All articles written by Yasmin Qureshi MP on PoliticsHome.com

26 Mar 2024 Health

Hospitals and GPs alone do not have the capacity to help all those with hearing loss

It was a regular Tuesday morning, and I was on the order paper for Justice questions.

28 Oct 2022 Economy

It’s time to make flexible working an option for all

Millions of people face the dual challenge of balancing full or part-time work with other responsibilities; flexibility in the workplace is no longer a perk.

06 Aug 2021 Coronavirus

Pakistan’s place on the red list is political, not scientific, and reeks of discrimination

This has been a political decision taken by the UK government to soften up the Indian government ahead of trade negotiations and signals a turn away from Pakistan – a country with such a rich shared history and culture.

19 May 2021 Coronavirus

Matt Hancock is blaming people in Bolton for "vaccine hesitancy" – I won’t stand for it

After the torrid fifteen months we have had locally in Bolton, to be treated as some kind of knuckle-dragging outliers by those in Westminster is deeply disingenuous.

08 Jul 2020 Social affairs

Governments of all colours have blocked justice for victims of the Primodos scandal — today’s review must be a turning point

Five decades on from the first warnings about a hormone-based pregnancy drug that inflicted suffering and misery on women and their children, the Cumberlege review shows that an apology is long overdue

23 Jul 2019 Home affairs

The Online Procedure Bill needs proper scrutiny

Shadow Minister for Justice Yasmin Qureshi outlines her amendments to the Courts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill as it reaches Committee stage in Parliament.

05 Jun 2018 Energy

The undeniable crisis of the state of our roads

The root of this problem lies in miserly funding from the central government, which unnecessarily constrains local councils, making citizens less safe and in the long run less prosperous, says Yasmin Qureshi MP.