22/04/2026 | 13:14:25 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I would to thank the rapporteur Ms Zita GURMAI for the excellent report. Colleagues, I welcome the continued focus on ensuring that the Convention is not only ratified. Because ratification alone is insufficient. The true measure of our commitment lies in implementation: in prevention, in accessible protection, and in effective accountability. The UK has taken forward important measures, including the Domestic Abuse Act and the Violence... 21/04/2026 | 19:52:53 Thank you, Mister President, for calling me. And I want to congratulate the two rapporteurs on this excellent report. At a time when international institutions are under pressure – they're being attacked, they're being undermined – it is essential to recognise that this election system is not perfect, but it is legitimate. Because it carefully looks at the balanced judicial selection processes, which in many European countries we could maybe debate on another day, but if we're looking at the... 21/04/2026 | 18:08:02 Thank you. Thank you very much for calling me. I stand in support of this very timely report by our rapporteur. Freedom of religion or belief is one of the most fundamental commitments shared across the Council of Europe. Yet we continue to see individuals and communities facing discrimination, exclusion and hostility because of their faith or because they choose to not follow any faith. These challenges require not only our concern, but our collective leadership. Across Europe, we are seeing... 29/01/2025 | 19:29:48 Thank you, Mister President. And I'd like to thank everyone that contributed today in this debate. It goes without saying that Europe stands at a critical juncture. We face the challenges of an aging population, and yet there is a powerful solution before us – immigration. However, migrants are more than just filling gaps in the workforce. They are building a stronger, more compassionate Europe. These migrants are not strangers. They are fellow human beings with dreams, families and... 29/01/2025 | 18:17:39 Thank you, Mister President, and esteemed colleagues, Europe stands at a critical crossroads. Our population is aging rapidly, and as the number of elderly people continues to rise, the number of working-age individuals is steadily shrinking. This demographic shift is placing tremendous strain on our health and social care systems, businesses, families, and public finances. Imagine for a moment an elderly person — once independent, active, and self-sufficient — now facing the challenges of... 21/06/2023 | 18:10:10 Thank you, Madam Chair, for calling me to speak in this joint debate. I would like to congratulate all the rapporteurs on their timely reports, which I fully support, but I will principally speak to Ms Ada MARRA's report. I would like to draw my remarks to shine a light on another group of migrants who are documented but are in an irregular situation. They are marginalised because they have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). NRPF, as it is known, is a condition attached by the UK Home Office... 26/04/2023 | 17:23:40 Thank you, Mister President, for calling me to speak in this debate. I would like to congratulate the rapporteur Mr Simon MOUTQUIN on this very timely report. I represent an area in North London with thriving communities with roots in Türkiye and Syria. And so I know the anguish caused by the terrible earthquake earlier this year. Sadly, we know that the regularity and intensity of natural disasters are only set to increase. Therefore I want to echo a point in paragraph 6 of the resolution... 24/01/2023 | 13:22:06 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Thank you Chair for calling me to speak in this debate. I would like to congratulate the Rapporteur, Ms Petra Bayr, on this timely report. When conflict occurs, sexual violence generally follows. As noted in Point 2 of the resolution sexual violence is used as a tool to oppress and humiliate victims, and is sometimes used with the intent to commit ethnic cleansing and genocide. One example of these barbaric acts were the mass assaults of... 29/09/2021 | 17:46:33 Thank you, thank you Vice-President for calling me to speak in this joint debate on environment climate crisis, inequality and migration. I would like to thank the rapporteur on their reports. Dear colleagues, I believe that the climate crisis currently facing the world must be considered a major international priority. Climate change is causing mayhem across the world and is increasingly becoming a driver of poverty and vulnerability. We know this will only get worse. Immediate and serious... 24/06/2021 | 16:55:26 I would like to congratulate the rapporteur Mr Momodou Malcolm JALLOW on this important to report. May I start by saying, over the last 50 years little has been done to tackle structural racism affecting Black communities in the United Kingdom, concerning employment, education, health, housing, stop and search, and public life. The efforts to tackle racial inequality remain rhetoric-based on quick wins, which are contradicted by austerity measures, which hit ethnic minority women the hardest...