Substitute
Deputy
Labour
House of Commons
GB - SW1A OAA - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2024
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
23/04/2026 | 16:26:38 President, Colleagues, On behalf of our group, I want to thank Ms Valérie PILLER CARRARD for her work on this report. It is thorough, detailed, but it is also quite shocking. Across Europe, workers are being underpaid, threatened, stripped of protections, and in the worst cases, trafficked. Not in spite of our economic model. But, in some cases, because of it. Exploitation is built into subcontracting chains, hidden in shell companies, enabled by gaps in the law that employers know how to... 22/04/2026 | 19:23:31 Thank you Madam President. Colleagues, I’m speaking today in full support of this resolution. This report brings us back to a case that should never have faded from focus. Mr Sergei MAGNITSKY uncovered large scale corruption. He paid for that discovery with his life. And yet, years on, those who benefited from that crime have not been held to account. Significant sums of money linked to that fraud have not been reclaimed. What stands out to me in this report, beyond the original crime, is... 22/04/2026 | 17:43:58 Thank you, Madam President. Thank you to the rapporteur for a report that delivers exactly what it should do, keeping the focus on the universal abolition of the death penalty. I speak with the conviction of a country that abolished the death penalty over half a century ago and has never looked back. We oppose capital punishment in all forms, in all circumstances and in all places, because the death penalty is incompatible with human dignity and the right to life. Madam President, the report... 21/04/2026 | 20:15:18 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) President, Colleagues, The murders of Jo COX and Sir David AMESS serve as permanent reminders that the line between words and violence can, and does, get crossed. The attack on Sir Stephen TIMMS further illustrates that this is not a historical concern but an ongoing reality. Yet what concerns me today is not only those extreme cases, but the normalisation of what sits beneath them. For many in politics and public service, threats and abuse... 29/01/2026 | 17:39:57 Thank you, Chair. I want to remind us all today that we are debating a resolution on practises that cause real and lasting harm to people across Europe: conversion practises have no scientific basis. They have been rejected by every major medical and psychological body. There is clear evidence these practises are increasing depression and mental health conditions. These practises increase serious harm and suicide in our societies. These practises are torture, something this Council of Europe...
22/04/2026 | Doc. 16390 | Motion for a resolution Addressing the issue of drug facilitated sexual violence and the online platforms used by perpetrators 08/10/2025 | Doc. 16281 | Motion for a resolution Climate action as a human and democratic responsibility
23/04/2026 | Doc. 16385, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft additional protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for recommendation European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for resolution European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16370, vote on the draft text for resolution Paving the way for a culture of consent 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16372, vote on the draft text for resolution Promoting the Istanbul Convention and improving its implementation: building on lessons learnt