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09 May Education

Children must be banned from accessing pornography under the Online Safety Bill

Children growing up today have never known life without access to the internet. Their interaction with technology is unrecognisable from previous generations.

27 Apr Foreign affairs

What about the Sudanese?

During emergencies abroad our first thoughts are, and should be, with our own friends and relations and whether they can be evacuated safely.

24 Apr Foreign affairs

Government Warns Of "Rapidly Deteriorating" Situation In Sudan As Evacuation Pressure Builds

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell has said the situation in Sudan is "extremely grave" in a statement to the House of Commons on Monday afternoon, as pressure builds on government to evacuate British nationals from the region.

19 Apr Foreign affairs

Ceasefire urgently needed in Sudan or millions will suffer from lack of aid and escalating violence

News of fighting between the two military factions in Sudan is heart-breaking. It has been strongly condemned by leaders from across the African continent and the international community, as well as MPs from all sides of the United Kingdom Parliament.

06 Mar Home affairs

MP Warns That Online Hate Could Lead To More Real World Attacks On Parliamentarians

Conservative MP Vicky Ford has said that the UK has become an outlier for its number of "real world" violent attacks against politicians.

05 Mar Social affairs

Violence in politics is perverting our democracy – but it need not be a given

In the past seven years two Members of our Parliament have been murdered including my much-loved Essex neighbour, Sir David Amess.

06 Oct 2021 Home affairs

Women’s trust in the police can not be rebuilt until officers are held accountable for their own misconduct

The Prime Minister refusing to make misogyny a hate crime and the Deputy Prime Minister, Dominic Raab, not even knowing the definition of the word, illustrates that tackling violence against women and girls is not a priority for this government.

24 Aug 2021 Home affairs

Westminster should follow Scotland’s lead and introduce news laws to prevent violence against shop workers

Shop workers are key workers, they are the silent heroes in our community, overlooked and underappreciated for too long. But they don’t just need our thanks, they need legislative action.

17 Aug 2021 Home affairs

Misogynistic incel culture must be treated as violent extremism

Responsibility must be placed on online platforms to prevent this toxic ideology from gaining credence and indoctrinating more young men.

21 Jul 2021 Home affairs

Years of austerity and deprivation has allowed crime to thrive while robbing children of their bright futures

Community policing and trust takes investment of both time and money, which are two things that our police forces have been starved of.

Government must enforce pornography safeguards

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09 Jun 2021 Home affairs

Government must enforce pornography safeguards

If the Government is ambitious, the UK could become a trailblazer in preventing online harms.

21 May 2021 Foreign affairs

The UK government must step up and hold those engaging in violence accountable in Israel and Palestine

Without justice and accountability, an end to illegal occupation and co-ordinated international action to bring forward a two-state solution, any end to the conflict will only be postponed.

15 Apr 2021 Brexit

The SDLP’s claim the DUP are “fanning the flames of violence” in Northern Ireland is a disgrace

It is perverse for the SDLP to claim it is “combative language” by unionists that is "fanning the flames" in Northern Ireland when we have condemned, in a vociferous voice, the recent violence that has burst onto the streets.

09 Apr 2021 Brexit

The DUP’s failure to take responsibility is fanning the flames of violence in Northern Ireland

No longer the kingmakers at Westminster and having been roundly ditched by Boris Johnson, the DUP have resorted to their classic position of ‘No’ without offering any viable alternatives, and of deflecting blame wherever it might stick.

19 Mar 2021 Home affairs

We need to raise better boys and men to prevent stranger murders of women

The debate must move on from what women and victims could do differently, to how we stop violent men from reoffending time and again.

08 Mar 2021 Social affairs

We must put ending violence against women at the heart of our G7 presidency

Last week’s Budget saw the Chancellor document the enormous damage that Covid-19 has inflicted upon the country’s finances and the steps that we must now take together to put public spending back on to an even keel.

04 Feb 2021 Political parties

Boris Johnson Has Ordered A Review Into Tackling "Rancid" Sexist Abuse Of Female MPs

A fresh review into how sexist abuse targeted at female MPs can be tackled has been launched by the prime minister.

13 Nov 2020 Home affairs

Domestic abuse was a shameful rot in our communities long before the pandemic – with lockdowns it’s getting far worse

For people living with a domestic abuser, the stress and fear of lockdown is unbearable. The government must learn the lesson of the last few months and implement a clear, well-resourced plan for addressing these crimes.

06 Oct 2020 Home affairs

We must acknowledge the hidden role of gang associated girls

Young women and girls are ignored as victims of gang related violence. We need to invest in solutions based on the reality of female involvement or we risk dealing with only part of the problem.