House of Commons

My Record of Contributions in Parliament

Summer Adjournment

Commons debates

I am pleased to be making my first and, I hope, last virtual appearance at the Dispatch Box as shadow Deputy Leader of the House for today’s convivial debate. We have heard many hon....

[1st Allocated Day]

Nationality and Borders Bill

Afzal Khan made a speech in the House of Commons

Let me start by saying that I categorically reject this Bill and its proposers. The UK has a long and proud history of welcoming those fleeing war and persecution and providing sanctuary to some...

Immigration Controls: EU Nationals

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit have been wrongly detained while travelling into the UK since 1 July 2021.

Immigration Controls: EU Nationals

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure people travelling on an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit are able to enter the UK following...

Immigration Controls: EU Nationals

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking in response to reports that people traveling into the UK on an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit are...

Beijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government Sanctions

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) for securing this debate and for his excellent, powerful speech. The repression of Uyghur Muslims by the Chinese Government...

Reading

Department for Education

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the annual Summer Reading Challenge run by The Reading Agency in maintaining standards in reading;...

Covid-19: Child Health Services

Health and Social Care

Afzal Khan made a speech in the House of Commons

Children’s and young people’s health has been severely impacted by the pandemic, but it is the mental health impact of lockdown and school closures that is perhaps most concerning....

Covid-19: Child Health Services

Health and Social Care

Afzal Khan made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps he plans to take in response to the findings of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health on the effect of covid-19 on child health services, published on 14 June 2021.

Travel Restrictions: Pakistan

Department for Transport

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to review Pakistan's red list travel status under the Government's covid-19 travel restrictions.

Members: Correspondence

Department for Work and Pensions

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to provide a substantive response to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 23 June 2021 on Mr David...

Kashmir: Riot Control Weapons

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports of the use of pellet guns on Kashmiri children; and if he will make...

Visas: Hong Kong

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of former Apple Daily journalists in Hong Kong who qualify for the UK BNO visa scheme.

Jimmy Lai

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK consulate officials have visited the pro-democracy activist and UK citizen Jimmy Lai in prison.

Hong Kong: Travel

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of its foreign travel advice for Hong Kong in the...

NHS: Mental Health

Department of Health and Social Care

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS workers have access to adequate mental health support.

Treasury: Security

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what private companies are contracted to provide security services at his Department’s buildings that contain Ministerial private offices; and...

Treasury: Directors

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department’s current non-executive directors were appointed; what oversight officials of his Department had of the Ministerial appointments...

Treasury: Directors

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what declaration of interests have been made by his Department’s non-executive directors; and where those interests are published.

Jerusalem: Palestinians

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afzal Khan received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of Israeli security forces attacking...