Police Grant Report
Debate between Mary Kelly Foy and Nusrat Ghani(6 days, 22 hours ago)
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Graham Stuart
I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way. She is making a powerful speech. As she says, there will be a regressive impact from this police grant settlement, which is going to see higher and higher council tax on low-earning residents in her area, and because of rising costs, reduced policing. That is obviously concerning. I wonder how she is going to take that up with Ministers to try to effect change.
Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
Order. I remind Members that it is completely up to them whether they wish to take an intervention.
Mary Kelly Foy
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; I was happy to take that intervention. To the right hon. Member’s point—[Interruption.] If he cares to listen to my response, what he said is exactly what I am doing now: I am urging the Government to look again at the council tax precept. We are playing catch-up for the years of mismanagement and austerity when his party was in government.
Safer communities enable growth. The settlement should reflect that principle fairly and consistently across the country if we are ever to repair the damage caused by the Conservative Government’s period in office.
Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Mary Kelly Foy and Nusrat Ghani(1 month ago)
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Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham) (Lab)
Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
Order. The hon. Lady is testing the Chair by sitting in a part of the Chamber where she does not normally sit.
Mary Kelly Foy
I thought I would sit where the Chamber looks really packed. [Laughter.]
Point of Order
Debate between Mary Kelly Foy and Nusrat Ghani
Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham) (Lab)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On Saturday there were several incidents of Greater Manchester police violently restricting young Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller children who had come into Manchester city centre to do Christmas shopping. Video footage depicted a group of Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller children being dangerously forced on to a train out of the city to stations unknown, with one child being pushed to the point of nearly falling on to the track. Footage also shows a young man being forcibly restrained on the ground and arrested.
The actions of GMP raise serious questions about its operational approach and decision-making processes. This has caused huge distress for the many young people involved, for their families and for those across the Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller communities. Therefore, Madam Deputy Speaker, may I seek your guidance on how we can encourage the Home Office to make a statement and to consider an investigation into the incident?
Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving prior notice of her point of order. I have not had any indication that the Home Secretary intends to come to the House to make a statement, but the hon. Member has put her point on the record and I am sure that those on the Treasury Bench will note her comments and pass them on.
Business of the House
Debate between Mary Kelly Foy and Nusrat Ghani(1 year, 4 months ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker
Order. Long responses from the Leader of the House will mean that fewer colleagues will be able to get in.
Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham) (Lab)
I have received a great deal of correspondence regarding the assisted dying Bill. I welcome the fact that Back Benchers will have a free vote. However, an issue as complex as this requires detailed scrutiny. As it stands, I am worried that colleagues will not have enough time to properly debate the Bill. Will the Leader of the House relay the concerns shared by many across the House that the assisted dying Bill should receive Government time over several days, so that we can do it justice?