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

Legal Aid Scheme

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid offices were providing civil legal aid involving (a) claims against public authorities, (b) community care, (c) discrimination,...

Legal Aid Scheme

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid practitioners were providing civil legal aid involving (a) claims against public authorities, (b) community care, (c)...

Legal Aid Scheme

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offices were providing civil legal aid in (a) in year from 2012-13 to 2020-21 and (b) the last quarter for which figures are available.

Legal Aid Scheme

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid providers there were (a) in each year from 2012-2013 to 2020-21 and (b) for the last quarter for which figures are available.

Legal Aid Scheme

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offices were providing criminal legal aid services in (a) each year from 2012-13 to 2020-21 and (b) the most recent quarter for which figures...

Legal Aid Scheme

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many providers of criminal legal aid services there were in each year from 2012-13 to the most recent quarter for which figures are available.

Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint Committee

Commons debates

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. Many of us on the Opposition Benches and across the House will have constituents who have family members in Afghanistan—for example, I have a...

[Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is quite right to focus on the implications of these costs and how they will affect the repairs and development programmes. Does he also recognise an additional issue that the...

Universal Credit: Removal of Uplift

Work and Pensions

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

It is not clear from that answer whether the Secretary of State has actually undertaken any form of assessment of the income shock. However, it is not only about the impact on individuals’...

Universal Credit: Removal of Uplift

Work and Pensions

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation indicates that nearly four out of every five families with children are receiving universal credit or working tax credit, rising to 45% or more of...

Elections Bill

Commons debates

Does my hon. Friend agree that there is no such thing as a free service? If local councils are indeed going to be providing voter ID, it will be at public expense. The £120 million that is...

Impact of Floods in North Westminster

Westminster Hall debates

I want to stress one of the central points of the argument: Thames Water built a £17 million flood alleviation scheme, completed just six years ago, to deal with exactly this problem in...

Impact of Floods in North Westminster

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is right. We are constantly told that Thames Water is under new management. That management always seems to enjoy a level of remuneration that would make my constituents blanch. It...

Impact of Floods in North Westminster

Westminster Hall debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of floods in Westminster North. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David, in this short debate. I am grateful to the...

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...