Tahir Ali’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour

Tahir Ali MP in Parliament

Rail Strikes

Commons debates

Members vote to go on strike as an absolute last resort. It happens when everything else has failed. In the strike action planned for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, I will show my solidarity by...

Rail Strikes

Commons debates

I come from a maintenance background and I know how maintenance works. When you get rid of engineers, you cannot replace them. You cannot decide one day that you have got rid of 500 too many...

HM Passport Office Backlog

Commons debates

I will start with the quote from our hon. Friend the shadow Minister that my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) closed with: “A Government who fail to plan are a...

HM Passport Office Backlog

Commons debates

In all his contributions, the Minister has not once admitted what the backlog is. Maybe the hon. Gentleman can get an answer from his own Minister: does he know what the backlog of outstanding...

Children’s Education Recovery and Childcare Costs

Commons debates

Nearly 45% of children in my Birmingham, Hall Green constituency live in relative poverty—more than double the national average. An area of Sparkbrook in my constituency has the highest...

Independent Review of Children’s Social Care

Commons debates

First, will the Minister join me in extending gratitude to the thousands of social workers and family foster care workers who do the hard work day in, day out? We have a huge difficulty in my...

Achieving Economic Growth

Commons debates

The Queen’s Speech clearly comes from a beleaguered Government who have run out of ideas and lost the ability to show leadership in a time of acute crisis. As several of my colleagues have...

After Clause 4 - Provision for Chagos Islanders to acquire British nationality

Nationality and Borders Bill

Tahir Ali made a speech in the House of Commons

Recently, I was sent hundreds of Valentine cards from pupils at St Dunstan’s Primary School in my constituency, to my surprise; it is more than I have ever received. In each card, handmade...

Recognition of the State of Palestine

Commons debates

Like many others, I firmly believe in a lasting and just two-state solution to the long-standing conflict between Israel and Palestine. I maintain that the two-state solution is the best means of...

Non-commissioned Exempt Accommodation

Commons debates

I would like to begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Shabana Mahmood) for her excellent contribution and for securing the Westminster Hall debate a few weeks...

Supported Exempt Accommodation

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the Minister for giving way. Does he agree that councils across the country need regulations so that they can take action against rogue operators? My hon. Friend the Member for...

Supported Exempt Accommodation

Westminster Hall debates

Will the Minister give way?

Oil and Gas Producers: Windfall Tax

Commons debates

Over the past few months, I have been approached by numerous constituents in Birmingham, Hall Green who have expressed serious concern over the affordability of their fuel bills. Many people are...

Access to GP Appointments

Westminster Hall debates

Many of my constituents, and constituents across the country, are concerned about how quickly they can get face-to-face appointments, especially those mentioned earlier: the vulnerable, the...

Neighbourhood Policing: West Midlands

Westminster Hall debates

Will the Minister explain why £175 million has been taken from west midlands policing since 2010, resulting in 2,200 fewer officers on the street? Giving back 800 officers does not replace...

Neighbourhood Policing: West Midlands

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I would like to thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey) for securing the debate. I also thank my...

Rail Investment and Integrated Rail Plan

Commons debates

Does my hon. Friend agree that HS2 was supposed to be about connecting the entire country and achieving a fairer and more balanced country as a result? This disintegrated rail plan delivers the...

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

What advice does the Secretary of State have for our constituents who have not been able to visit their loved ones in times of illness, death or for a family event like a wedding in Kashmir,...

Rail Investment and Integrated Rail Plan

Commons debates

On the point about connecting communities, does my hon. Friend agree that HS2 was not just about building track, building stations or reducing journey times; it was more about regeneration and...

New Clause 3 - Offence of human trafficking for sexual exploitation

Nationality and Borders Bill

Tahir Ali made a speech in the House of Commons

On that point about convictions and the police, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the police need more resources to tackle and eradicate modern slavery?