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 something that matters to you, please feel free to email me at buckk@parliament.uk

Building Safety Bill

Commons debates

As others have said, the Bill represents progress in implementing the recommendations of the Hackitt review, but it will not come into effect until a full five years after the Grenfell tragedy....

Building Safety Bill

Commons debates

Returning to the issue of waking watch and risk, London now has 900 waking watches, with the number having risen significantly. The London Fire Brigade says that there remain a number of...

Building Safety Bill

Commons debates

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Environmental Health: Recruitment

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the scope for increasing the numbers of Environmental Health apprenticeship schemes.

Environmental Health: Recruitment

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage recruitment in the environmental health profession.

Environmental Health: Staff

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of environmental health practitioners in local...

Local Housing Allowance

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims for which the local housing allowance did not cover rent were subject to deductions for (a) universal credit...

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the amounts paid out under the Pothole Action Fund by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK in 2020-21.

Benefit Cap

Work and Pensions

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

Last week, former Work and Pensions Minister Lord Freud described the benefit cap, which is now hitting 120,000 more households than at the beginning of the pandemic, as “ghastly”....

Transport: Urban Areas

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the amounts paid out under the Transforming Cities programme by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK in 2020-21.

Bus Service Operators Grant

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the amounts paid out under the Bus Service Operators Grant by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK in 200-21.

Getting Building Fund

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the amounts allocated to date under the Getting Building Fund by (a) region and (b) nation of the...

Future High Streets Fund

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the amounts allocated under the Future High Streets Fund by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK to date.

Towns Fund

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the amounts allocated under the Towns Fund by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK to date.

Restoring Your Railway Fund

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the amounts paid out under the Restoring Your Railway Fund by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK to date.

Bus Service Operators Grant

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the amounts paid out under the Bus Service Operators Grant by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK to date.

Trade Deal with Australia: British Food Standards

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State will be aware that environmental, animal welfare and farming groups have all expressed their concern about both the small print in the deal and the precedent that it sets....

Trade Deal with Australia: British Food Standards

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on maintaining British food standards in a future trade deal with Australia.

Evictions and Homelessness

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

Even before the effect of the end of the evictions ban, a quarter of all homeless households in London were being accommodated away from their home areas—away from their schools, their...

Evictions and Homelessness

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the potential effect of ending the moratorium on evictions on levels of (a) evictions and (b) homelessness.