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3 December is the United Nation’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities. More than one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world's population, live with some form of disability.
I raised the Government's refusal to publish the full legal advice on the Brexit deal with the Leader of the House. The House resolved that the Government would publish the legal advice but the Government now says that it will publish a position statement. A position statement can exclude that part of the advice that states that
I was delighted to attend a moving event in Speaker's House on Monday 26 November 2018 to mark the passing into law of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018.
I asked the Leader of the House for a debate on the visit to the United Kingdom by the United Nations rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, so we can hear what the Government has to say about his damning report.
It was the centenary of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 on Wednesday 21 November 2018. The Act first allowed women in the UK to become MPs. To mark this occasion, Members of Parliament took a group photo on the Terrace with the London Eye in the background which was lit up in suffragette
The Commonwealth Parliament Association (CPA) and the Parliament Ghana have had a long fruitful relationship over many decades based on bilateral diplomacy and capacity building.
I attended a Yemen All-Party Parliamentary Group event in Parliament on Wednesday 21 November 2018. People in Yemen are facing one of the worst humanitarian situations in the world.
The Government’s “confidence and supply” agreement with the DUP has fallen apart, effectively removing the Prime Minister's working majority.