Speeches by Ribeiro-Addy.

“I agree that the most important role of any Government is to keep their citizens safe, but I do not believe that citizenship is a privilege; I believe that it is a right. I also do not believe that the Minister answered my questions adequately earlier. I want to understand why, if somebody is such a huge threat to this…”

“I am confused. If the individuals in question have done something so bad that they have to be deprived of their citizenship, why would we not simply jail them? Why would we need to deprive them of their citizenship?”

“I hope the Minister understands the assurances I have been asking for. This will be the third time I have asked. I genuinely want to understand why someone who is such a danger to our public cannot be dealt with under other pieces of legislation. At the moment it seems that we cannot even stop them coming into the coun…”

“Does the right hon. Member believe just by looking at me and my hon. Friend the Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) next to me that the legislation could apply to people who look like us?”

“I thank the Minister for giving way again. I am again completely confused. His specific example at the beginning aside, I still do not understand why, if the individuals concerned pose such a huge threat, other pieces of legislation will not deal with them and keep the public safe. He also pointed to the fact that some…”

“On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You may remember that on 23 April, I asked a question in Prime Minister’s questions about blood donations and how people were being turned away because of low haemoglobin levels. The week before, I had put down some parliamentary questions about diversity and blood donation deferrals. W…”

“I rise to speak in support of new clause 107, which stands in my name, and to lend my support to other vital amendments, particularly those relating to protest rights, joint enterprise, facial recognition and predictive policing technologies. New clause 107 would require the Home Secretary to publish a comprehensive eq…”

“I welcome the fact that you have challenged the issue of race quite robustly, but I note that it has been quite loud, even within the report and the Home Secretary’s statement. As we have touched on, the issues of asylum seekers, immigration and race can be synonymous, but a lot of the time these issues are about close…”

“I want to find out about what mapping of VAWG funding is undertaken by your organisations to make sure that you are avoiding any duplication of services? Who would like to go first?”

“Finally, on the victims and what seems to be happening overall, some of my colleagues have already touched on the agencies that are involved. It seems that we already have quite robust legislation to protect children, and you could apply it in a certain way. I suppose we even have good legislation on rape, in that you …”

“What measures are you taking to identify and reduce duplication of services and gaps in funding?”

“I have two very quick questions.”

“The 12 recommendations you have put forward at the moment have all been accepted. You have already said to colleagues today that there are not any particular recommendations that we should be pushing for. Slightly differently to that, I wanted to ask whether the Government have the full capacity to implement them, and …”

“Can we hope for some interim reporting that might help to push things forward a bit quicker?”

“I, too, want to thank you for all the work that you and your team have done on this. You said at the beginning that you were not sure if you had done enough, but I think that is a huge disservice to yourself. You have been writing recommendations for a long time, and perhaps if people had listened to them, things might…”

“Just thinking of your work with other Government Departments, I know that Crisis—a homelessness charity—has expressed concern about a lack of women-only homeless support accommodation, and it is leading women to be placed in mixed accommodation, which you touched on before. There is also a lot of concern about those wh…”

“What information are you asked to share with central Government about how VAWG funds are distributed, and does that differ depending on which Department is giving you the budget?”

“Does that mean you do not really have a good way in which to share information about what works with all the groups that distribute funding?”

“It sounds like the problem seems to be the length of funding and programmes. What is the shortest period for funding a VAWG programme?”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan) for securing the debate. Of the 13,132 disabled people who live in my constituency, 5,110 claim PIP. Cutting benefits without tackling the sky-high extra costs that disabled people face is unconscionable. Scope’s research shows that the monthly extra cost…”