Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Budget Resolutions
"Parents want to provide for their children. Parents make choices, and the Government are making choices to support parents. We are doing that by lifting the two-child limit; Opposition Members should support that. We must not forget that these announcements have been made possible by making tough choices. Following the …..."Janet Daby - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Budget Resolutions
"I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. I will indeed come to breakfast clubs—how could I miss them out?
The Resolution Foundation has estimated that scrapping the two-child limit would bring 330,000 children out of poverty and prevent a further 150,000 children from falling into poverty over the course …..."Janet Daby - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Budget Resolutions
"I thank the Chancellor and her team for a very welcome Budget. This is our Government’s second successive Budget, and it is focused on addressing the cost of living. It will ensure that everyone pays their fair share towards public services, and it invests in communities up and down the …..."Janet Daby - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Budget Resolutions
"I thank the hon. Member for his support for the Chancellor’s Budget and the lifting of the two-child benefit limit. I agree with what he said.
I remind Members what my hon. Friend the Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch (Dame Meg Hillier) said: 70% of children in poverty have …..."Janet Daby - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 16th November 2023
Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Sri Lankan counterpart on water quality in the Northern Province.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan
The UK Government is aware of the challenges Sri Lanka faces around water management and quality, and the unique challenges faced by communities in the Northern Province. Officials from the British High Commission Colombo regularly visit the Northern Province to meet a range of stakeholders to hear their experiences and issues. A number of public bodies in Sri Lanka, including the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, have conducted tests into the water quality. The Chunnakam Power plant has offered compensation to those affected by water pollution. The UK Government supports the International Water Management Institute, an international water management research organisation, to provide solutions to increasing water scarcity in Puttalam and Kilinochchi.
Written Question
Wednesday 25th October 2023
Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the UK's position as the penholder for Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement at the UN Security Council, what steps his Department is taking to support recently opened peace talks between the Colombian Government and the EMC armed group.
Answered by David Rutley
Through our role as penholder at the UN Security Council (UNSC), the UK works closely with international partners to support the peace process in Colombia. During the most recent UNSC meeting on 11 October, Council members reiterated their willingness to help monitor and verify the implementation of the ceasefire between the Government and the armed group that identifies itself as the Estado Mayor Central, when the Secretary General confirms that appropriate ceasefire protocols are in place. In August, the UK helped coordinate a similar agreement for the UN Verification Mission in Colombia to monitor and verify the ceasefire with the armed group Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN). As the second largest UN Trust Fund donor, the UK will continue to be a leading advocate of Colombia's peace process.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2022
British Nationals Detained Overseas
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Apr 2022
British Nationals Detained Overseas
"I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. He knows that I represent Anoosheh Ashoori, who was released with Nazanin. Does he agree that it is really important to keep the profiles of people who are detained in other countries right at the forefront of the Government’s attention? I truly …..."Janet Daby - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Mar 2022
Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
"In the light of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, I put on record my dismay and sorrow that Child Q experienced being stripped of her clothes and searched at her school by police officers. I thank the Minister for mentioning Child Q, but is she aware that she …..."Janet Daby - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Iran Detainees
"This is really a day of celebration for Anoosheh’s family. They will be so relieved when the plane hits the ground and Nazanin and Anoosheh are walking again on British soil. As Anoosheh’s Member of Parliament, I am thrilled beyond belief at his release, and for Nazanin. I am incredibly …..."Janet Daby - View Speech
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