Human Rights: MP Steve Reed clashes in Commons with Dominic Raab

Steve Reed: "The Secretary of State’s proposed Bill of Rights will mandate British courts to override the European convention on human rights in certain circumstances..." Dominic Raab: "...the ECHR is retained within a schedule to the Bill of Rights.....he should back us in taking every measure to remove foreign national offenders, because that is what the British …

Political diary 1: Lambeth council own 33,000 properties. Each week they do 2,000 repairs to them. 2,000 repairs times 52 weeks equals 104,000. Does that mean every property must be repaired at least three times a year – and in some cases more. So what the hell is going on there?… Intimate Parner Homicides: Number of suspects known for previous domestic abuse between 51 per cent and 60 per cent, new figures show…

The Housing Ombudsman's report eviscerating Lambeth council over their repairs to people's homes - or lack of them - includes the following from Lambeth council: Lambeth has more than 33,000 council homes, undertakes over 2,000 repairs each week. The repairs figure was mentioned at a Lambeth council housing scrutiny sub-committee last November. It didn't sound …

Ellie Reeves quizzes minister on taxing non -doms – but does she get a proper answer to her question? – as the area’s three MPs quiz ministers on Women’s health issues… Domestic Abuse: Serial Perpetrators… Life imprisonment re-offenders… Airport assistance for disabled people

The area's three MPs have quizzed Government ministers in the Commons on a wide variety of subjects - including taxing non-doms. In a debate on tax system fairness Ellie Reeves Shadow Minister (Justice) asked what recent steps have been taken to ensure fairness in the application of the tax system. Victoria Atkins The Financial Secretary to the …

MP quizzes ministers on figures for stalking, domestic abuse, victims withdrawing complaints, compensation payments and litigation damages to prisoners,

Croydon North MP Steve Reed, in his capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, has been asking a whole raft of questions on figures for stalking, domestic abuse, victims withdrawing complaints, compensation payments and litigation damages to prisoners and other related issues. These have included: STALKING AND PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS FOR SIMILAR OFFENCES Steve Reed Shadow …

Political diary: In which Steve Reed quizzes a minister on appointing Covid inquiry panel members.. Ellie Reeves MP quizzes a minister on gender pay gap… and Helen Hayes MP extracts answers on dentistry services and oral cancers

COVID INQUIRY PANEL MEMBERS Steve Reed Shadow Secretary of State for Justice To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to meet with the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice to discuss appointing panel members to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Hansard source(Citation: HC Deb, 26 January 2023, cW)   Alex Burghart The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office Appointments to an inquiry panel are …

Violence against women and girls: Deputy PM Dominic Raab responds to criticism from MPs Ellie Reeves and Steve Reed – in separate debates

Lewisham West and Penge MP Ellie Reeves and Croydon North MP Steve Reed both found themselves getting an earful from Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab - in separate Commons debates. In a Commons debate on Violence against Women and Girls: Reform of the Criminal Justice System Ellie Reeves Shadow Minister (Justice) said: Responsibility for ending violence …

Political diary: Answering the question on sexual offences but not answering the question on sexual offences

Earlier this week this diary drew attention to questions on rape sentencing which Croydon North MP Steve Reed - one of the area's three Parliamentarians - asked in the Commons and was referred to a series of tables available on the Internet for the answers. Yesterday (Wednesday) another of our three local MPs. Ellie Reeves …

MPs quiz ministers on impact of rail service reductions – and tackling Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs)

MP Helen Hayes has asked a Government minister about the potential impact of planned rail service frequencies on passenger numbers - and revenue. Helen Hayes Shadow Minister (Education) To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the context of the proposed reduction in rail service frequency and carriage numbers in London, what estimate his Department has …

Stalking figures on the rise, MP told as he quizzes ministers – but there are no figures for repeat offences of domestic abuse

Figures of those charged with stalking having committed a previous similar offence are on the rise, MP Steve Reed has been told in a written Commons answer. Stalking offences include racially or religiously motivated stalking without violence, racially or religiously motivated stalking with fear of violence; both under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and stalking involving …

Community payback: MPs criticise Government ministers on various issues…as a Government minister raises her concerns that a private letter she wrote to the Speaker appears in a national newspaper…

MPs Steve Reed (Croydon North) and Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge) have quizzed ministers on reoffending rates, support for victims of crime, probation service staffing and rape victims. But there was a sharp barb in Government minister Victoria Atkins response to one of the questions when she revealed a letter she had written to …