Thangam Debbonaire

Labour - Bristol West

Shadow Secretary of State for Housing

(since April 2020)

thangam.debbonaire.mp@parliament.uk / thangammp

8 APPG membership (as of 16 Dec 2020)

Autism, Disability, Domestic Abuse, Eritrea, Friends of Syria, Parkrun, Performers' Alliance, Vegetarianism and Veganism

Commons Debates - Petitions - EDMs (110) - Legislation tabled (0) - Commons Actions - Written Questions (529)

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Debate information

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Sparring Partners

Andrea Leadsom (Conservative) (46 debate interactions) View debates with Andrea Leadsom Caroline Nokes (Conservative) (33 debate interactions) View debates with Caroline Nokes Theresa May (Conservative) (31 debate interactions) View debates with Theresa May View All MP Sparring Partners

Department Debates

Home Office (63 debate contributions) View Home Office debates
Department for Exiting the European Union (51 debate contributions) View Department for Exiting the European Union debates
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (40 debate contributions) View Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government debates
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Legislation Debates

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 - Government Bill (9,608 words contributed) View European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 - Government Bill debates
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 - Government Bill (5,544 words contributed) View Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 - Government Bill debates
Agriculture Act 2020 - Government Bill (4,888 words contributed) View Agriculture Act 2020 - Government Bill debates
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Significant Bristol West Petitions

Highest Bristol West signature proportion

Status	Signatures	Title
Open	89 of 5,130 (1.74%)	Enshrine tree planting target in law
Open	116 of 7,418 (1.56%)	Extend business rates relief to include every English language teaching school
Open	149 of 10,043 (1.48%)	Include Windrush generations in British Nationality Act Remedial Order
Open	112 of 8,200 (1.37%)	Make Ecocide a criminal offence in the UK
Open	405 of 31,463 (1.29%)	Allow open-air swimming pools, lidos & lakes to open in a new Covid-19 lockdown Gov Responded - 23 Nov 2020

Most Bristol West signatures

Status	Signatures	Title
Open	4,782 of 1,110,304 (0.43%)	End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry Gov Responded - 11 Nov 2020
Open	2,583 of 569,651 (0.45%)	Reduce University student tuition fees from £9250 to £3000 Gov Responded - 26 Jan 2021
Open	2,435 of 280,754 (0.87%)	Seek Europe-wide Visa-free work permit for Touring professionals and Artists Gov Responded - 14 Jan 2021
Open	2,050 of 620,983 (0.33%)	Prevent gyms closing due to a spike in Covid 19 cases Gov Responded - 28 Oct 2020
Open	1,682 of 146,176 (1.15%)	Let Us Dance - Support nightclubs, dance music events and festivals Gov Responded - 14 Oct 2020

Current Signatures	Title	Petition Deadline
14,297 Petition Closed	Introduce super visa category for parents of British citizens similar to Canada Gov Responded - 3 May 2018 Debated on - 9 Jul 2018 View Thangam Debbonaire's petition debate contributions	29 Jul 2018 closed 2 years, 6 months ago
Parents for British citizens are treated differently if they reside in countries outside the EU and are not EU citizens and government has made the settlement of parents under ADR practically impossible so we are looking for a middle ground as it is done in Canada with SUPER VISA
6,730 Petition Closed	British citizens should be able to appeal the refusal of a family 'visit visa' Debated on - 9 Jul 2018 View Thangam Debbonaire's petition debate contributions	6 Apr 2018 closed 2 years, 9 months ago
The appeals process for Family Visit Visa was removed on 25 June, 2013 to save costs. My recent personal experience confirmed that the UKBA seem to have cut the process of justice and accountability while cutting their costs. How can this be justified? Is UKBA now the Judge, Jury and Executioner?
71,178 Petition Closed	Introduce automatic approval of visit visas for families of British Citizens Gov Responded - 22 Jan 2018 Debated on - 9 Jul 2018 View Thangam Debbonaire's petition debate contributions	6 Jun 2018 closed 2 years, 7 months ago
Family members of UK Citizens shouldn’t have to meet the same criteria as other applicants for a visit visa. Not being a citizen doesn’t make our parent, siblings, children or grandchildren any less a part of our family. The only requirement should be that a British relative sponsors them.

