Liam Byrne’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour Party

Liam Byrne MP in Parliament

High Speed 2

Westminster Hall debates

I am all for that, so long as it does not introduce a moment of delay in driving this forward. Frankly, our economy cannot have any further delay. I treasure a project that puts the west midlands...

High Speed 2

Westminster Hall debates

Precisely. If we measure what we treasure, and if we treasure jobs, HS2 is, frankly, a project that we need. However, that is not all I treasure; I also treasure tangible action to decarbonise...

High Speed 2

Westminster Hall debates

The former Secretary of State is right to make that point, because a number of significant businesses are now relocating to what is the worst unemployment hotspot in the country; the worst...

High Speed 2

Westminster Hall debates

I will in a moment. Coming from Birmingham, what I treasure above all is jobs. We have had the slowest jobs recovery since the financial crisis of any city region, and HS2 will bring lots and...

High Speed 2

Westminster Hall debates

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I congratulate the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom) on securing the debate and on giving the House a...

Net Zero Emissions Target

Commons debates

I, too, welcome today’s statement as an important step forward. I hope the Secretary of State will join me in congratulating Birmingham City Council, which last night declared a climate...

Definition of Islamophobia

Commons debates

I, too, commend my hon. Friend for the leadership that he has shown on this issue. Hate crime against Muslims has risen by almost 100% since the Brexit referendum. In my constituency, which has...

Environment and Climate Change

Commons debates

It was 307 years ago that Thomas Newcomen demonstrated the first working steam engine up in Dudley Castle. It was put to work pretty rapidly, pumping the water out of Lord Dudley’s coal...

Council Housing: West Midlands

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many council housing units are planned to be built in (a) Birmingham, (b) Coventry, (c) Dudley, (d) Sandwell, (e)...

Sleeping Rough: West Midlands

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many rough sleepers there were in (a) Birmingham, (b) Coventry, (c) Dudley, (d) Sandwell, (e) Solihull, (f)...

Online Abuse - [Joan Ryan in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Before the Minister finishes, I am grateful for the opportunity to ask her whether she thinks that the Law Commission’s work is going to finish in time to allow her to bring a Bill before...

Online Abuse - [Joan Ryan in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The Minister is being generous. The only danger with introducing such statistics, which all the social media companies are desperate to put into our hands, is that it creates the impression that...

Online Abuse - [Joan Ryan in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I am grateful for that because I believe we are on the same page. I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that the police forces in this country will need to be radically reconfigured. The time...

Online Abuse - [Joan Ryan in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ryan. I, too, congratulate Katie Price and her family on bringing forward the petition. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for...

Council Housing: Construction

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost of building council houses to A+ EPC standard.

Council Housing: West Midlands

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his forecast is for the number of council houses to be built in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area in each of...

Climate Action and Extinction Rebellion

Commons debates

The west midlands was the home of the industrial revolution. We sparked the carbon revolution; we would like to lead the zero-carbon revolution. However, it has been harder to decarbonise our...

Online Disinformation

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Liam Byrne made a speech in the House of Commons

The rocket fuel for fake news and disinformation is the tidal wave of dark money flowing into dark ads that are targeted with psychographic precision. Vote Leave has admitted breaking the...

Housing

Commons debates

I was staggered to hear the Minister’s complacency about homelessness, which is wholly misplaced. In my region of the West Midlands, which is under a Tory Mayor, homelessness or rough...

West Midlands Combined Authority: Borrowing

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Liam Byrne received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the total borrowing capacity is of the West Midlands Combined Authority; and how much that combined authority has...