

• 7 Jan 2026 · Jury Trials · Hansard source

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  Will the hon. Lady give way?

• 5 Jan 2026 · Venezuela · Hansard source

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  Absent international rules-based order leads to chaos. We all know that within chaos there is order; sadly, that order is one in which the strongest survive and the most vulnerable and weak die. That is neither just nor morally right. How can we be champions of and advocates for the international rules-based order yet wholly equivocal when it comes to calling out this flagrant breach of international law?

• 10 Dec 2025 · Kashmir: Self-determination · Hansard source

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  We have constantly heard that this is a bilateral issue. The existence of UN resolutions clearly suggests it is not a bilateral but an international issue. Does the hon. Member agree?

• 10 Dec 2025 · Kashmir: Self-determination · Hansard source

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  Will the hon. Member give way?

• 2 Dec 2025 · Pandemics: Support for People with Autism · Hansard source

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  I thank the hon. Member for the powerful and persuasive argument he is making in relation to his constituent, Ivan. Neuro- divergent children who went through the trauma of the pandemic are finding it very difficult to establish themselves in schools. It is already the case in Birmingham, certainly in my constituency of Birmingham Perry Barr, that schools are underfunded when it comes to addressing some of these challenges. Would he ask the Government to provide additional funding for schools that now have these classic symptoms, which are ever-growing?