Information between 4th June 2025 - 14th June 2025
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4 Jun 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 267 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 100 Noes - 339 |
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4 Jun 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 258 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 99 |
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4 Jun 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 266 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 273 |
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4 Jun 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 269 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 274 |
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9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour No votes vs 15 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 307 |
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9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 317 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 323 |
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9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 326 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 334 |
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9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 326 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 113 Noes - 335 |
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10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 306 Noes - 174 |
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10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 107 Noes - 314 |
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10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 312 |
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10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 309 |
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10 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 189 |
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11 Jun 2025 - Electricity - View Vote Context Afzal Khan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 344 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 350 Noes - 176 |
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Afzal Khan speeches from: Non-stun Slaughter of Animals
Afzal Khan contributed 1 speech (75 words) Monday 9th June 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Afzal Khan speeches from: Prosecutions for Violence against Women and Girls: West Midlands
Afzal Khan contributed 1 speech (75 words) Wednesday 4th June 2025 - Westminster Hall Attorney General |
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Beverage Containers: Recycling
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme) Monday 9th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of recycling rates for (a) plastic, (b) metal and (c) glass beverage containers. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra has not made an assessment of trends in the levels of recycling rates for plastic, metal and glass beverage containers. However, Defra’s Impact Assessment for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) uses external estimates of the recycling rates for beverage containers made of specific materials for specific years – https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2024/217/pdfs/ukia_20240217_en.pdf Defra more routinely publishes annual statistics on the total amount of UK packaging waste that is recycled broken down by material types. The following table shows the amount of packing waste recycled by material types for 2023. The amount of recycled packaging is based on tonnages reported by accredited reprocessors and exporters under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations.
Table1: Packaging waste and recycling, split by material, UK 2023 (thousand tonnes and % rate)
Notes * ‘Other’ includes materials such as cloth, corks, gel, glue, hessian sacks and wax used as packaging Arisings estimates made at point of manufacture. UK packaging waste figures by material types for 2012 to 2023 can be found in the UK statistics on waste dataset: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data. |
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Teachers: Pay
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme) Monday 9th June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a comparative assessment of the level of wages for a (a) school teacher and (b) college teacher. Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education) The government’s role in relation to pay and conditions across schools and colleges differs. The statutory requirements for teachers' pay and conditions within maintained schools in England are set out in the school teachers’ pay and conditions document. This is updated each year, based on recommendations from the independent School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB). This year, the department announced a 4% pay award to school teachers and leaders, accepting in full the STRB’s pay recommendation. Combined with last year’s 5.5% award, this above-inflation pay award means school teachers will see an increase in their pay of almost 10% over two years. In 2023/24, the median full-time equivalent (FTE) average salary for teaching staff on permanent or fixed term contracts in secondary schools was £48,773. The further education (FE) sector does not have a pay review body and government does not set or recommend pay and this remains the sole responsibility of providers themselves. Alongside the 2025/26 school teacher pay award, we have announced an investment of £160 million in the 2025/26 financial year, to support colleges and other 16-19 providers with key priorities, including recruitment and retention. Additional funding of over £30 million will also be provided for 16-19 provision in schools. This funding comes from within the overall funding envelope of £615 million for 2025/26 announced alongside the 2025/26 school teachers’ pay award. In 2023/24, the median FTE average salary for teaching staff on permanent or fixed term contracts in general FE colleges was £36,300 and £47,100 in sixth form colleges. The school and FE pay figures are sourced from different datasets and recorded differently which may make it difficult to make direct comparisons. |
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Waste Disposal: Beverage Containers
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme) Monday 9th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of breakage rate of glass beverage containers in kerbside collections. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra has not made an assessment on the breakage rate of glass beverage contains in kerbside collections. |
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Beverage Containers: Recycling