Most recent EDMs signed by Thangam Debbonaire

Date Tabled	Title	Signatures
22 Jul 2020	Thangam Debbonaire signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 Town and Country Planning Tabled by: Keir Starmer (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras) That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 755), dated 20 July 2020, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 July 2020, be annulled.	18 signatures (Most recent: 28 Sep 2020) Signatures by party: Labour: 15 Liberal Democrat: 3
22 Jul 2020	Thangam Debbonaire signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 Town and Country Planning Tabled by: Keir Starmer (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras) That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 756), dated 20 July 2020, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 July 2020, be annulled.	20 signatures (Most recent: 28 Sep 2020) Signatures by party: Labour: 17 Liberal Democrat: 3

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Commons initiatives

2 Urgent Questions tabled by Thangam Debbonaire

Date	Forum	Title
11 Nov 2020	Commons Chamber	Covid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough Sleepers
22 Jul 2020	Commons Chamber	Rented Homes: End of Evictions Ban

Thangam Debbonaire has not been granted any Adjournment Debates in the current sitting

Thangam Debbonaire has not introduced any legislation in the current parliamentary sitting

Thangam Debbonaire has not supported any legislation in the current parliamentary sitting

529 Written Questions

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Home Office

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Immigrants: Coronavirus Immigrants: Coronavirus Immigrants: Coronavirus Asylum: Coronavirus Asylum: Housing Asylum: Housing Asylum: Kent Asylum: Hotels Immigration: Health Insurance Stop and Search: Protective Clothing Asylum: Housing Immigration: Au Pairs Overseas Visitors: Visas Overseas Visitors: Visas UK Visas and Immigration: Staff Immigration: Windrush Generation Immigration: Windrush Generation Immigration: Windrush Generation Immigration: Windrush Generation Detention Centres: Staff Detention Centres: Staff Immigrants: Detainees Immigrants: Detainees Detention Centres Immigrants: Detainees UK Visas and Immigration: Staff Refugees: Families Refugees: Families Refugees: Families Visas: Maladministration Immigration: EU Nationals Immigration: Biometrics Refugees: Children Doctors: Migrant Workers Asylum: English Language Asylum: English Language Asylum: English Language Asylum: English Language Asylum: Social Security Benefits Asylum Asylum: Housing Asylum Offences against Children Doctors: Migrant Workers Health Professions: Vacancies Refugees Asylum: Housing Asylum: Appeals Asylum Airguns: Licensing Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner Rifles: Licensing Slavery Undocumented Migrants Immigration: EU Nationals Refugees: Children Refugees: Children Refugees: Greece Refugees: Syria Asylum: Employment Refugees: Children Refugees: Children Asylum: Greece Khat Refugees: Greece Asylum: Appeals Asylum: EU Law Asylum: Families Refugees Asylum: Children Refugees: Syria Female Genital mutilation Refugees: Loans Refugees: Loans Refugees: Social Security Benefits Refugees: Greece Asylum: Children Refugees: Loans Refugees: English Language Refugees: English Language Refugees Female Genital Mutilation Police: Cameras Police: Bureaucracy Free Movement of People Police Police Police Police: Emergency Calls Police: Job Satisfaction Immigrants: Social Security Benefits Refugees: Loans Refugees: Loans Refugees: Loans Asylum: Children Asylum: Children Asylum: Children Asylum: Children Asylum: EU Law Asylum: Greece Asylum: Greece Immigration Officers: Greece British Nationality British Nationality British Nationality British Nationality: Assessments British Nationality: Assessments Refugees Asylum: EU Law Refugees: France Migrant Camps: France Asylum: EU Law Asylum: Families Asylum: Families Refugees: Greece Vetting: Bristol West Cedars Pre-departure Accommodation Facility Immigrants: Detainees Asylum: EU Law Asylum: EU Law Asylum: EU Law Detention Centres Visas: Syria Immigration Immigration: Syria Deportation: Syria Asylum: Syria Females: Crimes of Violence

