In Parliament - Karen Buck MP

Here you’ll find all the speeches I’ve made and the questions I’ve asked in Parliament as MP for Westminster North.

I do my best to speak up on the issues that really matter to our community and our country. If you ever want to know where I stand on an issue that matters to you, please feel free to email me at buckk@parliament.uk

Engagements

The Prime Minister Was Asked

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

As a result of budget cuts to the Home Office, largely enacted while the right hon. Gentleman was Mayor of London, police numbers plummeted: we have 1,000 fewer officers in the west London...

Workplace Deaths: Scotland

Westminster Hall debates

Order. Interventions should be short.

Local Housing Allowance and Homelessness - [Mr Adrian Bailey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

A temporary one.

Local Housing Allowance and Homelessness - [Mr Adrian Bailey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The whole point of discretionary housing payments is that they are temporary, so they do not provide a solution to any of these problems.

Local Housing Allowance and Homelessness - [Mr Adrian Bailey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating London Councils, which has been doing some excellent research? It found that, even over the period of targeted affordability funding, single rooms...

Local Housing Allowance and Homelessness - [Mr Adrian Bailey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. Central London, which includes my constituency, is the largest private rental market in the country. There...

Power to apply Act to further high speed rail works

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I propose that we debate clauses 49 to 60 together.

Existing agreements

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss clauses 45 to 47.

Protective provisions

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

We now come to clause 44. I propose revising the grouping, and that we debate clause 44 with clauses 45 to 47. Anybody on the Committee may speak to any of those clauses. Is that acceptable to...

Protective provisions

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to consider that schedule 32 be the Thirty-second schedule to the Bill.

Consecrated land

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Clauses 24 to 27 stand part. That schedule 21 be the Twenty-first schedule to the Bill. Clause 28 stand part. That schedule 22 be the...

Burial grounds

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

You may speak to any clause between clauses 23 and 42, and we will take the decisions at the end, rather than having a speech on each clause and making a decision on it, as we have been doing....

Burial grounds

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I propose revising my grouping, and that we debate clauses 23 to 42, and the associated schedules 21 to 31, together.

Burial grounds

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to consider that schedule 20 be the Twentieth schedule to the Bill.

Listed buildings and ancient monuments

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: That schedule 18 be the Eighteenth schedule to the Bill. That schedule 19 be the Nineteenth schedule to the Bill.

Deemed planning permission

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to discuss that schedule 17 be the Seventeenth schedule to the Bill.

Temporary possession and use of land

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this, it will be convenient to consider the following: That schedule 15 be the Fifteenth schedule to the Bill. That schedule 16 be the Sixteenth schedule to the Bill.

Extinction of rights over land

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to consider that schedule 14 be the Fourteenth schedule to the Bill.

Termination of power to acquire land

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to consider that schedule 13 be the Thirteenth schedule to the Bill.

Highway subsoil

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

With this it will be convenient to consider that schedule 12 be the Twelfth schedule to the Bill.