Results 21–40 of 2306 for speaker:Joanna Cherry

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Clause 1 - Introduction (18 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: With reference to the point made by the hon. Member for Torbay about the basis of the Supreme Court’s decision, I am sure that, like me, the Minister will have read the decision carefully. Does he agree that paragraphs 75 to 105 make it clear that there were three reasons for the Supreme Court’s decision? It was based on evidence: first, about the general human rights situation in Rwanda;...

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Clause 1 - Introduction (18 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: My question was this: in January this year, the British Government, through the Home Office, published a 137-page document about the human rights situation in Rwanda, detailing serious concerns from such august bodies as the US State Department about the protection of human rights on the ground in Rwanda, so what has changed since the Home Office published that note in January? The Minister...

Asylum and Migration (14 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: Does the Minister appreciate that those of us who question the Rwanda scheme are doing so not because we do not think that the boats should be stopped, but because we think that the Rwanda scheme is not the way to do that and does not provide value for money? Those are the issues that he needs to address in the short time that he has left—whether the Rwanda scheme is value for money.

Asylum and Migration (14 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: I want to focus my comments on the cost of the Government’s Rwanda policy, particularly as I visited Kigali two weeks ago as Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The Committee will report on our visit in due course, so any comments that I make today are made in my personal capacity. It was good that the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon...

Asylum and Migration (14 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: Indeed, it is. When I guested at the Home Affairs Committee, I raised with a Minister that we tell LGBT Brits going to Rwanda that they need to be careful as we cannot guarantee their safety, but we are now quite happy to send LGBT asylum seekers there. I could say a lot more about Rwanda, but it is important to understand why it is a deterrent. People often come here to seek asylum because...

Extremism Definition and Community Engagement (14 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: This new definition will require careful scrutiny of its compliance with human rights such as the right to freedom of expression, religion and belief. In my role as Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, I am delighted that we will be taking forward that scrutiny next week. On a personal level, may I ask the Secretary of State to agree that Members of this House have a duty to be...

State Pension Changes: Women — [Sir Gary Streeter in the Chair] (12 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: The Minister is hiding behind the need to wait until the final report is out, but at around the time of the stage 1 report, the PHSO said that Ministers could be proactive in finding a remedy for 1950s women. What does the Minister say to that?

State Pension Changes: Women — [Sir Gary Streeter in the Chair] (12 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: I congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this important and timely debate. The Government’s failure to come forward with proposals for compensating the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign is a disgrace. Tens of thousands of women have been plunged into poverty through no fault of their own, and many of them now feel abandoned given the length of...

Health and Social Care: Adult Social Care Workforce ( 5 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: What steps she is taking to help increase recruitment and retention in the adult social care sector.

Health and Social Care: Adult Social Care Workforce ( 5 Mar 2024)

Joanna Cherry: Edinburgh Trade Union Council recently described changes to the healthcare worker visa route as cruel and inhumane. Many of my constituents who have relatives in care share its concerns, as do I. We know the valuable contribution that foreign care workers make to the sector. Ideologically driven change to visas could further exacerbate the recruitment and retention crisis that other Members...

Ceasefire in Gaza (21 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: Does my hon. Friend agree that, while some rules may be more malleable than others, the rules of international law are very clear on self-defence: the use of self-defence must be proportionate, and by any view, 30,000 civilians dead, the majority of whom are women and children, is excessive and not a proportionate use of force.

Immigration Rules and Border Security (20 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: If the purpose of yesterday’s announcement was to provide some reassurance to Ukrainian citizens who have sought refuge in the UK, why are the Government forcing them to go through yet another application? Every Member of this House will have experienced the problems supporting the initial applications: there will be delays; different family members will get confirmation at different times;...

Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords] (19 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: The right hon. Gentleman and I often crossed swords during the passage of the 2016 Act, but we have since reached a point of rapprochement on discovering our mutual passion for the importance of freedom of expression. From what he is saying this evening, I think we can also agree on the importance of privacy. Of course, that comes from the right to a private and family life under article 8 of...

Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords] (19 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: I thank my hon. Friend for his kind comments earlier. As usual, he is making a very forensic speech. On this issue of a reasonable expectation of privacy, does he agree that clause 2 and clause 11(3) seem to be based on a legal misunderstanding that people lose their right to privacy when they happen to share certain information with someone else? He will be as aware as I am that that runs...

Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords] (19 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: On that point, will the Home Secretary give way?

Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords] (19 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: I thank the Home Secretary for giving way. He mentioned listening to scrutiny by the ISC. The Joint Committee on Human Rights has issued a call for written evidence on the Bill, and as he will know from the human rights memorandum, the Bill raises important human rights issues relating to the rights to privacy and to freedom of expression, and possibly the right to an effective remedy. Will...

Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords] (19 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: I sense that the Home Secretary is coming to the end of his speech. We have mentioned parliamentarians and journalists, but I want to talk about another important group: trade unions. Some people fear that the Bill will open the door even further than its parent Bill on the surveillance of trade unions. Does the Home Secretary agree that there should be no place for the surveillance of trade...

Death of Alexei Navalny (19 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: All those who care about democracy and free speech should condemn the murder of Alexei Navalny, but one of the most meaningful things the United Kingdom Government could do to honour his memory is to take steps to deal effectively with the dirty Russian money being laundered in this country, particularly as being made through nefarious means by allies of Putin. What are the Government going...

Support for Civilians Fleeing Gaza ( 6 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: My hon. Friend the Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant) was very clear that he is looking for temporary visas because, as the Minister says, Palestinians will of course want to return when and if it is safe to do so. Does the Minister not think that the United Kingdom has a particular responsibility, given the history of our involvement in the region and the Balfour declaration?

Support for Civilians Fleeing Gaza ( 6 Feb 2024)

Joanna Cherry: I wanted to add my voice to that of my hon. Friend, because, as he knows, his constituent has a sister who is my constituent, and who has also given many years’ service to the NHS. That family are in a position to financially support any relatives who might come from Gaza to the UK temporarily. I agree with my hon. Friend that as well as considering families like those of our constituents,...


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