House of Commons

My Record of Contributions in Parliament

Wayland Prison: Solar Power

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which company supplied the solar panels recently installed at HMP Wayland.

Consumer Protection (Double Charging)

Commons debates

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The shocking and serious allegation made by the hon. Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani) reminds us that the Conservative Government continue to ignore the...

Throwline Stations - [Ms Nusrat Ghani in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to speak in today’s debate. I thank the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) for introducing it on behalf of the petitioners and for making some good suggestions...

Uyghur Tribunal Judgment

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Member for her intervention. It is harrowing, isn’t it? It reminds us of what happened to the Jewish community here in Europe. Those things are repeating. Will the Minister...

Uyghur Tribunal Judgment

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani) for securing the debate, and for her excellent speech; indeed, we have heard excellent speeches from other Members, too. I commend the tremendous...

British Council Staff: Afghanistan

Commons debates

A recent report by Human Rights Watch detailed how Taliban rule has had a devastating impact on Afghan women and girls, and the catastrophic cuts to funding for the British Council have made this...

Topical Questions

International Trade

Afzal Khan made a speech in the House of Commons

Can the Minister outline how much cotton and how many products to construct solar panels have been imported into the UK from Xinjiang in the past year?

Imports from Xinjiang, China

International Trade

Afzal Khan made a speech in the House of Commons

China is the largest cotton producer in the world, with 84% of cotton coming from the Xinjiang region. The region also produces 45% of the world’s supply of the key component in solar...

Imports from Xinjiang, China

International Trade

Afzal Khan made a speech in the House of Commons

If she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to ban the import of Chinese cotton and solar panels from Xinjiang.

Gas and Electricity Costs - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I also welcome this debate and thank the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for securing it. My constituency of Manchester, Gorton has long faced a fuel poverty...

Nuclear Reactors: North West

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the full-life costs of the Rolls Royce Small Nuclear Reactor programme,...

Nuclear Reactors: North West

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding is being provided to train and re-train the workforce in the North West needed for the Rolls Royce...

Pending Asylum Applications

Home Department

Afzal Khan made a speech in the House of Commons

The Conservatives say that the asylum system is broken, but having been in power for more than a decade, the truth is that they are the ones who broke it. Asylums seekers are some of the most...

Pending Asylum Applications

Home Department

Afzal Khan made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent estimate she has made of the number of asylum applications pending initial decision.

Youth Custody: Ethnic Groups

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of BAME children in youth custody in the UK.

Draft Online Safety Bill Report

Commons debates

I too want to say how important this work is, and I urge that this Bill is desperately needed. Refuge has found that one in three women have at some time in their life experienced abuse online. I...

Coronavirus: Vaccination

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, how many people have received covid-19 vaccinations at walk-in and pop up clinics; how many of those people (a) did not have a NHS number...

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 will respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 25 November 2021 regarding Chantelle Zerafa.

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 will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 11 November 2021 regarding Dr Peter Harrison.

Downing Street Garden Event

Commons debates

My beloved mum died of covid in March 2020. She died alone in hospital while I sat in the car outside trying to be as close to her as I could. Even burdened with our grief, my family obeyed the...