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Afzal Khan

Labour MP for Manchester, Gorton ( 9 Jun 2017 – current)

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People Granted Asylum: Government Support (26 Mar 2024)

Michael Tomlinson: ..., and to respond to the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron); I congratulate him on securing this debate. I also welcome the interventions by the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan) and the ever-present hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). He always makes meaningful contributions to these debates, as did the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton. I will...

Backbench Business: St Patrick’s Day: Irish Diaspora in the UK — [Dame Siobhain McDonagh in the Chair] (14 Mar 2024)

Karen Bradley: ...matters: people value being able to identify with Ireland and the Irish community. My mother told me that when she was growing up in Manchester, the Irish community played an important role in Gorton, where she lived. Her father worked in construction, and he knew many Irish colleagues. The hon. Member for Salford and Eccles mentioned the football clubs. I confess that I support the team...

Pavement Parking ( 7 Mar 2024)

Guy Opperman: ...neighbour, on securing this Adjournment debate on what is genuinely a very important issue—I do not diminish it in any way whatsoever. I acknowledge that the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan) has also previously raised this matter in the House. I have had my brief for about 100 days, and have taken the trouble to read transcripts of the previous debates. I am also acutely...

Petition - Family Visa Minimum Income Thresholds (27 Feb 2024)

Afzal Khan: ...minimum income threshold for family visas to £38,700. And the petitioners remain, etc.” Following is the full text of the petition: [The petition of residents of the constituency of Manchester Gorton, Declares that multinational families are facing separation due to the Government's decision to increase the income threshold for family reunification from £18,600 to £38,700; notes that...

Written Answers — Department for Business and Trade: Horizon IT System: North West ( 6 Feb 2024)

Afzal Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub-postmasters from (a) Manchester Gorton constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West voluntarily left the Post Office due to issues with Horizon, broken down by ethnicity.

Written Answers — Department for Business and Trade: Horizon IT System: North West ( 6 Feb 2024)

Afzal Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub-postmasters from (a) Manchester Gorton constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West were wrongfully convicted due to the Horizon system; and if she will provide this breakdown by ethnicity.

Household Support Fund (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Timms: ...so that the fund gets extended. We heard a powerful case being made across the Chamber. I am grateful to my hon. Friends the Members for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley), for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan), for Salford and Eccles (Rebecca Long Bailey), for York Central (Rachael Maskell) and for Tamworth (Sarah Edwards), who all spoke powerfully. I want to make a final point. The...

Petition - Household Support Fund beyond April 2024 (30 Jan 2024)

Afzal Khan: ...the Household Support Fund, and ensuring this provision is extended beyond March 2024.” Following is the full text of the petition: [The petition of residents of the constituency of Manchester Gorton, Declares that the Household Support Fund has played a vital role in supporting low income households to pay for essentials like energy bills and food following the pandemic and during the...

Petition - Ceasefire in Gaza (24 Jan 2024)

Afzal Khan: ...-state solution may be achieved in Palestine and Israel. And the petitioners remain, etc.” Following is the full text of the petition: [The petition of residents of the constituency of Manchester Gorton, Declares that an urgent, immediate and sustained ceasefire is needed in Gaza to prevent the humanitarian crisis from intensifying; further declares condemnation for the killing of the...

Tributes to Sir Tony Lloyd (23 Jan 2024)

Andrew Gwynne: ...Manchester. It was at the GMB National College in Whalley Range. It is now the British Muslim Heritage Centre and the site of the constituency office of my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan), but back then it was the GMB National College. A number of MPs from across the north-west region and beyond came to talk to all these eager young Labour activists. We were a...

Child Poverty: Greater Manchester (16 Jan 2024)

Jo Churchill: It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I first thank the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan) for securing this debate. I am sure we all believe that we represent the best place in the world, although I feel a little outflanked today, given the presence of the hon. Gentleman, the hon. Member for Stockport (Navendu Mishra) and my hon. Friend the Member for...

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Household Support Fund: Greater Manchester (15 Jan 2024)

Afzal Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many awards have been made through the Household Support Fund in (a) Manchester, Gorton constituency and (b) Greater Manchester since October 2021.

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Members: Correspondence ( 4 Jan 2024)

Afzal Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 16 August 2023 and 25 October 2023 from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, reference number MC2023/16104.

Tackling Islamophobia ( 7 Dec 2023)

Felicity Buchan: ...to help facilitate a meeting. The debate also has personal significance for me, as mine is one of the most diverse constituencies in the country. In fact, I met the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan) with a large delegation from Indonesia whom I had happened to bump into that morning at my local mosque. I am privileged in that more than 12% of my electorate in Kensington are...

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Poverty: Children (29 Nov 2023)

Afzal Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce child poverty in Manchester, Gorton constituency.

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Members: Correspondence (18 Oct 2023)

Afzal Khan: ...ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 28 July 2023, reference AK59834, from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton.

Railway Ticket Offices — [Philip Davies in the Chair] (13 Sep 2023)

Afzal Khan: Northern rail proposes to reduce ticket office hours at Levenshulme and Gorton stations in my constituency by 70%. Does my hon. Friend agree that this is purely a cost-cutting exercise, and yet another example of the managed decline of our railways?

Petition - NoneLevenshulme Station and Gorton Station Ticket Office Closures (12 Sep 2023)

Afzal Khan: I rise to present a petition about the proposed closure of ticket offices at Levenshulme and Gorton train stations, which will lead to difficulties for many railway passengers and the loss of vital jobs, and is likely to prevent people from using public transport. The petition states: “The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Government to prevent the closure of...

Petition - Reddish North Station Ticket Office Closures (12 Sep 2023)

Andrew Gwynne: ...closure of Reddish North station ticket office. Its closure, alongside the proposed closure of neighbouring ticket offices used by my constituents, including those at Guide Bridge, Heaton Chapel, Gorton and Belle Vue stations, and other local stations such as Levenshulme, Mauldeth Road and Burnage, will cost jobs and make our railways less accessible. The petitioners therefore “request...

Climate Finance: Tackling Loss and Damage — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] ( 5 Sep 2023)

Patrick Grady: ...the evidence that we have heard in this debate shows that more funding is needed, but this Government are determined to spend less. In the end, it will cost more. The hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan) and others spoke about population movements. Home Office Ministers themselves stand at the Dispatch Box and say that hundreds of millions of people are on the move and that...


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