2025

On 12 March 2025 Amnesty International UK (AIUK) organised a drop-in to brief MPs on their work to fight Islamaphobia. The U.N. General Assembly established the International Day to Combat Islamophobia in 2022, designating March 15 as the day of the celebration. The UK also marks Islamophobia Awareness Month in November, to raise awareness and take collective

As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Portugal, I was delighted to host His Excellency Nuno Brito,  Ambassador for Portugal to the UK in  Parliament for a meeting with MPs , Lords and members of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce. Ambassador Brito has an impressive career in diplomacy, starting at the age of 24

As I chaired the Bill Committee I was unable to vote on the Bill. These are my comments on the Bill. Our economy is blighted by insecure work, low pay and poor productivity. I therefore welcome that this Bill will deliver the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation and make work pay. It

On Tuesday 4 March 2025  MPs and Peers at a meeting chaired by Debbie Abrahams MP,  heard from the Ambassadors, H E Manar Dabbas, , Ambassador at the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ambassador Husam S. Zomlot Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom, Ambassador for Saudi Arabia Prince Khalid bin Salman