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Ukraine - Motion to Take Note (26 Jan 2024)

Lord Shinkwin: ...to establish when the Prime Minister intends to respond to the recent letter to him and other party leaders from Bishop Nowakowski, bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London, who is leading tremendous efforts to support the Ukrainian community in the UK concerning the visa scheme and continuing support for refugees.

Israel/Gaza - Motion to Take Note (24 Oct 2023)

Lord Shinkwin: ...friend the Minister for his powerful and obviously heartfelt opening remarks. As soon as I heard about the vile, racist pogrom perpetrated by Hamas, I WhatsApped a Jewish friend who lives here in London and whom I had got to know on a March of the Living trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau and other concentration camps a few years ago. I told him how sorry I was about the tragic loss of life in...

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods - Question ( 3 Jul 2023)

Lord Shinkwin: ...of the safe movement of pedestrians. My noble friend the Minister may be aware that the danger to disabled pedestrians posed by the irresponsible use of e-bikes and e-scooters in the centre of London’s low-emission zone was the focus of a recent Policy Exchange paper, A Culture of Impunity, to which several noble Lords contributed. Can my noble friend write to me with a formal response...

International Women’s Day - Motion to Take Note (10 Mar 2023)

Lord Shinkwin: ...than vindicated their concerns. In conclusion, my noble friend Lady Jenkin mentioned the survey published yesterday by Ipsos and the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London. This showed that 55% of men say that society has gone so far in promoting women’s rights that it is discriminating against men. After millennia of discrimination against women, the fact...

Fire Safety Bill - Committee: Amendment 2 (29 Oct 2020)

Lord Shinkwin: ...assessment that has already been carried out by the residents association of a new-build block—incorporating both low-level blocks of below 18 metres and taller buildings—in Colindale in north London. The findings relate to the mental health impact of the current situation on leaseholders: they are stark and shocking. Nine out of 10 residents reported that their mental health had...

Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - Committee (Continued): Amendment 23 (15 Jul 2019)

Lord Shinkwin: ...our respect for devolution and for the people of Northern Ireland, a clear majority of whom, polling shows, as we have already heard, do not want law changes imposed on them by us here in London. I also support it for another reason. I do not take a position on abortion per se; I do, however, take a position on disability equality. What is proposed in the Bill drives a coach and horses...

Residential Construction and Housing Supply - Motion to Take Note (24 Apr 2019)

Lord Shinkwin: ...that the Act was passed, as I say, almost two years ago. Surely, as the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas of Winchester, also suggested, there is an obvious solution. Indeed, it is already being used in London, where all new homes are built to Part M category 2 standards for “accessible and adaptable dwellings”—in other words, sustainable housing. Moreover, 10% of new housing in London is...

Transport: Disabled Parking in London - Question (27 Apr 2017)

Lord Shinkwin: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with central London boroughs about disseminating best practice in the provision of parking spaces, specifically for disabled people who live and work in central London.

NHS and Social Care: Impact of Brexit - Motion to Take Note (21 Jul 2016)

Lord Shinkwin: ...EU nurses make a vital contribution to the NHS and the health of the nation. What about social care? According to the King’s Fund, an estimated 6% of jobs in the UK social care sector and 12% in London’s are filled by EU migrants. Taken together, all these statistics surely point to the fact that as a nation we need to give urgent consideration to how we grant these people the security...

Life Chances Strategy - Question for Short Debate (11 May 2016)

Lord Shinkwin: ...their professional and earning potential and their contribution to the economy and society? Will it identify non-workplace related barriers, such as parking outside their place of work in central London—an issue that local authorities could do so much to address? The Prime Minister rightly argued that, “children thrive on high expectations: it is how they grow in school and beyond”....


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