Clive in Parliament - Clive Efford

Home Care Services: Coronavirus

Department of Health and Social Care

Clive Efford received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure domiciliary care workers are regularly tested for covid-19.

Home Care Services: Coronavirus

Department of Health and Social Care

Clive Efford received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of risk to disabled people of infection with covid-19 from domiciliary care workers who visit...

Home Care Services: Coronavirus

Department of Health and Social Care

Clive Efford received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to minimise the risk of domiciliary care workers spreading the covid-19 virus.

Home Care Services: Coronavirus

Department of Health and Social Care

Clive Efford received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of domiciliary care workers on minimising the risk of infection from covid-19 for (a)...

Sentencing White Paper

Commons debates

Just 206 prison places built out of 10,000 promised by 2020; massive overcrowding in our prisons; little time for rehabilitation, prisoners dumped out of prison with no housing to go to; and a...

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

I am sympathetic to the idea of mass testing and have been for some time, but what does the Secretary of State say to someone like Professor David Spiegelhalter, who said that mass testing could...

Mortgages: Coronavirus

Clive Efford received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the credit ratings of homeowners who have taken mortgage holidays during the covid-19 outbreak are not negatively...

Birmingham Attacks and Extinction Rebellion Protests

Commons debates

The law has to apply to everyone equally, whether they are protesting about the environment or not, but designating Extinction Rebellion as an organised crime group is surely a step too far. What...

Covid-19

Commons debates

I have had personal experience of track and trace over the last couple of weeks. Having filled in my initial form, I was contacted at least three times to be asked for the same information again,...

Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report

Commons debates

The Minister still has not answered the question posed by the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis), who alleged that there was a political attempt to remove the secretariat of the...

Topical Questions

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

My local authority faces a deficit in excess of £40 million because of its response to covid. The Government said that councils should spend what it takes, so why are they not assisting...

UK Internal Market: White Paper

Commons debates

Many of us are alarmed at the prospect of standards being lowered to allow things such as chlorine-washed chicken to come into our market, particularly as the requirement to wash chicken in...

Business of the House

Commons debates

The Conservative manifesto at the last election promised a fan-led review of governance of football. As we emerge from covid, many clubs are going to fall into financial difficulties. My local...

New Clause 1 - Electorate per constituency

Parliamentary Constituencies Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the hon. Lady give way?

New Clause 1 - Electorate per constituency

Parliamentary Constituencies Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

No, because I heard Madam Deputy Speaker cough, which is telling me, “Efford, shut up.” I will conclude by making one point about parliamentary oversight. If we had not had...

New Clause 1 - Electorate per constituency

Parliamentary Constituencies Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

I agree, provided it is within a recognisable local government area and a recognisable community, and there is support from the local community. In additional evidence the Boundary Commission...

New Clause 1 - Electorate per constituency

Parliamentary Constituencies Bill

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

Everyone on the Opposition Benches accepts that this parliamentary boundary review is overdue. I think we all also accept that what we want to achieve is equality in the weight of each individual...

Schools: Construction

Department for Education

Clive Efford received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost of building a new school on the former Greenwich university site at Avery Hill; and if he will make a statement.

Sale of Arms: War in Yemen

Commons debates

This decision reduces the bold statements made last week by the Government on human rights and the Magnitsky sanctions to just mere finger-wagging. If that is not correct, to restore the...

Belly Mujinga

Attorney General

Clive Efford made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful for that response, which is very helpful. I am sure the whole House agrees with the comments made by the Attorney General. This was a very high-profile case and everyone was rightly...