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Homelessness: Coronavirus Homelessness: Coronavirus Homelessness: Coronavirus Public Sector: Land Use Building Safety Fund: Mass Media Building Safety Fund Buildings: Insulation Local Government: Climate Change Housing: Construction Housing: Construction Homelessness: Coronavirus Sleeping Rough: Temporary Accommodation Homelessness: Coronavirus Hostels and Night Shelters Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus Affordable Housing: Construction Affordable Housing: Construction Community Housing Fund Buildings: Insulation High Rise Flats: Shared Ownership Social Rented Housing: Construction Covid-19 Rough Sleeping Taskforce: Public Appointments Leasehold: Reform Housing: Standards Buildings: Insulation Buildings: Insulation Social Rented Housing: Construction Private Rented Housing: Rents Social Rented Housing: Construction Private Rented Housing: Rents Private Rented Housing: Rents Marriage: Coronavirus Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus Sleeping Rough Rough Sleeping: Coronavirus Affordable Housing: Construction Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus Housing: Coronavirus Rough Sleeping: Coronavirus Rough Sleeping: Coronavirus Rough Sleeping: Coronavirus Rough Sleeping: Coronavirus Rough Sleeping: Coronavirus Rough Sleeping: Coronavirus Property: Ownership Estate Agents: Fees and Charges Energy Performance Certificates Housing: Construction Private Rented Housing Homelessness: Personal Property Housing: Construction Homelessness Licensed Premises: Noise Licensed Premises: Noise Housing: Construction Licensed Premises: Noise Land: Council Tax Housing: Construction Tenancy Agreements: Domestic Abuse Refugees: Housing Private Rented Housing: Single People Homelessness Housing: Older People Social Services: Older People Homelessness Homelessness Homelessness Homelessness

Department of Health and Social Care

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Coronavirus: Vaccination Coronavirus: Vaccination Members: Correspondence Paramedical Staff: Students Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements Dental Services and Prescriptions: Mothers Electroconvulsive Therapy: Females Pregnancy: Mortality Rates Death Certificates: Ethnic Groups Pregnancy: Ethnic Groups Preventive Medicine Preventive Medicine: Finance Preventive Medicine: Finance Preventive Medicine Influenza: Vaccination HIV Infection: Drugs Preventive Medicine: Finance Public Health: Finance Public Health: Finance HIV Infection: Drugs Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists Prosthetics: Recycling Public Health: Finance Lyme Disease Cervical Cancer Prostate Cancer Ovarian Cancer Breast Cancer: Screening Breast Cancer: Screening Breast Cancer: Screening Breast Cancer: Screening Breast Cancer: Screening Incontinence: Children Incontinence Prisons: Drugs Prisoners: HIV Infection Clinical Trials Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Prices Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Prices Edaravone Hepatitis: Bristol West Hepatitis Hepatitis: Medical Treatments Hepatitis: Medical Treatments NHS: Drugs Cancer: Diagnosis Cancer: Diagnosis Nivolumab Cancer: Young People Cancer: Diagnosis Breast Cancer Cancer: Clinical Reference Groups Cancer: Clinical Reference Groups NHS: Finance Cancer: Young People Cancer Cancer: Clinical Reference Groups Breast Cancer Health Education: Publications Sunbeds Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment

Department for Work and Pensions

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Universal Credit Disability: Coronavirus Social Security Benefits Personal Independence Payment: Bristol Local Housing Allowance Jobcentres: Bristol Universal Credit Universal Credit: Mental Illness Autism Property: Sales Employment: Autism Employment: Autism Universal Credit: Mental Illness Social Security Benefits Social Security Benefits: Refugees Access to Work Programme Occupational Pensions Employment Support Allowance Universal Credit: Autism Personal Independence Payment: Tribunals Occupational Pensions: Public Consultation Pensions: Uprating Work Capability Assessment: Autism Work Capability Assessment: Autism Employment and Support Allowance: Mental Illness Pensioners: British Nationals Abroad Local Housing Allowance: Refuges Jobcentre Plus: Training Jobcentre Plus: Training Social Security Benefits: Cancer Work Capability Assessment: Appeals Social Security Benefits: Habitual Residence Test Employment and Support Allowance: Cancer Refugees: National Insurance

Ministry of Justice

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Evictions: Coronavirus Repossession Orders: Coronavirus Prisoners On Remand: South West Prisoners On Remand: South West Prisoners On Remand: South West Prisoners On Remand: South West Private Rented Housing: Repossession Orders Prisoners On Remand: Video Conferencing Private Rented Housing: Evictions Family Proceedings: Mediation Bristol Prison: Safety High Court Enforcement: Standards Judgements: Enforcement National Probation Service for England and Wales: Bristol Gender Recognition: Sentencing Rape: Victim Support Schemes Prisoners: Sexual Offences Prisoners: Rehabilitation Prisoners' Release: Rape Prisoners' Release: Rape Domestic Violence: Reoffenders Domestic Violence: Reoffenders Offenders: Females Prisons: Staff British Nationals Abroad: Property Rights Administration of Justice Administration of Justice Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions Domestic Abuse Bristol Prison Ministry of Justice: Procurement Ministry of Justice: Concentrix