Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Mar 2020
Budget Resolutions
"I pay tribute to the Father of the House for his work. I want to raise a point that came through this week from a constituent who has been affected by the leasehold issues that the APPG has raised. In instances such as hers—she is in shared ownership—cladding is becoming …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Mar 2020
Budget Resolutions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Mar 2020
Budget Resolutions
"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman) and to have spoken at one of his big tent events.
The Chancellor claimed in the Budget to have stuck to his fiscal rules. I look forward to seeing how long his rules last. Labour had …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 5th March 2020
Asked by:
Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase diversity on public boards.
Answered by Lord Gove
Annual reports by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and the Cabinet Office include data on those taking up and holding public appointments. The government has published and is implementing the Public Appointments Diversity Action Plan, available on gov.uk. I will keep this plan under review and the next update will reflect the Government's levelling up agenda, including regional diversity, and diversity of thought.
Written Question
Thursday 5th March 2020
Asked by:
Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase diversity in the (a) nomination for and (b) award of UK honours.
Answered by Chloe Smith
Significant progress has been made in recent years to improve diversity in the honours system. For example, we now consistently see around half of awards overall going to women, and in the New Year 2020 Honours List, 51% of honours went to women. Around 10% of awards go to recipients from a BAME background. The Cabinet Office will consider whether further steps to improve diversity and representation are required. We welcome more nominations from under-represented regions and we are running a programme of regional events to promote the system in those areas most under-represented.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"The prosperous future of our young people all too often depends on their family wellbeing and their school readiness, which requires investment in early years. Does the Prime Minister regret the Conservative cuts to around 1,000 Sure Start centres, including in my constituency? Will he commit to greater funding and …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Asked by:
Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50.
Answered by Oliver Dowden
The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on GOV.UK as is a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity
Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Cabinet Office are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals and they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election
"I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way. Does he agree that the timing of this proposed general election, not whether we have a general election, is yet another example of the art of voter suppression, ensuring that students are less likely to have a vote and that older …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Sat 19 Oct 2019
Prime Minister’s Statement
"Yesterday, the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay (Mr Baron) said:
“I am doing my best to persuade colleagues…who, like me, voted three times against Theresa May’s deal, to look at this in a favourable light…provided we can get that clear assurance, and I have been given it so far …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Oct 2019
Debate on the Address
"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the challenges of rising child poverty, compounded by the mental health issues that young people face and rising special educational needs not being met due to our education system lacking the resources it needs, are contributing to the next generation growing up in …..."Seema Malhotra - View Speech
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