Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Imran Ahmad Khan

Tuesday 8th December 2020 Commons Chamber

[Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield) (Con)]

  The Criminal Cases Review Commission is the only body in its area of jurisdiction with the authority to send cases back to an appeal court. It is imperative that this process must not be delayed, as it has the propensity to overturn cases and clear the names of those innocent of conviction. Can my right hon. and learned Friend outline the steps that he is taking to ensure that the CCRC enacts its duty in a timely manner, especially for more sensitive cases, including those of our frontline workers and police officers, such as my constituent Danny Major? Mr Major has been miserably let down by the CCRC.

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Unfortunately, questions are meant to be short and punchy. We cannot have a statement beforehand. Minister, can you deal with that, please?

Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Imran Ahmad Khan

Monday 6th July 2020 Commons Chamber

[Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield) (Con) [V]]

I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary on his truly important statement. If employed wisely, it promises to be a great force for good in the world. As he knows, hundreds of thousands of Uighurs, other Muslims and Christians continue to be imprisoned in inhuman Chinese camps, which are a revolting violation of the universal rights held sacred by freedom-loving people everywhere, namely the freedom to live, work and worship as desired.

In 2019, 23 countries, including the UK, US and Japan, signed a letter addressed to the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly Third Committee urging communist China to close its camps. It saddens me that, as we condemn slavery and other beastly historical crimes, horrific exploitative labour continues—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Foreign Secretary.

UK Telecommunications

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Imran Ahmad Khan

Tuesday 28th January 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Imran Ahmad Khan.

[Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield) (Con)]

I was going to ask a question that has now been asked by another hon. Member.