Khalid Mahmood’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour

Khalid Mahmood MP in Parliament

Industrial Action on the Railway

Commons debates

The Secretary of State came into the Chamber with confected rage about workers, comparing them with ’70s workers. I do not know how old he was when the Thatcher anti-unions laws came in,...

Ukraine: UK and NATO Military Commitment

Commons debates

I agree wholeheartedly with the Chair of the Defence Committee and the shadow Defence Secretary. Unless we are prepared to make a real investment in our Army and the weapons that are required, we...

Prime Minister’s Visit to India

Commons debates

Unfortunately, the Prime Minister could not make himself available for this urgent question—an important part of the work that he should be doing. We know that this Prime Minister does not...

P&O Ferries and Employment Rights

Commons debates

My great-grandfather and my grandfather served in the British Merchant Navy and were never treated in the appalling and disrespectful way in which this company has treated these people. This is...

Future of Soft Power

Westminster Hall debates

I totally agree with the right hon. Lady, who makes a valid point. That sort of assessment could be made if we looked at the number of people who come to our universities to be educated and who...

Future of Soft Power

Westminster Hall debates

Very briefly, there is never a reason to speak after the chairman of the APPG has spoken, because he is always so eloquent, particularly in describing the needs of the British Council, and some...

Future of Soft Power

Westminster Hall debates

Future of Soft Power

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for taking an intervention, and for his fantastic work for the British Council. Its work is crucial—he is highlighting the loss of revenue—but we often...

Ukraine

Commons debates

Just a single point on sanctions: what action will we take when people break those sanctions on Russia and take supplies? I am thinking particularly of the crude oil being taken by India. What...

Recognition of the State of Palestine

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott) for securing this important debate. To have a two-state solution, we need two states. That is exactly the point of this...

Non-commissioned Exempt Accommodation

Commons debates

I am privileged to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi). Before I start, I want, as my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill)...

Non-commissioned Exempt Accommodation

Commons debates

Birmingham set out its own house building programme, but it has not been able to provide the volume of housing that it needs because of the Government restrictions. It is not that Birmingham does...

Non-commissioned Exempt Accommodation

Commons debates

The issue raised by the right hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) is not right, because once a person comes to an area and offers themselves as a person in need of services, the council has...

Access to NHS Dentistry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Khalid Mahmood made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I apologise for intervening on the hon. Gentleman twice, but I just want to make the point that John Charlton, with Severn Trent Water, has worked on getting fluoridation in water for the past 30...

Access to NHS Dentistry - [Clive Efford in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Khalid Mahmood made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this important debate. On that point, my constituents in the city of Birmingham have hugely suffered through the covid. People like myself, who suffer from...

Supported Exempt Accommodation

Westminster Hall debates

I appreciate the point that my hon. Friend is trying to make. This weekend, a lady came to my constituency surgery to complain of exactly that issue: prisoners on release have been put next door...

Jack Dromey

Speaker’s Statement

Khalid Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

I first met Jack during the Longbridge dispute, when we, as Members of Parliament, were getting together to do our best to save that huge industry in Birmingham. Unfortunately we all know what...

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

In Birmingham we have been trying to tackle areas of low vaccine take-up, which has been difficult. When we go to people now, they say, “These rules aren’t good enough for the Prime...

Neighbourhood Policing: West Midlands

Westminster Hall debates

The Minister did not clarify the point about the management of West Midlands police. Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services said: “The force is good...

Neighbourhood Policing: West Midlands

Westminster Hall debates

Well, that is what I am being told—that police officers need to have a degree to be able to work. A lot of recruits have been taken in. I know about four recruits who have come into my...