Clive in Parliament - Clive Efford

Business of the House

Commons debates

The Leader of the House is responsible for protecting the rights of Members of Parliament as well as being part of the Government. Earlier, he mentioned the need to have regular statements here...

Coronavirus: Employment Support

Commons debates

After six and a half weeks, when we knew we might reach this stage, it is hard to understand why the Government have no idea what they are going to do to pay the wages of those who are being laid...

Covid-19: Access to House of Commons

House of Commons Commission

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

I tabled this question when there were rumours that Parliament would be closed and that we might not be invited back after the recess. Things have now moved rapidly beyond that, and we have to...

Covid-19: Access to House of Commons

House of Commons Commission

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plans to further restrict access to the House of Commons in response to...

Educational Settings

Commons debates

We have 48 hours before schools close, and we have no clear list of who is going to be able to send their children to school next week or after the Easter holidays. We have known for several...

Economic Update

Commons debates

The notes that have been handed out from the Vote Office tonight say “Statement to the Press”, not to the House of Commons. I do not think there is any difference between what the...

Covid-19

Commons debates

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. We all appreciate the work and the efforts of the Secretary of State for Health and his attempts to answer our questions this evening, but there were questions...

Covid-19

Commons debates

We need a plan for scaling back schools. Teachers are saying to me that they are part of a mass collection of people every day and are concerned not only about being infected but about relatives...

Road Network National Policy Statements: Climate Change Commitments

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

Does not the decision on Heathrow demonstrate that the Government need to upgrade their statements in the light of climate change, otherwise there is a danger that their massive expansion of road...

Road Network National Policy Statements: Climate Change Commitments

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

Whether he plans to make road network national policy statements compatible with the UK’s commitments on climate change.

Coronavirus

Commons debates

Are we reaching the stage where people, if they have any form of cold, should be self-isolating? We all know people who have had colds, some of them more severe than others, but they have been...

Low-risk Medicines

Health and Social Care

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

We have been waiting for a year for the Greenwich clinical commissioning group to reopen a nurse-led practitioner drop-in centre on the Horn Park estate. This was a place where people from that...

Coronavirus

Commons debates

Industries such as the hospitality industry employ people on zero-hours contracts, and I know of one major hotel that has laid off a number of people. What can the Secretary of State do to ensure...

Ministerial Code

Commons debates

If what the Minister has told us today is correct, then Philip Rutnam is being either severely misleading or widely mistaken. Which of those two is it?

Coronavirus

Commons debates

I hear what the Secretary of State says about how people should go about their ordinary lives if they have not tested positive, but where parents self-isolate while awaiting testing, should their...

Topical Questions

Ministry of Justice

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

My constituents struggle to get legal aid support when their benefits have been stopped. This is leading to people being forced to use food banks and, in some extreme cases, even losing their...

Deradicalisation of Prisoners: Longer Sentences

Ministry of Justice

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful for that answer, but surely the purpose of putting someone who needs to be deradicalised in prison and lengthening their sentence has to be to give a greater opportunity for...

Deradicalisation of Prisoners: Longer Sentences

Ministry of Justice

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the effect of longer prison sentences on the deradicalisation of prisoners.

Wuhan Coronavirus

Commons debates

Should the outbreak become more widespread, will the Secretary of State say what advice he is preparing for employers, because many people, such as those on zero-hours contracts, will be severely...

Paterson Inquiry

Commons debates

What has happened is horrific, and my heart goes out to all the people who have been affected, but surely this could not have happened without the collusion of others. It is not just a question...