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme) Monday 9th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the recycling rate of glass beverage containers. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) This Government has set ambitious recycling targets under the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) regulations, with annual increases to glass packaging. The packaging recycling target for glass in 2025 is 74% and will increase to 85% by 2030. Modulation of pEPR fees, which will be introduced from year two of the scheme, will be used to disincentivise packaging formats that are not readily recyclable by placing higher fees on these packaging materials. The Government has also introduced the Simpler Recycling reforms, which will ensure that every household and workplace (businesses and relevant non-domestic premises like schools and hospitals) across England will be able to recycle the same materials, including glass. |
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Adult Education: Finance
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme) Monday 9th June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that reductions in the adult skills fund allocations does not disproportionately impact (a) people in receipt of benefits and (b) young people not in education, employment or training. Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) We are facing a challenging fiscal context. Fixing the foundations of the economy will take time, and tough decisions are needed across the public sector to get our finances under control to ensure we deliver on our priorities through our Plan for Change. It is against this backdrop that the decision was made to make a small reduction to the Adult Skills Fund (ASF). We have launched a Youth Guarantee of support for all 18 to 21-year-olds to access training, an apprenticeship, or help to find work and prevent them from becoming excluded from education or work at a young age. £45 million has been allocated to eight Mayoral Strategic Authority Trailblazers to develop the Youth Guarantee. We will work with local areas on future expansion. Currently 62% of the ASF is devolved to nine Mayoral Strategic Authorities and the Greater London Authority. These authorities are responsible for the provision of ASF to their learners and the department is responsible for the remaining ASF. In non-devolved areas, learners claiming benefits or who earn less than £25,000, are eligible for full funding. This supports social mobility by enabling individuals to move into employment or progress further in their career. |
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Thursday 12th June Afzal Khan signed this EDM on Thursday 12th June 2025 UK Government recognition of the state of Palestine 109 signatures (Most recent: 26 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) That this House notes the high-level international conference for the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-state solution of 17-20 June 2025; welcomes the Prime Minister’s remarks that Palestinian statehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people; reaffirms the position of the House … |
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Jun. 16 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 16 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Duncan Smith Mr Mark Francois Wendy Morton Greg Smith Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan |
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Jun. 13 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 13 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Duncan Smith Mr Mark Francois Wendy Morton Greg Smith Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan |
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Jun. 12 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 12 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Duncan Smith Mr Mark Francois Wendy Morton Greg Smith Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan |
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Jun. 11 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 11 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Duncan Smith Mr Mark Francois Wendy Morton Greg Smith Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan |
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Jun. 10 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Duncan Smith Mr Mark Francois Wendy Morton Greg Smith Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan |
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Jun. 09 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 9 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Duncan Smith Mr Mark Francois Wendy Morton Greg Smith Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan |
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Jun. 06 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Duncan Smith Mr Mark Francois Wendy Morton Greg Smith Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan |
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University APPG Document: APPUG weekly update 19 - 23 May 2025.pdf Found: Afzal Khan MP (Labour) opened the discussion on higher education, welcoming the agreement in principle |
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University APPG Document: APPUG weekly update 7 - 11 April 2025.pdf Found: Overseas Students Afzal Khan (Labour) (Manchester Rusholme): (39959) To ask the Secretary of State for |
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Climate Change APPG Document: Parliamentary roundtable with Minister Kerry McCarthy: COP29 and International Climate meeting minutes Found: Alice Watson, Gwen Peters, Zoe Avison ● Parliamentarians: Luke Murphy MP (Chair), Afzal Khan |
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Homelessness APPG Document: minutes (PDF) - Inaugural general meeting Found: Rachel Hopkins MP, Danny Beales MP, Baroness Thornhill, Abtisam Mohamed MP, Mike Amesbury MP, Afzal Khan |
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Homelessness APPG Document: Inaugural general meeting Found: Rachel Hopkins MP, Danny Beales MP, Baroness Thornhill, Abtisam Mohamed MP, Mike Amesbury MP, Afzal Khan |
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Climate Change APPG Document: Climate APPG Annual Report 2023-24 Found: Paul Blomfield MP Alan Brown MP Dan Carden MP Daisy Cooper MP Barry Gardiner MP Wera Hobhouse MP Afzal Khan |
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International Students APPG Document: 2024 (March) AGM Minutes Found: registered contact) Baroness Uddin Baroness Warwick Lord Willets Baroness Randerson Lord Bourne Afzal Khan |
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Liverpool City Region APPG Document: LCR x GMWG Unlocking Great North West Housing Agenda Found: LordsShadowSpokespersonforEnergyandNetZero● LordAndrewStunell● RebeccaLongBailey, MPforSalford&Eccles● SirGeorgeHowarth, MPforKnowsley● Afzal Khan |
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Ocean APPG Document: Read the full APPG Future of Ocean Technology Inquiry Report Found: Chair Sally Ann-Hart MP Vice Chairs Sir Oliver Heald MP Afzal Khan MP Theo Clarke MP Baroness Jones |
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Transport Safety APPG Document: TransSafe APPG AGM Agenda 22 November 2023 Found: Judith Cummins MP • Jack Dromey MP • Lilian Greenwood MP • Matt Rodda MP • Christina Rees MP • Afzal Khan |
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Transport Safety APPG Document: APPG for Transport Safety AGM Draft Minutes Found: Welcome The chair welcomed Afzal Khan MP and Fabian Hamilton MP to the group. |
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Young Carers and Young Adult Carers APPG Document: APPG for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers Annual Report 2022-23 Found: APPG also has a number of members on its mailing list from across both houses of Parliament: Afzal Khan |
