2024

The House sat on Friday 29 November 2024 to debate and vote on the Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. I was hoping to speak in the debate but I was not called. I thought it was important to let you know what I was going to say and my

I attended the APPG for British Sikhs in conjunction with The Sikh Network and the Sikh Federation (UK) event to take part in the 8th Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Gurpurab celebrations on Tuesday 26 November 2024 . Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Gurpurab (birthday) celebration is a unique opportunity to share his universal message of

On 19 November 2024, the House voted on amendments from the Lords to the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill. This Bill aims to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead private franchises. The results were as follows: Lords Amendment 1 – Motion to disagree The House divided: 

On Tuesday 19 November 2024 I chaired the debates held in Westminster Hall from 9.30-11.30am. The first motion, moved by Seamus Logan MP was ‘That this House has considered the use of foodbanks’, and was responded to by the minister Alison McGovern MP. The second motion, moved by Jim Allister MP was ‘That this House

On 14 November 2024, I intervened in the debate on the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill, which aims to increase female representation among the bishops who sit in the House of Lords. It seeks to extend the provisions of the 2015 Act for a further five-year period, allowing vacancies among the lords spiritual