Afzal Khan

Labour MP for Manchester, Gorton

@Afzal4Gorton

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Your MP (Afzal Khan) represents you, and all of the people who live in Manchester, Gorton, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Labour MP for Manchester, Gorton

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

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Topics of interest

  • Home Office
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Department for Education
  • Foreign
  • Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Members: Correspondence
  • Immigration: Windrush Generation
  • Immigration: EU Nationals
  • Coronavirus: Vaccination
  • Immigrants: Detainees

Other offices held in the past

  • Shadow Minister (Exports) ( 7 Sep 2023 to 15 Nov 2023)
  • Shadow Minister (Justice) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 7 Sep 2023)
  • Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (10 Apr 2020 to 4 Dec 2021)
  • Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration) ( 3 Jul 2017 to 10 Apr 2020)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Recent appearances

  • Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: International Waters: Marine Protected Areas 27 Mar 2024

    To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he has taken with his international counterparts to create marine protected areas in the high seas in preparation for ratifying the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement.
  • Israel and Gaza 26 Mar 2024

    Over the past week, we have seen Israel continue to commit atrocities across Gaza, with the Al-Shifa Hospital besieged for several days. Medical staff from inside the hospital reported gun battles, workers being beaten, patients dying on the floor, and even execution-style killings. That is yet another example of Israel’s merciless targeting of civilians. Will the Minister unequivocally...
  • People Granted Asylum: Government Support 26 Mar 2024

    The Minister touched on the difficulties with moving on. The difficulty seems to be that there is no proper co-ordination when people are actually granted asylum, and then they move. I gave the figure of the more than 500% increase in Manchester. Considering the difficulties that we already have with housing shortages, perhaps better co-ordination and asking those who have been granted asylum...

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Last updated: 18 Mar 2024.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Aziz Foundation
Address of donor: 16 Babmaes St, St. James's, London SW1Y 6HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The funding of an intern in my office for four days per week from 11 September 2023 until 31 July 2024, value £18,414
Date received: 11 September 2023 - 31 July 2024
Date accepted: 11 September 2023
Donor status: other (charity, registration 1169558)
(Registered 11 September 2023)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan.
Address of donor: Office of Taiwanese Representative, 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £4,063.22, hotel accommodation £988, internal transportation £277 and meals £330, total value £5,658.22
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Dates of visit: 19-24 March 2023
Purpose of visit: British-Taiwan APPG visit to meet ministers and officials to learn about the situation in Taiwan.
(Registered 04 April 2023)
Name of donor: Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Address of donor: CQ89+699, Makkah - Jeddah Hwy, Al Hamra Umm Al Jud, Mecca 24321, Saudi Arabia
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,646), accommodation (£8,114), internal transport (£1,372), total value £11,138
Destination of visit: Mecca, Jeddah and Madina, Saudi Arabia
Dates of visit: 18 June - 2 July 2023
Purpose of visit: Invited to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage in my capacity as Vice Chair of the APPG on Hajj and Umrah.
(Registered 12 July 2023)
Name of donor: Esplanade Vale Media Limited (trading as British Muslim TV)
Address of donor: Victoria Chambers, 40 Wood Street, Wakefield WF1 2HB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Domestic flights and transportation (£741.13); hotels and entry fees (£258.95); and food (£38); total value £1,038.08
Destination of visit: Pakistan
Dates of visit: 29 September - 7 October 2023
Purpose of visit: Production of tourism documentary, undertaken as Chair of the APPG on Britain-Pakistan Trade and Tourism.
(Registered 12 October 2023)
Name of donor: Islamic Relief UK
Address of donor: UK Head Office, 16 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RJ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): International flights (£942.26); domestic flights and transportation (£190.81); accommodation (£419.81); and food (£200); total value £1,752.88
Destination of visit: Pakistan
Dates of visit: 23-28 September 2023
Purpose of visit: Visit areas affected by 2022 flooding.
(Registered 27 October 2023; updated 30 October 2023)
Name of donor: The Concordia Network
Address of donor: 1 St Mark Street, London E1 8DA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): International flights (£593.21); accommodation, ground transportation in Spain, food and programme activities (£2,442.58); total value £3,035.79
Destination of visit: Spain
Dates of visit: 12-16 October 2023
Purpose of visit: Attend the Annual Concordia Retreat hosted by the Concordia Forum.
(Registered 30 October 2023)
Name of donor: Unitas Communications
Address of donor: Unitas Communications, 1 St Mark Street, London E1 8DA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): International flights (£3,719.89) and accommodation (£742.04), total value 4,461.93
Destination of visit: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dates of visit: 3-6 December 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend COP28 Summit in Dubai for meetings and to moderate a panel on health inequalities and climate change.
(Registered 14 December 2023)
Name of donor: Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United Kingdom
Address of donor: Kazakhstan House, 125 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5EA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): International flights (£2,897), accommodation (£550), transport (£100) and subsistence (£150), value £3,697
Destination of visit: Kazakhstan
Dates of visit: 13-19 December 2023
Purpose of visit: Meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Members of Parliament and British Ambassador about the economic and cultural relationship between the UK and Kazakhstan.
(Registered 19 December 2023)
Name of donor: Saif Rahman
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£210.96), accommodation (£82.45) and subsistence (£30), value £323.41
Destination of visit: Isle of Man
Dates of visit: 28-29 January 2024
Purpose of visit: Meetings with the Pakistani community of the Isle of Man, the Treasury Minister, the Lieutenant governor, and Members of the House of Keys.
(Registered 31 January 2024)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Dental surgery in Manchester, used by a family member: (i). (Registered 05 July 2017)

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