Representative
Deputy
Labour
House of Commons
GB - SW1A OAA - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2025
30/01/2025 | 10:59:53 Thank you, Mister President. Colleagues, every day, lawyers across Europe face mounting pressures simply for doing their jobs. Last year, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe published a report which heard from 15 000 lawyers across Europe. And the testimonies were shocking: physical attacks on lawyers in Sweden; criminal lawyers in Denmark warned to avoid certain areas because of the criminal defence work they were engaged in; immigration lawyers facing death threats, as Lord... 28/01/2025 | 14:46:04 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) The comprehensive report by Ms Bakoyannis comes at a critical moment. Democracy needs defending. Arecent study in the UK on young people in Britain paints a deeply troubling picture. A staggering 52% of those aged between 13 and 27 believe our nation would be better served by a strong leader who does not have to bother with parliament and elections. In my constituency of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent, I regularly meet young people who express...
30/01/2025 | Doc. 16102, vote on the draft text for opinion Opinion on a draft convention for the protection of the profession of lawyer 29/01/2025 | Doc. 16090, vote on the draft text for recommendation Multiperspectivity in remembrance and history education for democratic citizenship 29/01/2025 | Doc. 16090, vote on the draft text for resolution Multiperspectivity in remembrance and history education for democratic citizenship 29/01/2025 | Doc. 16104, vote on the draft text for resolution Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Georgia 29/01/2025 | Doc. 16072, vote on the draft text for resolution Immigration, one of the answers to Europe's demographic ageing