Rupa Huq MP: speeches

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27 Feb 2025 · Women’s Health · Hansard source
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With a time limit of four minutes—the clock is counting backwards—I call Jim Shannon.
27 Feb 2025 · Women’s Health · Hansard source
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Everyone who wants to speak should be bobbing, because we will be calculating the time limit depending on how many there are.
27 Feb 2025 · Women’s Health · Hansard source
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I am sorry to do this, but I am imposing a newly reduced time limit of three and a half minutes.
27 Feb 2025 · Women’s Health · Hansard source
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Finally, for what we think is her first outing as a Minister in Westminster Hall—although she is a veteran of the Chamber already— I call Ashley Dalton.
25 Feb 2025 · Defence and Security · Hansard source
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The Prime Minister’s statement hits the nail on the head, unlike the rantings of J. D. Vance on European freedom of speech at the Munich security conference. I know the statement will be particularly welcome at the Ealing ex-servicemen’s club, so will the Prime Minister recommit to our veterans, to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and to organisations like the Army cadet centre in Acton and the Territorial Army reservists in Wood Lane, either of which would welcome a visit, for those who have served our nation and those who will do so in the future?
28 Jan 2025 · Airport Expansion · Hansard source
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I am old enough to have been there the last time this question was voted on. In the spirit of Gordon Brown and his tests over the euro, we applied tests of our own on capacity, carbon commitments, minimising noise and environmental impacts, and ensuring benefits for the whole UK. Can the Minister tell me whether those sensible tests still apply? Can he add another one, about costs to the public purse and deliverability, for my constituents, who will be the most affected? They want a better, not a bigger, Heathrow.
22 Jan 2025 · Education, Health and Care Plans · Hansard source
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We are going to work out the time limit for everyone, because 34 names were submitted to speak, but I think there may be even more Members in this room now. The Clerk has done the calculation and it is 75 seconds each—one minute 15 seconds. We will start, as a model of brevity, with the Chair of the Education Committee.
22 Jan 2025 · Education, Health and Care Plans · Hansard source
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Order. I call Charlotte Cane.
22 Jan 2025 · Education, Health and Care Plans · Hansard source
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I call Marie Goldman to respond briefly to this epic debate.
22 Jan 2025 · Education, Health and Care Plans · Hansard source
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Order. I remind hon. Members to bob if they wish to speak so that I can work out exactly how long they have.
22 Jan 2025 · Education, Health and Care Plans · Hansard source
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I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
22 Jan 2025 · Certificate of Common Sponsorship · Hansard source
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Order. I remind hon. Members to stand. We will then work out how much time each Member gets.
22 Jan 2025 · Certificate of Common Sponsorship · Hansard source
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We said five minutes each.
22 Jan 2025 · New Hospital Programme · Hansard source
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Order. We have had the word “you” a few times, which refers to me as the Chair.
22 Jan 2025 · New Hospital Programme · Hansard source
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Order. The Clerk is frowning at me, because this is a bit long for an intervention.
22 Jan 2025 · New Hospital Programme · Hansard source
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I will call Dr Kieran Mullan to move the motion, and then I will call the Minister to respond. As is the convention with these 30-minute wonders, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up.
22 Jan 2025 · New Hospital Programme · Hansard source
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Order. Avoid the word “you”—that is one to steer clear of.
15 Jan 2025 · Point of Order · Hansard source
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On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to raise an all-party parliamentary matter that is causing international ructions. Before Christmas, a report surfaced in the name of the all-party parliamentary group for the Commonwealth. Basically, to the annoyance of APPG officers and many members of the public, it was a hatchet job on the interim Government of Bangladesh. On a delegation to the high commission in London during recess, I was picked up on this. Even when I went to Bangladesh, the interim leader, Professor Yunus, a Nobel prize winner, also said, “What are your Government doing issuing these falsities in the name of Parliament?” I wish to seek your advice on this, Madam Deputy Speaker. Can I get clarification on the significance of such things being issued? When I inquired into this, I was told that a pressure group had put out this report without final sign-off. So do these things constitute policy in any way, and is it right that a partisan organisation can hijack an APPG and then besmirch the name of our Parliament and our Government?
13 Jan 2025 · Topical Questions · Hansard source
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The National Crime Agency estimates that £100 billion of illicit funds flow through the UK yearly. Despite the existence of the David Cameron-created unexplained wealth orders, only 11 orders in total have ever been issued, relating to four or five cases. What is my right hon. Friend doing to stop these orders from becoming pointless, as they were under the Tories, because we cannot afford to use them?
13 Jan 2025 · Live Events Ticketing: Resale and Pricing Practices · Hansard source
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The statement is hugely welcomed by me, after the disappointment of my private Member’s Bill on this subject falling off, and by my constituent Alison Martin, the mum of Coldplay’s Chris, who fed into my Bill. Will my hon. Friend the Minister assure me that he will resist the argument about over-regulation of our lives and market forces that we hear “Time After Time” from Conservative Members? We just heard it again. When I was trying to get sign-ups for my Bill, many Conservative Members did not want to know. This is a consumer protection measure—a cap for all our constituents—to stop those bots from hoovering up tickets and hiking up prices. Will the Minister also reiterate that we are not against all dynamic pricing? The price of tickets can go down as well as up, and we do not mind that.
18 Dec 2024 · Copyright and Artificial Intelligence · Hansard source
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I welcome this consultation and my hon. Friend’s recognition that neither we nor this stuff exists in a bubble. What does he make of the NO FAKES—Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe—Bill, currently in the US House of Representatives, which protects personality and likeness of human writers and artists against misappropriation? The Minister says he is in meetings mode. Does he know what is happening with the consultation on live event ticketing? It would be great to meet him to discuss my private Member’s Bill—the anti-Oasis-style scam, rip-off ticketing Bill—which is being squashed by Friday filibustering.
16 Dec 2024 · Israel and Palestine · Hansard source
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More than half of EU nation states recognise Palestine, and the UK recognises it at the International Criminal Court and in UN agencies. Does the hon. Lady agree that it seems a bit inconsistent for His Majesty’s Government—of both parties—to have a long-standing policy of pursuing a two-state solution if they recognise only one of those states?
10 Dec 2024 · Rare Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases · Hansard source
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I call the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Evans), to speak for His Majesty’s loyal Opposition.
10 Dec 2024 · Rare Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases · Hansard source
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I remind Members that they should bob if they want to be called in the debate.
10 Dec 2024 · Cleve Hill Solar Park · Hansard source
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I will call Helen Whately to move the motion, and then I will call the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention with these 30-minute wonders.

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