Conor Burns: There is no doubt that there was a bad culture in the Post Office for a very long time. It misled a significant number of Ministers, who, to put it gently, could have been more inquiring over the years. Has my right hon. Friend had time to reflect on the words of the non-executive members of the board representing the postmasters, who say that only days before she sacked the chairman, there...
Conor Burns: We all know that our constituents want action on illegal migration. If we conduct surveys and read our emails, we know that it is one of the most important issues facing our constituents. But it is not new that the political parties are debating and making promises on it. The right hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) concluded her speech by bemoaning the lack of action and...
Conor Burns: The shadow Home Secretary will understand the passion and anger that many of our constituents feel—in my own constituency, we have four hotels full of people waiting for their asylum determination—and they want this sorted out. The Government have come forward with a plan, and she is eloquently explaining her reservations about that plan and committing to cancel it. She is also explaining...
Conor Burns: May I invite my right hon. Friend to agree that, despite some of the rhetoric we have heard in the House today, the United Kingdom is an immeasurably better place to grow up as a gay person than it was in decades gone by and that this House is at its best when it can find moderate consensus on what is right for our citizens? In that light, I ask her whether it is still the Government’s...
Conor Burns: To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what the Church's position is on freedom of religion in conflict zones in (a) the Middle East and (b) Europe.
Conor Burns: My right hon. Friend knows from the Adjournment debate we had and our correspondence over the summer the extent to which illegal migration is an issue in my constituency. Some colleagues talk about “a” migrant hotel, but we have multiple such hotels. I welcome the Minister’s announcement today that one of those hotels will be taken back. Sir Humphrey used to say that “Gratitude is...
Conor Burns: I associate myself with the words about our late colleague Sir David Amess. I was privileged to serve with him on the all-party parliamentary group on the Holy See, of which he was a dedicated chairman. In considering future business, may I draw the Leader of the House’s attention to the collapse of a company in my constituency, Initiative Property Management, which manages a large number...
Conor Burns: One of the many things Bournemouth is known for is its large Jewish community; indeed, our first citizen and mayor, Councillor Anne Filer, is Jewish. Those people in my constituency will have heard and drawn comfort from the calm and measured words of not just the Prime Minister, but the right hon. and learned Gentleman, the Leader of the Opposition, this afternoon. What we have seen is not...
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people awaiting asylum determination are housed in postcodes: (a) BH3 7, (b) BH12 5, (c) BH12 1, (d) BH10 6, (e) BH10 5, (f) BH9 2, (g) BH4 9, (h) BH9 1, (i) BH4 8, (j) BH2 6, (k) BH11 9, (l) BH10 4, (m) BH12 4, (n) BH10 7, (o) BH1 1, (p) BH2 5, (q) BH11 8 and (r) BH1 2?.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are housing asylum seekers in (a) Bournemouth West constituency, (b) Bournemouth East constituency, (c) Poole constituency, (d) Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency, (e) Southampton Itchen constituency, (f) Southampton Test constituency and (g) Romsey constituency; and how many asylum seekers are housed in each of those...
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the break date is for the contracts between her Department and hotels in Bournemouth for housing asylum claimants.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the end date is in the contracts between her Department and hotels in Bournemouth housing asylum claimants.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on the number of people awaiting asylum determination in each parliamentary constituency.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what direct aid his Department has given to LGBTQ+ organisations in Uganda since the adoption of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on LGBT+ Rights has had with the Ugandan Government on that country's Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department's High Commission in Uganda has provided to the LGBT+ community in that country since the adoption of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the report by Versus Arthritis entitled the State Of Musculoskeletal Health 2023 that there are over 10 million people living with arthritis in the UK.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what services will be offered through local musculoskeletal health hubs.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2023 to Question 172437 on Health Services: Waiting Lists, whether his Department has plans to work with (a) Versus Arthritis and (b) other charities on creating personalised preparation plans for patients.
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2023 to Question 172437 on Health Services: Waiting Lists, what personalised perioperative care plans for patients with arthritis will consist of.