Deputy
Labour
House of Commons
GB - SW1A OAA - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
26/06/2019 | 17:00:13 Thank you Madam Chair. May I start by thanking Sir Roger GALE for all of his hard work on this issue and for trying to ensure that the Council of Europe lives up to its best state and its best values. For us to be able to do that everything we must do must meet three tests. Is it principled? Is it practical? Is it persistent? Because it's the principles that draw us all here today. The principles set out in Article 1 of our statute about greater unity and about the maintenance and further... 25/06/2019 | 18:12:57 Thank you, Chair. I want to start by congratulating Ms Zita GURMAI and Ms Elvira KOVÁCS on some fantastically powerful reports that show what can be done in the Council of Europe to promote equality. Crucially, they are based on fact - not fiction. It is really important in this place that we do not allow fiction and hatred to colour what we do to promote equality. So let me say, loud and clear, to all the many men in this room who stood up so fantastically day today to be allies; nobody is...
03/10/2019 | Doc. 14980 | Motion for a recommendation Ratification of the Istanbul convention by the United Kingdom 04/07/2019 | Doc. 14948 | Motion for a recommendation Artificial intelligence in health care: medical, legal and ethical challenges ahead 28/06/2019 | Doc. 14934 | Written declaration The human rights of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 28/06/2019 | Doc. 14935 | Written declaration The Turkish authorities must take action to ensure the right to freedom of peaceful assembly is effectively enjoyed by LGBTI persons as equal members of society 12/02/2019 | Doc. 14647 | Written declaration Financial assistance for Kazakhstan must be withheld unless significant human rights progress is made
26/06/2019 | Doc. 14922, vote on the draft text for resolution Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation 26/06/2019 | Doc. 14906, vote on the draft text for resolution Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the rule of law in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges 25/06/2019 | Doc. 14907, vote on the draft text for recommendation Towards an ambitious Council of Europe agenda for gender equality 09/10/2018 | Doc. 14583, vote on the draft text for resolution The treatment of Palestinian minors in the Israeli justice system 27/06/2018 | Doc. 14570, vote on the draft text for resolution New restrictions on NGO activities in Council of Europe member States