"My Lords, is the Minister able to share what support is given to women once they leave prison and how long it is provided for?..." Baroness Gohir - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as CEO of Muslim Women’s Network UK. We conducted maternity research in 2022 and found that there is a lack of awareness in some minority ethnic communities that women can suffer from poor mental health during and after pregnancy, which results in the situation …..." Baroness Gohir - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister say what specific action the Government are taking to close the ethnicity gap with children in sport? Even within different ethnic groups, children access different types of sports. Addressing this gap will help with integration and community cohesion...." Baroness Gohir - View Speech
"My Lords, the Palestinians who survived bombing are being starved to death. We have heard about the accuracy of the statistics—14,000 babies dying in 48 hours. Okay, it might not be 48 hours, but it might be a long, slow death of days, weeks or months if this carries on. …..." Baroness Gohir - View Speech
"My Lords, in some NHS trusts, autistic patients with learning needs and poor mental health are automatically opted into video and phone appointments, despite their communication needs. It feels as if the needs of the NHS and doctors working from home are prioritised over patient care. I know this from …..." Baroness Gohir - View Speech
"My Lords, minority ethnic women face higher rates of domestic homicide and suicide linked to abuse, yet successive Governments continue to laud how much they are funding to tackle FGM, honour-based abuse and forced marriage, even though the main killer of minority ethnic women is intimate partner abuse, which barely …..." Baroness Gohir - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government whether funding they provide to tackle violence against women and girls is available through open application processes; and what assessment they have made of the impact on women’s organisations which cannot access such funding...." Baroness Gohir - View Speech
"My Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare my interest as the CEO of the Muslim Women’s Network UK...." Baroness Gohir - View Speech
"My Lords, the welfare cuts will push women, children, the disabled and ethnic minorities further into poverty and lower their living standards. Surely, this is discriminatory and in breach of equality and human rights laws. Can the Minister tell us what consideration was given to equality laws? First, it was …..." Baroness Gohir - View Speech
"My Lords, first of all, I thank the Minister for attending the launch of Muslim Heritage Month earlier this week. I also commend the Government on starting the work on the definition of Islamophobia, or anti-Muslim prejudice.