Substitute
Deputy
Liberal Democrat
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)
02/10/2025 | 18:55:40 Colleagues, The rapporteur's two excellent reports on guaranteeing the right to housing and to promoting universal health coverage fit very well together for a joint debate. The United Nations, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the World Health Organization and other high-level bodies have identified the right to safe and affordable housing and the right to universal health coverage as being intrinsic part of human rights. And we know that Europe's performance in both housing... 02/10/2025 | 16:36:07 Every night since the last election, 308 days ago, thousands of Georgians in at least 8 cities have protested peacefully on the streets to object to Georgian Dream's appalling destruction of their democracy. They also know that Putin's fingerprints are all over every Georgian Dream action. These marches call out their outrage at Georgian Dream's systematic destruction of everything that represented the rule of law, the constitution, human rights, community and society. Political leaders are... 02/10/2025 | 11:25:04 Mister President, The attack by Hamas on innocent Israeli citizens on 7 October 2023 was illegal, appalling and unforgivable. Under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, the "taking of hostages" constitutes a war crime in both international and non-international armed conflict. Hamas should return the remaining hostages as soon as possible and be held accountable to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The devastating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza grows in horror and scale... 10/04/2025 | 18:20:00 Mister President, Europe’s historic relationship with Latin America means we share many common bonds: cultural, economic as well as political. And I should state I am the Chair of the Human Rights Committee at Liberal International, and last December met up with our Liberal Democratic sister parties from across Latin America at our congress in Chile. They reinforced to us the strength of those ties too, urging ALDE member parties to help develop and encourage stronger links on key values such... 10/04/2025 | 15:49:55 Mister President, The attack by Hamas on innocent Israeli citizens on 7 October 2023 was illegal, appalling, and unforgivable. And under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, the “taking of hostages” constitutes a war crime in both international and non-international armed conflict. Hamas should return the remaining hostages as soon as possible. It is right for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, with our focus on human rights and the rule of international law...
22/04/2026 | Doc. 16390 | Motion for a resolution Addressing the issue of drug facilitated sexual violence and the online platforms used by perpetrators 20/02/2026 | Doc. 16348 | Motion for a resolution Towards a Euro-Atlantic strategy for the Arctic in support of the rules-based international order 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16274 | Motion for a resolution Restricting citizenship rules: social cohesion and human rights at stake 19/08/2025 | Doc. 16230 | Written declaration Authoritarian backsliding in Georgia 25/06/2025 | Doc. 16215 | Motion for a resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in the Slovak Republic
02/10/2025 | Doc. 16272, vote on the draft text for resolution Russia: new threats to European democracies 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16273, vote on the draft text for resolution Urgent call to put an end to the devastating humanitarian catastrophe and the killing of journalists in Gaza 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16238, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft Council of Europe convention on the Co-Production of Audiovisual Works in the Form of Series 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16244, vote on the draft text for resolution Analysis and guidelines to guarantee the right to housing 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16243, vote on the draft text for resolution Promoting universal health coverage