Zarah Sultana
Independent - Coventry South
10,201 (23.9%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 12th December 2019
5 Former APPG memberships
Child Criminal Exploitation and Knife Crime, Climate Change, Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf, Green New Deal, Republic of KoreaDivision Voting information
Zarah Sultana voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 7 Labour Aye votes vs 361 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 363
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
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Legislation Debates
(377 words contributed)
Coventry South Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
of 144,518 signatures (0.13%)
of 142,048 signatures (0.10%)
of 121,532 signatures (0.10%)
of 111,468 signatures (0.10%)
of 144,518 signatures (0.13%)
of 142,048 signatures (0.10%)
of 121,532 signatures (0.10%)
of 111,468 signatures (0.10%)
Latest EDMs signed by Zarah Sultana
Prison maintenance insourcing
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)That this House notes with alarm the rising levels of squalor and disrepair in prisons, with the National Audit Office estimating the maintenance backlog has doubled to £1.8 billion in the past four years; further notes with alarm recent reports by the Independent Monitoring Boards highlighting how broken and outdated …
(Most recent: 19 Dec 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 19
Independent: 7
Green Party: 2
Plaid Cymru: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Redundancies at TGI Fridays
Tabled by: Lee Barron (Labour - Corby and East Northamptonshire)That this House condemns TGI Fridays’ decision to terminate over 1,000 staff with less than an hour’s notice, without consultation, leaving many workers locked out of their workplaces and unable to access their possessions; urges the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to meet with the dismissed workers; calls …
(Most recent: 19 Dec 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 19
Independent: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Zarah Sultana, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Zarah Sultana has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Zarah Sultana has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
2 Bills introduced by Zarah Sultana
A Bill to extend eligibility for free school meals to all children in state primary schools; and for connected purposes.
Friday 15th September 2023
A Bill to make provision for an inquiry into the end use of arms sold to foreign states to determine whether they have been used in violation of international law; to immediately suspend the sale of arms to foreign states where it cannot be demonstrated that arms sold will not be used in violation of international law; and for connected purposes.
3 Bills co-sponsored by Zarah Sultana
Decarbonisation and Economic Strategy Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Caroline Lucas (Green)
Climate Education Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Nadia Whittome (Lab)
Business Standards Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - John McDonnell (Ind)
Latest 3 Written Questions
(View all written questions)The current GCSE, AS and A level PE activity lists were last reviewed in 2018. These lists are based upon the reliability and practicality of activities as a basis for assessing whether students had demonstrated the skills required by the relevant qualification specification.
The government has launched an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review covering ages 5–18, chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The Review will consider the current qualification pathways available at Key Stages 4 and 5. A call for evidence will be published in the coming weeks which will set out the areas where the review group would particularly welcome input. More information about the Review is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-curriculum-and-assessment-review. Decisions on any possible changes to specifications and assessment arrangements for exams will be taken in the light of the Review.
Minister of State (Education)
This Government is fully committed to our promise to deliver reliable, affordable and accessible transport, with accessibility at the heart of our bold reforms for bus and rail reform and improved passenger standards across the transport network.
The Department has recently published an annual evaluation of accessibility through the Inclusive Transport Strategy scorecard, based upon analysis by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen). In addition to this the department publishes annual statistics on disability, accessibility and blue badge holding, which includes data on public satisfaction with different aspects of public transport provision. The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee is the Department’s expert committee on accessibility, making sure that proper consideration and assessment of disabled people’s views and needs are central to our decision making.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The global distribution of F-35 components is controlled by the US Government led F-35 programme. The Government does not have visibility of F-35 components distributed by the programme to each F-35 nation and is unable to provide an estimate.
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)