Khalid Mahmood’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour Party

Khalid Mahmood MP in Parliament

Definition of Islamophobia

Commons debates

That is fair enough. Those are the issues. I am happy to an extent to see people getting frustrated, because our objective is to get a clear definition. That is what I was after, but that is not...

Definition of Islamophobia

Commons debates

I will quickly give way to the right hon. Member for Broxtowe, if she wishes, just to be fair.

Definition of Islamophobia

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for that clarification. Of course I am not. I am saying that the definition of Muslimness as described in the report categorises people into those who dress a particular...

Definition of Islamophobia

Commons debates

No. I must make tracks as time is limited. This person went out there, but some people would look at her and probably not think that she is a Muslim. People can hide these things.

Definition of Islamophobia

Commons debates

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising that issue, but that is above my pay grade and I have no particular knowledge about that. The point I want to make is about inter-community...

Definition of Islamophobia

Commons debates

I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for that clarification. His foreword is very brief and that is all I had to go on. There are other issues that perhaps we might discuss outside this...

Definition of Islamophobia

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes), with whom I worked during his time as Security Minister. I would like to start by...

Security Situation in Sri Lanka

Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Khalid Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

The unity we saw after the Easter Sunday bombings has sadly been threatened by reprisal attacks against ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims and refugee communities from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan....

Russian Annexation of Crimea

Westminster Hall debates

I certainly agree that there was no aggression on the part of Ukraine. There has only been aggression by the Russian state in relation to the occupation of Crimea—I say that...

Russian Annexation of Crimea

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for Henley (John Howell) on securing this debate. I commend him for the great interest he has taken in...

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - [David Hanson in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is right: the Prime Minister has to apologise. That is where the apology should come from, although I know that the Minister is a studious man who works hard and understands the...

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - [David Hanson in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a privilege to serve under your stewardship, Mr Hanson. I thank the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) for ensuring that the debate came to the Chamber. I thank him for the...

Brunei

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement, and for the concern and care that he has brought to this issue, just as he did for other issues including Kashmir and the Rohingya, as...

Foreign Affairs Committee

Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate my hon. Friend, as I will call him, on this excellent report, which has been put together in such detail. I will ask a couple of questions, particularly on what he thinks the...

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Westminster Hall debates

It is always a pleasure to serve under your stewardship, Mr Gapes. The Committee has produced an absolutely superb report—such detail—and it is to be welcomed. It raises serious...

Points of Order

Commons debates

I wonder whether you could guide me, Mr Speaker, on how I can place on record the fact that my hon. Friend the Member for Slough has become the first black, Asian or minority ethnic Member to be...

Points of Order

Commons debates

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I wonder whether you could guide me on how I can place on record the fact that my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) has become the first black, Asian...

Overseas Soft Power

Oral Answers to Questions - Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Khalid Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

Lord Ricketts, the former head of the Foreign Office and an expert of soft power, said last month: “The Foreign Secretary is making a big mistake if he thinks this…blame game over...

Far-Right Violence and Online Extremism

Commons debates

May I send my condolences to the families of the deceased and injured in New Zealand and the Netherlands, and praise the actions of New Zealand’s Prime Minister? Will the Minister hold the...

Privatised Probation System

Commons debates

After the failure of Working Links and in the light of the National Audit Office’s damning report into the implementation of Transforming Rehabilitation the first time round by the former...