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Written Question
Home Office: Official Hospitality
Wednesday 15th December 2021

Asked by: Florence Eshalomi (Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any social events took place between three or more people within her Departmental buildings between (a) 5 November 2020 and 1 December 2020 and (b) 16 December 2020 and 22 February 2021.

Answered by Damian Hinds

This information is not collected. At the time, staff were expected to work from home and undertake meetings remotely, wherever possible.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Nov 2021
English Channel Small Boats Incident

"Yesterday was a very sad day. All of us will have been moved after seeing the reports. As I put my children to bed yesterday, I just thought about the conditions that that poor child went through.

We cannot allow the situation to be exploited by those who are pushing …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 16 Nov 2021
Pedicabs: Women’s Safety

"On that point, does the hon. Member agree that any private hire vehicle, including pedicabs, should be regulated and licensed?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 16 Nov 2021
Pedicabs: Women’s Safety

"On that point, the Local Government Association supports the use of the national register of licence revocations and refusals for pedicab licensing. Does the hon. Lady feel that that would provide the safety checks to reassure women that the people driving those cabs have had adequate checks?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 16 Nov 2021
Pedicabs: Women’s Safety

"I thank the Minister for that response. It is good to hear that the Government will support the private Member’s Bill. This is an issue that people have raised a number of times. As in the constituency of the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken), in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Nightclub Safety

"The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point, but I hope he will agree that we have to educate our young boys so that they become men who will righty treat women with the respect they deserve. It starts from school. Those young boys will grow up to become the men …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Nightclub Safety

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. As the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) highlighted, we have seen nearly 200 reports of drink spiking in the UK, with 58 of those recorded by the Metropolitan police here in London. Each of those reports represents a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Nightclub Safety

"I agree. We should highlight that one bad apple does not exist in isolation with the Met police; unfortunately, this is an issue right across our police forces. I hope that the Minister will outline steps that will be taken where officers are found guilty—in my view, they should face …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Nightclub Safety

"On the point of going out in the past, would the Minister agree that we need to see more women and girls going out and supporting our full range of businesses in the night-time economy, because of that financial muscle power? That will not happen until they feel safe...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Tackling Knife Crime

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) for her powerful speech, which highlighted how important this subject matter is, and to my hon. Friends the Members for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) and …..."
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