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Transport Safety APPG Document: Letter to the Prime Minister can be accessed here Found: Other Members • Lilian Greenwood MP • Matt Rodda MP • Judith Cummins MP • Christina Rees MP • Afzal Khan |
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Ocean APPG Document: The Ocean: Turning the Tide on Climate Change Found: Chair Sally-Ann Hart MP Vice Chairs Sir Oliver Heald MP Afzal Khan MP Theo Clarke MP Tonia Antoniazzi |
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Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases APPG Document: APPG ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023 Found: The Lord Trees Catherine West MP Apologies Helen Hayes MP The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Afzal Khan |
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Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases APPG Document: APPG ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023 Minutes Found: The Lord Trees Catherine West MP Apologies Helen Hayes MP The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Afzal Khan |
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International Students APPG Document: 2023 AGM Minutes Found: Apologies: Lord Bilimoria (Co-Chair) Lord Willets (Vice Chair) Ben Lake MP (Vice Chair) Afzal Khan |
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Access to Justice APPG Document: APPG on Legal Aid Bulletin - February 2023 Found: Parliamentary Debates & Justice Questions Afzal Khan (Labour, Manchester, Gorton) asked the Secretary |
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Parks and Green Spaces APPG Document: Parks & Green Spaces APPG (AGM and Equal Access to Quality Green Space) Minutes - January 2023 Found: officers Liz Twist MP, Chair The following officers were re-elected: • Liz Twist MP – Chair • Afzal Khan |
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Access to Justice APPG Document: APPG on Legal Aid Bulletin - January 2023 Found: Afzal Khan (Labour, Manchester, Gorton) asked the Secretary of State for Justice two questions: if he |
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Access to Justice APPG Document: APPG on Legal Aid Bulletin - Statistics Bulletin - December 2022 Found: Shadow Justice Minister Afzal Khan asked Secretary of State for Justice Mike Freer "how many civil legal |
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Microplastics APPG Document: Download the Minutes from 23 November 2022 Found: 23.11.2022 Attendees Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Alberto Costa MP Liz Twist MP Afzal Khan |
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Access to Justice APPG Document: APPG on Legal Aid Bulletin - September 2022 Found: General), Steve Reed (Shadow Justice Secretary), Ellie Reeves (Shadow Minister for Justice), and Afzal Khan |
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Political and Media Literacy APPG Document: Minutes – 6th Meeting held on 17.05.2022 Found: CarolineLucasMP, YasminQureshiMP, Helen Hayes, Andrew Bowie MP, Lord Lansley, Lord Wooley, Kate Green, Afzal Khan |
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Net Zero APPG Document: MINUTES NZ APPG AGM 27.04.22 Found: Twist MP The following Officers were elected: • Chair: Alex Sobel MP – Labour • Vice-Chair: Afzal Khan |
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Faith and Society APPG Document: Annual General Meeting 2022 Found: Bottomley MP • Alasdair Gordon • Daniel Singleton • Jeremy Simmons • Jenny Hadgraft Apologies: • Afzal Khan |
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Access to Justice APPG Document: APPG on Legal Aid Bulletin - Statistics Bulletin - April 2022 Found: Shadow Justice Minister Afzal Khan asked Secretary of State for Justice Mike Freer, how many civil legal |
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Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases APPG Document: APPMG Newsletter April 2022 Found: We were delighted to elect four new Vice-Chairs onto the Group: • Afzal Khan MP (Labour, MP for Manchester |
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Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases APPG Document: APPG ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 Minutes Found: the meeting are as follows: Present Catherine West MP The Rt Hon the Baroness Hayman GBE Afzal Khan |
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Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases APPG Document: APPG ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 Found: the meeting are as follows: Present Catherine West MP The Rt Hon the Baroness Hayman GBE Afzal Khan |
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Kinship Care APPG Document: APPG Legal Aid Inquiry - Minutes of Evidence Session 1 Found: Zoom Attended: Parliamentarians: Andrew Gwynne MP (Chair AG); Lord Hannay; Baroness Drake; Afzal Khan |
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Parks and Green Spaces APPG Document: Parks & Green Spaces APPG (Annual General Meeting) Minutes - February 2022 Found: 10:00-10:30am Zoom Minutes Present Liz Twist MP (Chair) Lilian Greenwood MP Mark Tami MP Afzal Khan |
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Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases APPG Document: APPG on Malaria & NTDs Annual Report 2022 Found: unanimously onto the Group, and we were delighted to welcome four new Vice-Chairs onto the Group: Afzal Khan |
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Tidy Britain APPG Document: Tidy Britain APPG (Eco-Schools) Minutes - November 2021 Found: School Present Kevin Hollinrake MP (Chair) Peter Kyle MP Jason McCartney MP Jane Hunt MP Afzal Khan |
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Political and Media Literacy APPG Document: Minutes – 2nd Meeting held on 13.05.2021 Found: Yasmin Qureshi(MP), Helen Hayes(MP), Flick Drummond(MP), Lord Simon Woolley, Helen Hayes(MP), Afzal Khan |
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Homelessness APPG Document: minutes (PDF) - Emergency meeting on the winter provision of services Found: Manchester Parliamentary staff: Graeme Smith, Office of Neil Coyle MP Josephine Amos, Office of Afzal Khan |
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Homelessness APPG Document: Emergency meeting on the winter provision of services Found: Manchester Parliamentary staff: Graeme Smith, Office of Neil Coyle MP Josephine Amos, Office of Afzal Khan |
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Immigration Detention APPG Document: Inaugural Meeting – April 2019 Found: Harriet Harman QC MP (Labour) Afzal Khan MP (Labour) Rt Hon. |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2018-2019 Found: Rohingya Refugees, 23rd May 2018 Carol Monaghan MP, Afzal Khan MP and Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP asked what |
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Wednesday 18th June 2025 2:15 p.m. Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 2nd July 2025 2 p.m. Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Human Rights and the Regulation of AI View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 25th June 2025 2 p.m. Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Universal Periodic Review View calendar - Add to calendar |