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 General Debate - Points Based Immigration System |
24 April 2008Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): I have paid tribute to the fact that theMinister has been all over the country meeting communities. Whatmessage has he received from them about the points-basedsystem?Mr. Byrne: Myright hon. Friend knows that I have the privilege of representing aconstituency whose population is about 50 per cent. Pakistani. Themessages that I have received in my mee...
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| Ten Minute Rule Bill (Race Relations) - First Reading |
6 February 2008 I beg to move That leave be given to bring in a Bill to exclude from the operation of the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 certain matters relating to the selection of candidates by political parties. The United Kingdom is a diverse nation. A snapshot of what it means to be British today would surely provide us with a mosaic reflect...
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| Lisbon Treaty - (1)st Allotted Day) |
29 January 2008 Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve), who has won many awards for his parliamentary skill and ability. Sadly however, he concentrated in his speech today not on the substance of the justice and home affairs agenda, but on what I was going to call his Euroscepticism although I should apologise for ca...
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| Opposition Day Debate - Human Trafficking |
16 January 2008 Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for East Devon (Mr. Swire), and to have been listening to such an important debate with so many excellent contributions, such as those from the Minister and the hon. Members for Ashford (Damian Green) and for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne). I was going to say that we cannot put a cigarette paper between the...
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| Westminster Hall debate - Police Funding |
10 January 2008 Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): I am grateful to the Liaison Committee and to you, Lady Winterton, for the opportunity to allow the House to debate the fourth report of the Home Affairs Committee from the last session, which is on police funding. The purpose of the debate is to discuss the issues that were raised in the inquiry and to look at developments since. I am pleas...
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| Christmas Adjournment Debate |
18 December 2007 Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Angela Browning). She usually ends such speeches by inviting hon. Members to visit her constituency during the recess, although I am not sure what she would want us to look at. Perhaps it would be Mr. and Mrs. Dyke’s central heating, or the theatre that is about to...
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| Orders of the Day Foreign Affairs and Defence |
12 November 2007 Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Devizes (Mr. Ancram), the distinguished former shadow Foreign Secretary. It is no surprise to me that even though he ended by talking about the middle east peace process and Iraq—very important foreign policy issues—he began, of course, with the Conservative obsessi...
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| Topical Debate - Immigration |
15 November 2007 Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am delighted to be taking part in your experiment this afternoon. It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ashford (Damian Green). I think that he spent nine minutes on Government policy and about 30 seconds on setting out Conservative party policy. It did not include the identity of the i...
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| Adjournment debate - Romanian and Bulgarian Migrant Workers |
6 November 2007 Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss the issue of restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian citizens who wish to come to the United Kingdom to work. Since my application for this debate, the Government announced their decision last week, after a 10-month review, to retain the restrictions placed on migrant workers from Bulgaria a...
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| Remaining Stages - Serious Crime Bill |
22 October 2007 Keith Vaz - Let me begin by saying that this is no “magpie Minister” but an eagle, willing to swoop down and deal with all the dreadful criminals who are engaged in such awful behaviour. I think we all share the concerns that have been expressed by both my hon. Friend the Minister and the hon. Member for Hornchurch (James Brokenshire) about the high-profile crimes ...
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| Adjournment Debate - Proposals for a Written Constitution |
10 October 2007 Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): I am most grateful to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for allowing me the opportunity to raise the Government’s proposals on a written constitution in this Adjournment debate. This debate follows on from the debate on 22 May initiated by my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) in the light of the then Chancellor of the Excheque...
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| Second Reading - Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill |
8 October 2007 Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): I promise to be briefer than the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert)—obviously, as I am subject to the 10-minute limit—but I am delighted to be asked to participate in the debate. I wish to use the opportunity to raise issues related to the new special immigration status, intermediate sentences and compensation for victi...
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| Summer Adjournment Debate |
26th July 2007 The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP spoke in the Summer Adjournment Debate in the House of Commons on 26th July 2007: Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): I am delighted to participate in the summer Adjournment debate—I shall do so briefly in view of the many hon. Members who want to speak. I am pleased to see my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary on the Front Bench and, in...
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| Article - House Magazine - Future Challenges for the European Union |
The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP wrote the following for House Magazine, assessing the future challenges for the European Union, published 7th May 2007: Future Challenges for the European Union
The 9th May marks the anniversary of the Schuman declaration, commemorating the merger of French and German coal and steel plants, making another war in between those states impossible, then the key underly...
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| Westminster Hall Debate - Carter Review of Legal Aid |
The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP spoke in the Westminster Hall Debate on the Carter Review of Legal Aid on the 12th July 2007: Keith Vaz (Leicester East, Labour) It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mr. Beith), the Chairman of the Select Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on any matter, but especially on this one, as he chaired the Committee sitting that ...
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| Easter Adjournment Debate |
The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP spoke in the Easter Adjournment Debate of the House of Commons on the 29th March 2007: Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for West Derbyshire (Mr. McLoughlin), who became a Member of Parliament when I did 20 years ago. He spoke with enormous passion about several key issues that concerned his constituent...
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| Budget Statement - Response by Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP |
On the 22nd March 2007 the Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP gave his response to the Chancellor's Budget Statement: 1.44 pm Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Brent, East (Sarah Teather), because her constituency is similar to mine in its make-up. When she has had the opportunity to study the Budget in great detail—obviously, it is difficult to...
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| Adjournment Debate - Racism and Channel 4 |
The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP secured an adjournment debate on the Responsibilites of Broadcasters on 15th March. The follow is an excerpt from the Official Report of the House of Commons:
Channel 4 Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. —[Mr. Roy.] 6.7 pm Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): I am grateful for this opportunity to discuss the subject o...
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| Article - House Magazine - Broadcasting Responsibilities |
The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP has the following article published in the House Magazine. No grants for Grand Guignol Over the past few weeks the nation has witnessed the broadcasting of real-life racist, statements, behaviour and bullying being broadcasting on what is still one of the main national television statements. In the words of Tessa Jowell, speaking in a pers...
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| Adjournment Debate - GE Lighting Closure |
On the 19th December 2006, in the last Parliamentary debate of the year, the Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP secured an adjournment debate with the Minister of State for Industry and the Regions to ask for any assistance the Government could provide to stop the proposed closure of the GE Lighting Factory at Melton Road, Leicester. Excerpt from Official Report: GE Lights Motion made, and Question propo...
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6 February 2008 I beg to move That leave be given to bring in a Bill to exclude from the operation of the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 certain matters relating to the selection of candidates by political parties. The United Kingdom is a diverse nation. A snapshot of what it means to be British today would surely provide us with a mosaic reflect...